The Steam Deck is changing how I buy games
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#617Y5)
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Buying multiplatform games used to be a simple decision for me: I'd almost always get them on the Nintendo Switch because of how easy it is to play games both on a TV or in portable mode. The Steam Deck has thrown a wrench in that decision-making process. The handheld gaming PC might be heavier, have worse battery life, and doesn't come with an easy Switch-like dock to throw my games onto a bigger screen, but because I feel like I can bank on Steam games being available much longer into the future, I'm having to make tough choices about whether I buy games on Valve's storefront instead of Nintendo's.
There's one important thing I should state up front: I hadn't owned a gaming PC of any kind until I got the Steam Deck in April. For a long...