Submitted 5 months ago by Guadin@k.fe.derate.me to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://k.fe.derate.me/m/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz/t/194183
I was wondering how much you are using your Steam Deck? And did the games you play on it change since you bought it?
I find that I used it a lot when I first got it, but my usage has gone down in the mean time. That's mostly because I play games that are not a great fit for the Steam Deck (strategy, building, etc.) and I prefer to play those on my PC.
Bought an OLED model for 6 months. I still use it for 60% of my game time.
Sure, 40% of the time I need to have online experience with friends (Fps games / long gaming session), or the games simply don’t feel right on The Deck.
But being able to use it everywhere is just so nice( friend’s place / sitting in garden / on my bed). Plus, I regularly use it as a mini TV, watching YT and Netflix on it.
Almost every day. Only single player, desktop for multi player.
We use it as a console every week, both me and the kids.
I’ve had mine for almost 2 years now. My usage has always been situational. I use it to game when I’m away from my relatively high-end gaming PC. Extended trips. Any time I know I’m going to be sitting and waiting somewhere. Or maybe I’ve just had a long day of remote work and want to play a game but I don’t want to sit at my desk, so I’ll plop down on the sofa or outside with my Deck.
I use it most days, even as a PC/web browser connected to my TV. I play any classic games or anything not graphically intensive on it. Anything with a medium-level of graphical intensity I’ll use moonlight to stream from my desktop in the next room over. If it’s a particularly beautiful game, I’ll play it on my gaming PC directly, since I have a really nice OLED monitor hooked up to it directly.
I play about 50% of my playtime on my steam deck. I reduced my shooters because even though I like gyro aiming it still will never be as good as my keyboard and mouse.
I use mine off and on for singleplayer titles, mostly when I do not feel like sitting at my desk. One big thing that keeps me from using it more is syncing saves for games outside of steam (Minecraft Java, Games in the heroic launcher/Bottles) because I would need to either setup syncthing or remember to transfer saves via usb. However my experience using the steam deck has been very positive the past few months since I have received it.
Bought it a month ago… Using it extensively at the moment…
I hardly use mine. I bring it with me on plane rides but find myself just watching movies instead. Trying to play on a plane and having to share an arm rest, idk it works out better in my head than in practice.
I find I really need to play a game consistently to stay interested, and that makes the deck hard cuz I reserve lighter games for it, like ori, but since I play so infrequently I don’t really end up being interested in the game I startup on there.
OTOH I play PC regularly, no battery concerns, much larger screen, better visual fidelity. The deck just isn’t reinforcing enough.
Used to a lot, but use dropped off a lot as I started to work more. I do use it often when I travel… but I don’t actually travel much at all. It was free (game awards) so I’m not too upset over that. Maybe I’ll look into getting some of my old childhood favourites running on it as a challenge project.
Not much any more. I brought it to PAX this year to keep me entertained while waiting in lines, but otherwise it’s barely come out of its case this year.
I don’t blame the deck, though I’ve scarcely played any video games this year, in general. When I got it, I played a bunch of the Witcher 3, but then they released an update that completely broke the game on decks. After that, my go-to game (when I play) became Cities Skylines, which just feels far more natural with a mouse.
I mainly take it with me on vacation, I prefer keyboard/mouse when I can use it.
I use it while on the exercise bike that’s about it these days.
SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Almost daily. I have treatment resistant radial styloid tenosynovitis so when that flares up nothing is easy to play.
Initially the games were those on the lighter side, but now I’ve moved on to more graphically intensive games (sometimes having to tweak settings, sometimes not).
When I want a bigger screen I bust out the dock and set up the portable monitor I bought for it - and, depending on what I’m playing I’ll either get out the mouse and keyboard or the controller.
I don’t have a set space for my setup so having the ability to pack up everything is a huge plus.