Hello all, I was hoping to pick up a machine for 1080p gaming on a TV primarily for playing couch party games on emulators (switch, ps3, wii, etc) and was wondering if the deck would be a good fit? I’ve heard before that there were some problems with docks but not sure if that’s been resolved. Any insight is appreciated

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    4 months ago

    It should work. But if you don’t need something to carry around you could probably build a more powerful PC for the same price.

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      4 months ago

      Honestly the LCD decks are so cheap, especially with sales, I don’t think you could build a gaming PC for that price.

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      4 months ago

      I know the virtual pinball community frequently recommends steam decks to power their pinball cabinets. I would assume that means it’s pretty decent compared to other cheap PC options.

    • OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      4 months ago

      I suppose I should have mentioned this in the post but I already have a computer I use for gaming at home, was specifically looking for something budget friendly to bring to friends houses and play games. Otherwise I prob would just build a sffpc