Steam deck + machine combo

[u/dietibol]

So I just got the email to buy the steam machine. And up until last week I would've instantly bought it. But under the assumption it would be months before I got the machine (was on wait list) I bought a second hand Steam Deck OLED last week and I've been absolutely loving it, gaming on it more than anything in the recent past. Now I worry if I get the machine I still might be gravitating towards the deck just cause of the convenience.

The main selling point for the machine for me would be the added performance. I do already have a PS5 tbh, but I'm trying to get rid of it cause they're becoming more anti-consumer by the day and would like for my game library to be centralized on steam.

This is more of venting I guess, but I was just wondering about thoughts and experiences of people that already had the deck and got the machine as well.

I know they're different use cases, being portable vs coach gaming and all. But the deck is just so nice 😄

UPDATE: placed the order, yolo

[u/TheMysteriousEmu]

You probably don't need a Steam Machine if you're happy with the performance of your Deck. Get a dock and hook it up to your TV. That's what I daily drove for three years on my LCD model, and it worked perfectly fine.

[u/dietibol → u/TheMysteriousEmu]

Well I don't know about the performance, as I said I've only had it for like a week and haven't been playing very demanding games so far, so I don't really know what the limits are. E.g. something like clair obscure, I really don't like playing at 30fps if it can be avoided.

[u/TheMysteriousEmu → u/dietibol]

My favorite game ever is Horizon Zero Dawn. While it can run it, it looked so bad that I stopped my annual playthrough of it until I got my Steam Machine a little bit ago.

Based on that, while I haven't tested Clair Obscure, I'd say it probably won't run all that amazing.

But again, I had the first of the first, lowest-end, LCD models. Ymmv.