What does your battlestation look like? PS4/5, XBox, PC or some oddball Chinese retro handheld?

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    1 year ago

    Steamdeck took over most of my gaming. It’s by far the best gaming device ever made imo.

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      1 year ago

      I’m playing on my Steam Deck like I was playing on my Switch 6 years ago. I prefer my indie games on handheld devices, so a good half of my playtime is spent on the Deck.

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    1 year ago

    I have a full gaming rig, but mainly play on my Steamdeck - it’s so much more convenient to just be able to pick it up and play.

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    1 year ago

    I only play on my Steam Deck and/or on my Desktop running Arch(btw)

    Desktop Specs: OS: Arch Linux CPU: Intel i7-9700K GPU: Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition RAM: 2x8GB 3600 MHz

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    1 year ago

    Primary is now Steam Deck.

    PC is pretty much used for work and installing games to move to the Steam Deck.

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    1 year ago

    After zero PC gaming in forever I got myself a Steam Deck and have been loving how it performs!

    Series X has been my focus but the lack of decent games made me move elsewhere before Starfield drops.

    But also have a Miyoo Mini V2, and a jailbroken Switch.

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    1 year ago

    Mostly PC (Linux), sometimes Switch. I also have a Raspberry Pi as a retro console emulator for old stuff like the original The Legend of Zelda.

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    1 year ago

    PS5 mainly. I do have a gaming pc but at the moment I’m just casual gaming on the sofa when I have time. I love the PS5, I think it’s the best Sony console since the PS2.

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      Oh wow that’s a bold statement. Personally i think the PS3 is better than the PS2 though. The move to online and HD graphics (for the average consumer) was huge. I know it had been a thing for a while, but that’s when it became mainstream

      How come you’re such a big fan of the PS5? Is the game selection as good as the PS2?

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        Thought that would be a controversial opinion lol.

        So purely from a console perspective, taking pc out of the equation completely. The PS3 game selection was severely lacking. It was a good console and the graphical jump was awesome, but the number of games I actually had was hardly any.

        PS4 was fantastic in most ways, but a lot of the games I found really pushed the hardware which resulted in the console sounding like it was going to take off, becoming overheated etc.

        The pros of the PS5 for me include the SSD, which makes such a huge difference to the speed of the console. Things like switching games is a breeze. The adaptive triggers are really good when implemented into games. The graphics are fantastic. I know many people don’t see a difference, but with a 4K tv games like the newest Ratchett and Clank look phenomenal. So much more can be done with physics and effects that the game actually blew me away with what it pulled off.

        People say there aren’t many games but I’ve played and loved so many PS5 games including the two Spiderman games, Demons souls remake, Ratchett and Clank, FF7 remake, Hogwarts, and quite a few more.

        The console is fast, simple to use, the games I’ve played have looked gorgeous in every way, and I’m seriously excited to see what else gets released now that companies are stopping PS4 and 5 versions and just purely developing for current gen.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t play games with much frequency, but I play on some combination of Steam Deck and a desktop running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, a Linux distro.

    Edits/Changes: Forgot to specify Tumbleweed.

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    I have my main PC, plus a retro gaming / emulation machine for the living room, and an anbernic RG 351 MP (handheld) that can emulate just about everything up to the N64. All GNU/Linux.

    I mostly play steam games, plus Xonotic, Beyond All Reason, and Veloren. I’ve been playing Animal Crossing with my partner lately, and Windwaker on the living room machine.

    I just don’t see much value in mainstream consoles these days when you could instead have a proper computer and all the versatility that brings.

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      1 year ago

      Stadia was great. No monthly fee. Good enough selection of games. If they had put literally any effort into it, they could’ve done amazing.

      It was cool of Google to give me my money back for my games.

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        Sadly I came late to the Stadia party, I originally only bought the controller to use for my PC, but I got far cry 5 as a freebie and I was considering buying some more games, then they announced that it was getting shut down.