Steam deck, the ability to turn it off and on at a moments notice with its instant pause and resume is so underrated. I find that work and other commitments mean I have to snatch moments of gaming here and there and never for long uninterrupted sessions. The steam deck is so good for that.

Sit down to game, press the power button, the time from nothing to game play is about 3 seconds, my timer goes off to do something with dinner or I get called by my other half to water the cat or whatever, press the power button again, no menus, no saving, it’s instantly off, do whatever chore, return to the deck, press the power button and 3 seconds later it resumes and I’m back where I was, no loading or faffing no lost progress. Play it on the sofa, hook it up to the tv or my main pc setup to use KB and mouse. It’s so good!

With a gaming pc you have to turn it on boot it up, load steam, run the updates, launch the game, then pausing isn’t instantaneous, and I’m tucked up in a bedroom upstairs not where I want to be, then turn it off again. Don’t get me wrong a full PC is better when you’re actually playing, but I just don’t have the time to get into playing it. The speed and convenience of the steam deck means I actually get to play in those snatched moments.