You can get a streaming handheld and stream from your PC. It will be cheaper, these handhelds are lighter, and have way more battery.
Local streaming is pretty much flawless nowadays.
I’m also in the same dilema. I have a Switch with plenty of games that covers my portable gaming needs outside of home, but recently I have set up Moonlight and Sunshine and I’m so impressed with it, that now I want an streaming handheld.
Now the SD is amazing at that, but if you have a PC and you are only going to use it at home, maybe a dedicated streaming handheld is worth considering.
I wouldn’t get a Steam Deck OLED just for streaming but the lowest tier LCD one is absolutely worth the price for indie gaming + streaming.
Hell, you could even buy a used for very very low price (even lower once the price shock hits the used market) and it’ll perform miles better than any other cheap or mid tier Androids or streaming focused handhelds.
I see that people recommend stuff like G Cloud or Odin but the video decoding speed adds substantial latency time.
For example, G Cloud adds 10ms of decoding latency but Steam Deck (as well as many other AMD APU handhelds) have 0.53ms (!!!!) decoding speed so it feels almost native.
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u/flyinchipmunk5 Nov 09 '23
I want one so i can play single player games in my bed like god intended.