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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 years ago (12 children)

The suspend feature is wildly important for me.

If I had to boot a game and shut it down each time, I’d only pickup the device when I had set aside time to game.

Since I can suspend and resume whenever, I pickup my steam deck all the time. I can play in the car and just suspend when we arrive or I can play for a few minutes while waiting for a meeting to start.

I can play while my wife gets ready.

Sometimes meets get canceled or there is traffic, so gaming sessions can really stretch out into a longer play time.

If I couldn’t suspend, I wouldn’t have played in those moments.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah same, being able to stop playing immediately is huge for me. There are a lot of games I would struggle to play through without it.

Diablo 4 not playing nice with suspend (due to the always online requirement) was the main reason I couldn't get into it and didn't buy it after the free to play week ended.

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