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What's the most irresponsible purchase you made that you don't regret? (lemm.ee)

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[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 123 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Steamdeck. Had some cocktails and bought it, got it and had buyers remorse. Figured I'd give it a shot anyway.

Love of gaming rekindled, now I don't doomscroll during downtime at work.

Installing bazzite tomorrow if I get around to it.

edit: installed bazzite in a few hours this morning, zero to hero. If you fuck with the penguin you're going to want to do this. Very simple and straightforward as far as linux installs go. My deck is a 64GB LCD that I upgraded to 2TB and it worked fine, so the 64GB limitation is just the SSD, not anything to do with the deck itself.

Don't forget to backup your saves for games that don't do cloud save. I have fast internet and most of my games are also installed on my desktop PC so I didn't worry about backing up any of that.

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm on the fence. I get a 1 hour lunch, already own a switch, but never use it. I know the deck has all my games already, I just cant with the current price.

[-] LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Check eBay for the non OLED version, you could find one at a good discount especially if you buy a 64 GB

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Had a look, everything is still high 200's. I might just get a refurbished that comes with warranty

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I had pretty much stopped using my switch before I got the deck. There just weren't enough compatible games to keep me interested. I ordered a deck impulsively and, like people often say, I fell in love with video games again. In absolute numbers it's a big investment, but I've gotten like 3000 hours out of it so far. I love being able to wake it up, play 20 minutes of a AAA game, then suspend the game and come back later.

[-] Oka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Suspending a game is something I hadn't considered. Must be good for travel or short bursts

[-] howler@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Same. I had a Switch but there were too many games I couldn't play, and my PC can't handle anything beyond Stardew Valley.

Got a second hand Deck and I can hardly believe how good this thing is!

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

what are you trying to play? I've been happy with an Anbernic for classic arcade games

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Trying to play Gnome3, honestly. The gaming side works fine for me I just want to use the whole computer.

[-] Blubber28@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Unsure about the experience on steam deck but on my PC Bazzite runs like a charm! Installed Proton-GE for extended compatibility and have yet to run into a game that doesn't work out of the box or has significant issues. Even the very niche game Sprocket runs great!

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Curious, why did you put bazzite on it and not keep the default steamos?

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Laptop replacement for (infrequent) travel, limitations of desktop SteamOS, because it's neat.

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