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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/Impressive_Plum_6770 on 2026-05-15 15:34:59+00:00.

I’ve had my deck for 3 years now and I have over 1200 games in various libraries and a lot of retro PC games on CD/DVD and even floppy disc.

I played at my desk, on my couch and on my phone and over the years I lost interest in gaming, but kept buying games because I just love collecting. The deck was more like a “nice to have”.

A few months ago, I said to myself: STOP BUYING GAMES AND PLAY THEM!

So I did that. But playing at my desk is not fun anymore because I sit at the desk for 40hrs a week and can’t stand it anymore. Gaming on my couch is fun and all, but I want to relax and watch a movie when I’m chilling.

Then I grabbed my deck and replayed BioShock infinite. It was like a revelation. After that I loaded up Resident evil 4 remake and played that. Another great time. Then Indiana Jones… And so on. It doesn’t matter where I am, I can finally enjoy gaming again.

I even grabbed GTA2 from my collection and got it running on the deck…

It reminded me what I loved about gaming. It’s not the game alone, it’s the whole package. Installing it, getting it to run and tinkering. That special kind of nostalgia.

I do love the convenience of steam, but sometimes a little tinkering is even better.

My PC is no longer my primary gaming system, even though it does the “computing” and streaming it to my deck. I do not care about performance, ray tracing and all that like I did before. Don’t get me wrong. I do like tech and having the option to look at beautiful lighting and all is fun. But it really doesn’t matter if the game is good and 40 fps on the deck is so good!

Sorry for the wall of text, but it had to get out.