To me it's a potential way out of Windows while being on standardised hardware with commercial support, plus a subsidised source of gaming ready processors in the crypto scalper haunted wasteland of the 2020s.

Waiting on the second generation though, my early adopter days are long past.

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

What do I need a Steamdeck for?

You might not, but a gaming friend of mine goes to sea at times and will be able to play Valheim with me. It's a console system to play steam games... so you might not, or you might, I cannot speak for you, but if I had my friends job, I would have one too.

Good call, it does have great potential for PC gamers on deployment.

Originally posted by Mharr:

Good call, it does have great potential for PC gamers on deployment.

Yeah, especially when i deploy to my ceramic throne to do drop some wmd.

Does that mean it'll work well as a server platform too?

Originally posted by Mharr:

Does that mean it'll work well as a server platform too?

Here's what that means:
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/verified

Verified status refers to how well the performance and accessability (reading&input) of the game on Steam Deck is.

What do I need a Steamdeck for?