Primarily in my life ive been a console gamer. Starting with the ps1 and owning every system released since. Never did much pc gaming even when i had access to a decent rig. For the past few years ive been a collector. Going for rare and cool retro games i always wanted to own. After about a year with the steam deck it all feel so… archaic? Like, i went and hdmi modded my ps2, but i find the idea of booting up pcsx2 on deck more appealing. I dont feel the need to have a new game in my hands physically, when i know its gonna take me months to play it anyway, i can wait for a sale, get it cheaper, play it portably with mods. Console gaming, especially in the last 2 generations, feels like a hinderance more than anything. Why would i want to be tied to one piece of hardware, with a dubious at best chance of carrying my games forward to the next gen every 6 years? The steam deck feels like its released me from the shackles of console gaming. I dont think ill get rid of my whole collection… but my ps5 and xsx have been doing a lot of dust collecting these days.
Anyone else feel the same? Or have i just had an existential gamer crisis?
Was console gamer as a kid, built PC instead of getting PS4 in 2013, was a hardcore PC gamer until switch came out and I mainly played that. Hated buying overpriced indies and games on switch and love that my steam deck has replaced it as a happy medium with an already huge library thanks to humble bundles and cheap sales.
Haven’t upgraded my PC since 2016 but SD is making me want to get into PC and modding more. I just played vanilla New Vegas on steam deck, now playing through Fallout 4 with some Bethesda.net built in mods and having a blast. I just love the flexibility of PC and now that we have handhelds for $400 that can play games my first PC struggled to hit 60 on, I don’t think I’ll go back to a console.