Now, when I convinced myself that I wanted this, I thought I knew what types of games I wanted it for. It let me shake off the bit of buyer’s remorse I’d been feeling. Because of this, it ended up being my most played game in both May and June (and in June, nothing else came anywhere close). I found myself reaching for the Steam Deck every time I had a gap in my day where I though I could knock out a season or two. It wasn’t, however, until I started messing around with Atomicrops that I really started to be as excited about the Steam Deck as I was the day I placed my reservation. I didn’t come anywhere close to beating the game this time, but it was enough for me to start to get used to the idea. I was still pretty obsessed with Bugsnax at the time, so I kind of forced myself to push through a hefty chunk of a third playthrough solely on the Deck. I mean, if I just sat at my desk, I’d have a bigger monitor, and my trusty mouse & keyboard, and why did I think I wanted this thing in the first place? No matter what I tried, nothing really felt like the correct thing for the platform. I installed games, booted them up, played for a few minutes, then went on to try something different. The first month, I didn’t so much play on the Steam Deck, as I played around with it. I suppose the jury is still out on the third question, but over the past couple of months, that second no has turned into a resounding yes. For the first few weeks it was here, it was looking like the second and third question were also going to be no’s and I was going to have a $600-ish hunk of regret. Well, on the first question, no, I didn’t need it (but – honestly – there was no reason to ever think I needed it – it’s a toy after all). In the roughly nine months between hitting that pre-order button, and finally having it in my hot little hands, I had a lot of time to think about whether it was something I really needed, would I get enough use out of it to justify the cost, and could it actually be anywhere near as cool as I hoped it was going to be. I’ve had my Steam Deck for about three months now.
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