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Hello all, I was hoping to pick up a machine for 1080p gaming on a TV primarily for playing couch party games on emulators (switch, ps3, wii, etc) and was wondering if the deck would be a good fit? I've heard before that there were some problems with docks but not sure if that's been resolved. Any insight is appreciated

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It should work. But if you don't need something to carry around you could probably build a more powerful PC for the same price.

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Honestly the LCD decks are so cheap, especially with sales, I don't think you could build a gaming PC for that price.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know the virtual pinball community frequently recommends steam decks to power their pinball cabinets. I would assume that means it's pretty decent compared to other cheap PC options.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess they can also reuse the LCD.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Lol I guess they could mount the deck to show as a scoreboard.

[–] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I suppose I should have mentioned this in the post but I already have a computer I use for gaming at home, was specifically looking for something budget friendly to bring to friends houses and play games. Otherwise I prob would just build a sffpc