With the SteamDeck and other such systems so popular now, I thought I'd see how users here prefer to game away from their home PC.

Feel free to share your preferred system and some games you like to play if you wish.

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Hopefully I didn't miss anything

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SteamDeck
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Older handheld console like PSP / Vita, DS / 3DS, Gameboy, etc
Emulation handheld running Android or Linux, such as Retroid, Anbernic, Ayn Odin, etc
Standard laptop
Standard tablet / mobile phone
Other, for anything I've somehow forgotten
I do not game on any device that would be considered as portable

I don't commute much so my desktop is almost always available, but when I'm in bed it will usually be the switch lite or switch oled. And it will mostly be the exclusives. If I could easily get hold of a deck it might replace it just because I have so many games already, but I kind of like the idea of a special library of games that are 'bed time' games or something. Finished a lot of great games I wouldn't get to experience otherwise.

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Makes sense, to make it feel "different". But honestly, in all my time with the Deck I certainly played less than 5 games on my Deck AND desktop.
So it's pretty easy to give the system a unique touch, I almost associate the Deck with JRPGs and Visual Novels by now.

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I'm having a portable chess set with me on my travels. In regions with little to no net coverage/no electrical grid this setup has a clear advantage. Additional perk: by playing in co-op you can meet new people/make new friends.

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3DS currently, but I own a PSP as well. Might get a Vita soon too.
I feel like even if I had a Steam Deck it'd barely get any use outside of home, seeing as I don't carry around a huge bag, where as with the 3DS I can and do game practically anywhere I want, whether in transit, at home, at the beach etc. :)
Used to do a lot of mobile gaming a few years ago but it's mostly just cash-grabs now, barely any original ideas or engaging game-play, the only thing I do seldom play (if at all) are lightweight ports like Balatro, Slay The Spire, Loop Hero etc.

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Just "Steamdeck"? No Legion Go?
(I own none of these)

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"Other handheld PC based device"

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Steam Deck. Since I got it I barely use my laptop for a couple of games I canot play on my Deck.

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I won a Logitech G cloud about a year ago which isn't exactly well received due to its price but considering that wasn't an aspect for me it is great, for now I have been using it for xCloud gaming but I can also use it with moonlight or steam link so it is not bad at all!

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I also got a recently got an... also won switch that I am just getting into, I only have mario bros wonder included but games available are hella expensive, and nintendo seems greedy especially with their accessories and prices with the switch 2 so not exactly a company I like lol, good games though

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Steam Deck.

Easy to pick up anytime and continue your last session.

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just laptop (for internet, movies and games)

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Decklings assemble!

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If this counts, I played it a lot as a kid:

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When I travel somewhere I use my rather heavy-ish gaming laptop, a Lenovo Legion 5i with a rtx 4070. Sure, it's definitely 'portable' compared to a desktop and great for gaming... but the weight and the massive charging brick has me looking at other, lighter options (like the M4 Macbook pros, with CrossOver/game porting toolkit they can even run games like cyberpunk at reasonable framerates these days). Might wait for the M5 refresh and upgrade to that, most games I play should be totally manageable on that.

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