Edit: I meant to say a GAMING PC in the title

I feel like im in such the minority here, which isn’t bad. I’ve never had a “gaming” PC. I saved up and bought a MacBook laptop for college years ago. The only time I would game on a PC would have been coolmath.com back in the computer lab days. I’ve been a console boy my whole life. I play on PS only, but wanted something to emulate old games and play some AAA titles portablely. I picked up a Switch OLED about 7 months ago, but between the high cost of nearly all games and how restrictive it feels, I wanted more.

All of this is so foreign to me. I’ve played emulators on my phone before, but that’s about my extent of knowledge. Getting a SD and seeing things mentioned like “Proton” and “TDP” sounds like a foreign language to me, lol.

I’m learning, slowly. I’ve got Emudeck installed and I’ve got a decent understand of Desktop mode. I’m not even 30 but I sound like an old man. How many of you are like me? I’ve learned many things only due to owning a Steam Deck!

  • Dry-Sand@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As long as you know how to use search engines, you can learn pretty much anything.

  • NotTheVacuum@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I can’t say ‘never’ as I had a gaming PC as ‘recently’ as the P4 days, but that was the last one I built. I’ve been playing on console since Atari 2600 and I’ve had at least one system from every generation since, including several handhelds.

  • 42069qwertz42069@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Sold my gaming pc a few years ago and bought a small notebook. Switched to console gaming and bought a deck half a year ago, this setup is all i need. If a want a AAA-title i buy it for my ps5, if i want nostalgia i play on my deck, i dont need it for newer games.

  • ImpossibleMinimum424@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not never (I had a PC in the early 2000s) but not for a long time. The SD enabled me to play a lot of games and catch up without having to invest in an unwieldy and expensive machine.

  • Grimmjow91@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    my brother or sister I have used PCs my entire life and I didn’t understand proton when I bought my deck. But I learned it through the community. Minority or not, you are one of us.

  • TanguayX@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I own quite a few computers for work, but the SD is the first game machine I’ve owned. No gaming on any of my ‘real’ machines.

  • GMan88@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have a gaming PC with a 3080.

    I wont use it ever again tho… lol

  • NoddyBoy5@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I bought a steam deck rather than a PC. Been running on chrome books and consoles for many years. I only want to play Street fighter 6 on it, but obviously start to play other games and emulate a bit.