I had an old MSI gaming laptop from 2016 which was amazing for me (I always had slow, 2nd hand laptops before) and now I’ve sold it and my PS Vita in order to buy a Steam Deck. I want to play Elden Ring, the Souls series, Sekiro and some indie games like Vampire Survivor. I also want to emulate games (Gameboy gen up to PS2 gen). Would that be a good investment or should I just go for a PC? I travel frequently because of my job.

  • Snoopy
    101·
    1 year ago

    Steamdeck will be a good replacement for a gaming laptop and less expensive. Mine is 1 year old. Almost every games work well on Linux thank to Valve and Wine, i don’t see any problems with your games. And you can emulate old game on Linux but i never tried it.

    There is some issue :

    • you can’t play Kenshi, City Skyline. You will need a dock, keyboard and maybe a bigger screen.
    • Some game use a launcher that will block ya from playing it. Hence why some player decide to install Windows. (Blame the editor, not Valve)
    • The Steamdeck handle well AAA title but it will drain its battery quickly. Elden ring can last 2h i think.

    And imho, you should never install Windows. Why ? To increase Linux market share. So game editor will work on their launcher and make them compatible with Linux. And there is plenty gaming console on Windows, lot PC on windows. Windows’s gamers have plenty options (ROG). So just for this one, we should accept the Steamdeck as a Linux gaming machine, for once.

    • jpeps@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      When you say you can’t play Skylines, that’s just because you don’t like the control experience, right? I used to play it with a Steam Controller occasionally so I feel like I wouldn’t mind too much haha.

      • Snoopy
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it was slow i tried to lower the resolution but it was sluglish :( Maybe connecting to a bigger screen with a keyboard will improve the experience. did you see, there is city skyline 2 that is coming out soon ! this is a great year for gamers ! :D