Edit: I meant to say a GAMING PC in the title

I feel like im in such the minority here, which isn’t bad. I’ve never had a “gaming” PC. I saved up and bought a MacBook laptop for college years ago. The only time I would game on a PC would have been coolmath.com back in the computer lab days. I’ve been a console boy my whole life. I play on PS only, but wanted something to emulate old games and play some AAA titles portablely. I picked up a Switch OLED about 7 months ago, but between the high cost of nearly all games and how restrictive it feels, I wanted more.

All of this is so foreign to me. I’ve played emulators on my phone before, but that’s about my extent of knowledge. Getting a SD and seeing things mentioned like “Proton” and “TDP” sounds like a foreign language to me, lol.

I’m learning, slowly. I’ve got Emudeck installed and I’ve got a decent understand of Desktop mode. I’m not even 30 but I sound like an old man. How many of you are like me? I’ve learned many things only due to owning a Steam Deck!

  • abbysingh@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m exactly like you, haven’t had a PC for 10 years, and I’ve been exclusively a console gamer since. Bought the switch and enjoyed it for a while but the performance and cost of games was frustrating, and now I’m really happy with the deck. I use my PS5 for the latest and greatest AAAs and the deck for older AAAs and newer indies. I’m honestly having a blast. I don’t think I had so much fun when I got the switch.