If you’re not sensitive to how low resolution content looks on higher resolution displays, then yes it’s a good option

No but I’ve definitely used handhelds more than my main rig, at least prior to Starfield and Phantom Liberty. Work from home has really put a dent in how much I want to sit at my main PC regardless how awesome it is and my PC is too far away to reasonably hook up to a TV. Some days it’s handheld or nothing.

Intent: all of them.

In reality: maybe a quarter

Does she have any interest in the Sims? That would be the only major game I would think that she’d miss out on by not going Deck.