I use my Deck when I travel ( which is all the time). I bust that thing out on the plane, on public transit and in my hotel room. I literally do not care what people think of me by doing so.
Excuse you that is my emotional support Switch. It helps me feel better knowing I have the option to play if shit goes sideways, and tbf it has a couple times and those games came in handy to pass the time.
It’s like part of having a Swiss army knife or a first aid kit; if the day goes well you don’t need it but it helps way more if you have it on hand ¯\(ツ)/¯
I bought my steam deck for my first vacation out of state. 6 hour flight.
You better be damn sure I played games on the flight.
Played for 3-4 hours on each flight. Then set it up on my TVs at home. Docking stations on living room and bedroom TVs. Move it as needed.
I don’t touch it often, but it’s there when I want/need it.
Last played when I had the flu.I mean tbf the majority of the time I use my Deck is on the train.
I have a Switch I play mostly on trains and airplanes.
Yeah, I use it mostly while traveling. It might come out a few times at the destination if I’m traveling for work or to my hometown but thankfully it never really comes out when I’m actually on vacation.
I see the other side - if I’m not using my SteamDeck, it’s because I’m having a good enough time with the ‘real world’.
I feel attacked. I bought one these gamepads where you put your phone in. Loaded the phone up with bunch of emulators and roms. I havent used it it public but once. I cant stomach outing myself as a 30+ gAmEr in public. Its a me problem and i should just give less of a fuck but i simply cant.
The only time someone has said anything to me about my playing my Deck in public was a guy who had an Asus portable and wanted to chat about it.
Literally no one cares. Well, besides children who will think you’re awesome.
I think you are saying you dont want to look unproductive in public? You wouldnt be strange for being a gamer at your age:
https://playtoday.co/blog/stats/gamer-demographics/
Do you look at gamers in their 30s and think negative things?
I think a big part of the problem for 30s+ gamers is that we grew up hearing how gaming = lazy bums, and it’s hard to break away from that. I think in company of other gamers it’s cool, but you still expect non-gamers to judge you
I don’t use my switch that much on the plane but I use it a lot at the hotel
I’ve just got a tiny retro gaming console and it’s great to make the most of tiny time gaps. Really need to make a whole post about it.
Idk I get a lot of use from my Switch Lite when I travel. When I’m home I just play on my ps5.
I brought my steamdeck to a boys weekend away. We used it to play a few games here and there at 3am as we’re winding down for bed in our Jammies.
I use my switch alot more when travelling or just heading out and need something because it’s size is perfect.
The new switch 2 is way too big, it’s stupid. Steamdeck was already big for me, and the maximum I was going to buy for any handheld.
I have a switch. I use it on flights mostly. My kid began asking to play Mario Kart on it so we play together sometimes.
I bought a switch. Then I almost never used it, since if I’m gaming I’m at my PC.
I’ll likely never buy another portable console simply for the fact that I don’t have a use for it. Many do, I’m just not one of them
