I settled into a place where PC gaming always felt like it’d be foreign and obtuse.
The cost was certainly one important consideration.
It was a good price point partly because of its other significant feature, its form factor.
I didn’t have to fret about tinkering with parameters or installing drivers or trial-and-error for optimum performance.
I could buy a Deck-verified game, download it, and in most cases it would simply work.
I’d be off and playing in a matter of minutes, reclining on my couch while watching TV.
It felt comfortable right from the start.
Tinkering isn’t required, but it isn’t discouraged either.
To be sure, Steam Deck does have its share of problems.
It feels like a first draft of Valve’s ambitious ideas, not a finalized version.
In all likelihood, there will probably be a sleeker version of the Steam Deck too.
And when that happens, I’ll probably buy it.
I’m a PC gamer now, albeit a baby one.
Maybe one day I’ll even get a proper desktop gaming rig.
I am building up a respectable Steam library, after all.
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