It really is impressive. Valve got so much right with the original Steam Deck, the buzz surrounding its reveal and launch was entirely warranted. I am salivating at the thought of how good a future Steam Deck 2 will be, with a fully developed OS and all of Valve's experience from the Steam Deck 1 and OLED launches.
The best thing is that the original isn't particularly a paperweight when a revised model launches, either.
Probably because I'm a fair bit older now, but I've got so many games to play on the bloody thing that I'd very likely wait until the second Steam Deck is discounted. An OLED model is brilliant, but I personally have very little urgency to buy it.
I've only just been informed of DOSBox Pure and been pratting around with the likes of Skyroads and Screamer, I've plumbed in Pico-8 so I can have a blast of whatever's featured at the time, and I've spent a good eight hours plowing through Super Woden GP 2. After that's done, I'm getting stuck into Gunhead and whip around to the start of this year and get into A Space For The Unbound.
I already know early next year will be consumed by Balatro and Tekken 8, both of which work swimmingly on the Deck. It's just an embarrassment of riches, and it's just all the things I love about PC Gaming just dumped into my hands.
Maybe one day, I'll play Dave The Diver. Who knows at this point?
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