I see the other side - if I’m not using my SteamDeck, it’s because I’m having a good enough time with the ‘real world’.
I mean tbf the majority of the time I use my Deck is on the train.
I have a Switch I play mostly on trains and airplanes.
Yeah, I use it mostly while traveling. It might come out a few times at the destination if I’m traveling for work or to my hometown but thankfully it never really comes out when I’m actually on vacation.
Idk I get a lot of use from my Switch Lite when I travel. When I’m home I just play on my ps5.
I’ve just got a tiny retro gaming console and it’s great to make the most of tiny time gaps. Really need to make a whole post about it.
Which one did you get?
Retroid Pocket 4 Pro.
It’s been so good. I sit at my desk and neglect my gaming PC and Steam Deck to play this thing. 2 weeks later I’m still in the honeymoon phase with it.
Kinda why I’m not jumping to get a Steam Deck. I have a desktop, and I already know if I had the deck it would almost never get used outside my apartment anyway, since I’d never actually have time for it.
Now if I was still a kid with no responsibility and didn’t have to drive myself, it would be a different story. That story being I still wouldn’t have a deck because I wouldn’t have money and my parents wouldn’t buy it for me. 😩
I feel attacked. I bought one these gamepads where you put your phone in. Loaded the phone up with bunch of emulators and roms. I havent used it it public but once. I cant stomach outing myself as a 30+ gAmEr in public. Its a me problem and i should just give less of a fuck but i simply cant.
The only time someone has said anything to me about my playing my Deck in public was a guy who had an Asus portable and wanted to chat about it.
Literally no one cares. Well, besides children who will think you’re awesome.
I think you are saying you dont want to look unproductive in public? You wouldnt be strange for being a gamer at your age:
https://playtoday.co/blog/stats/gamer-demographics/
Do you look at gamers in their 30s and think negative things?
I think a big part of the problem for 30s+ gamers is that we grew up hearing how gaming = lazy bums, and it’s hard to break away from that. I think in company of other gamers it’s cool, but you still expect non-gamers to judge you
Excuse you that is my emotional support Switch. It helps me feel better knowing I have the option to play if shit goes sideways, and tbf it has a couple times and those games came in handy to pass the time.
It’s like part of having a Swiss army knife or a first aid kit; if the day goes well you don’t need it but it helps way more if you have it on hand ¯\(ツ)/¯
I use my switch alot more when travelling or just heading out and need something because it’s size is perfect.
The new switch 2 is way too big, it’s stupid. Steamdeck was already big for me, and the maximum I was going to buy for any handheld.
I don’t use my switch that much on the plane but I use it a lot at the hotel
I’ve done this. Brought a switch with me on a longer vacation only to never touch it. At least I learned a lesson and stopped bringing it.
I’ve taken my Deck on travels, but mostly taken it out to show to friends.
I just bring my switch to play when I visit my mom, no PC there and I play on the couch next to her
I bought my steam deck for my first vacation out of state. 6 hour flight.
You better be damn sure I played games on the flight.
Played for 3-4 hours on each flight. Then set it up on my TVs at home. Docking stations on living room and bedroom TVs. Move it as needed.
I don’t touch it often, but it’s there when I want/need it.
Last played when I had the flu.I bought a switch. Then I almost never used it, since if I’m gaming I’m at my PC.
I’ll likely never buy another portable console simply for the fact that I don’t have a use for it. Many do, I’m just not one of them
I have a switch. I use it on flights mostly. My kid began asking to play Mario Kart on it so we play together sometimes.
I mean, yeah, mostly I use portables at home, but I do bring them with me. It’s a 50-50 chance whether I overcome the social awkwardness of pulling out a game system in a packed train or plane, but… you know, hotels are a thing.
The real question is which handheld do you bring with you. Pre-pandemic it was the Switch or the 3DS. When I had a long train commute me and my friends got into Mario Kart DS on local multiplayer for a while. When I was alone I did tend to carry a PSP, which at the time was also my media player of choice. By the time I moved to PC handhelds from the aging Switch I wasn’t really travelling, but the couple times I did the Deck seemed a bit too large and I do have a smaller Windows handheld I can use instead. Smaller retro emulation handhelds are cute and portable, but a bit too limited. A couple times I packed a controller to go with my laptop.
