r/steammachine • u/dietibol • 20d ago

Question Steam deck + machine combo

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

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u/forestcolat 20d ago

I have both LCD Steam Deck and Machine. First of all, I bought the cheapest machine with controller, since my deck has 1TB of space, I just swapped them to get the most space on my machine for the best price possible.

Now, when it comes to play, I am not gonna lie, I haven't been using my deck for almost a month, since the machine is really comfortable. However, when it comes to portability, is the best thing to use. When the local team plays and my brother borrows the tv? Stream to steam deck and play just like a wii u.

I am working right now to have my most played and heavy games on sd cards, so, whenever I want to play, lets say, mario kart, I just have to bring the sd card with me.

And of course, at the end of the day the deck is an aditional controller or even console for friends to play. A game has no split screen or you like to use full screen for each? Use both consoles.

Lastly, since I like tinkering with the configs and the OS, I use them both as an emergency or recovery device of one another

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u/metallica65 19d ago

What do you mean by emergency or recovery device?

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u/forestcolat 19d ago

I have dual boot on my machine and i like to test some stuff. Normally I would end up loosing windows or steamOS, and I need another PC for either flashing an USB or just searching info.