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Nah, I know one person who has been asking me about my steam deck because they think it would be perfect to buy for games they play (older titles or indie games like stardew), and I know another person that just switched from windoes 10 to linux on their main PC because they have used a steam deck.
The steam deck is still relevant and it gives people the confidence and experience needed to consider switching to linux.
While I love my Steam Deck, I always give the caveat that it's best for 2D-rendered games. While it can run 3D games, it doesn't do it particularly well and has terrible battery life while doing so. Meanwhile every 2D game gets great performance and 3-4 hours of battery even on the oldest Steam Decks, and that's not going to change anytime soon
Huh? Plays Baldur's Gate 3, Oblivion Remastered, and Clair Obscur Expedition 33 fine for me.
I know yet another person that has Steam Deck as their only gaming device and they play almost exclusively Skyrim on it.
Define "fine".
If your standard is 30fps, not particularly good latency, and 1.5hr battery life then yes, they're fine.
If your standard is 60 fps and >3hr battery, then no, they are not fine.
My preference is stable 60fps and >3hr battery, and I have yet to see a 3D game do that well
https://store.steampowered.com/charts/steamdecktopplayed
Top played games on steam deck include:
Seems like a you problem.