That’s actually a really sweet input! Thanks for that :)

Steam deck seems to be a great solution for a gamer dad

Thanks for all the inputs! That was very very helpful! Few things I've learned so far: 1 - It's great for times that you don't wanna stay in the office all day and spend more time with your loved ones. 2 - You can use Moonlight and Steam Link to local-wifi connect to your PC and play games on it without spending as much battery with a good wifi connection. 3 - It's AMAZING for commuting and times you are not at your gaming rig 4 - You can basically install anything on it, and it could potentially replace your PC if it's not as-capable.

I guess I won't be purchasing it at the time as I have figured I could remote-play on my iPad 12.9 inch, and atm I'm not commuting so much so I guess it's just a shiny gadget that I'd love to have sometime but don't really need to spend money on it right now.

I'll probably wait a few years for SteamDeck V2 to come out (rumors are saying it'll be here at 2026+ so we've got a lot of time!) and it'll replace my current laptop then.

Thanks everyone! That was very helpful and I learnt a lot from it! Saved a few bucks thanks to you guys and found a new cool way to enjoy my iPad :)

EDIT: Fuck it I'm getting one.

That’s really cool! Do you know if it’s possible to get cloud-saves on emulation games as well or is Steam games the only way to go?

That actually makes a lot of sense. I was thinking of selling my gaming PC sometimes in the future and sticking around to SteamDeck

This is basically having every console available atm at the palm of your hands

It seems like a great device for traveling really

Oh wow I guess this'll be a great solution when I'll become a father eventually

Oh wow I wish the steam deck would've been more powerful than my laptop! I would easily replace it with it!

Thanks! That helps

Yeah it seems super convenient for that

Playing on a steam deck on Linux based OS, to play a Nintendo switch game with a Xbox controller... This is such an amazing time to live in

Does that work on different networks as well or only local-network?

Wow! That sounds amazing!

THANK YOU!

Oh wow this is actually really helpful. I just figured I can do that with Moonlight and my iPad 12.9 inch so that's really nice for now

EDIT: Oh fuck it, you guys convinced me. Gonna get mine in a few 🥳

Thanks! That's a great input and is very helpful!

Yeah I seem to be in pretty much the same situation. I might just stick around with Moonlight + iPad 12.9 inch in the meantime, and maybe get Steam Deck V2 in a few years when it comes out hopefully

Yeah I guess Switch VS SteamDeck is a hard choice. Basically the steam deck can have them both so that could possibly be both

One day I'll replace my laptop with this... Makes so much sense

Emulation is such a great reason to get it

Yeah I think I'll just do what you do at some point in the future. Makes a lot of sense

It helps you stay away from the Office room all day

Oh wow this is a great solution for hospitals and long wait-times!

That sounds like a great solution!

I love all the tinkering part! It seems so fun to enable it to do basically everything!