I am sitting on a desk PC the whole day at work, which I believe has caused my ability to play games on my PC to diminish. I have found the following solutions, so I am asking to see if any of you has done something like that:
- Buy a console (the easiest)
- Connect the PC and the TV to a router to form an Ethernet LAN, and stream from the PC to the console using Steam Link
- Connect the GPU's HDMI output to the TV's and the computer screen's inputs using a 1x2 HDMI switch
With solutions (2) and (3) converting the PC to a console so I can sit on the couch and relax.
Also, have you found your tastes change after starting work? I used to be into games with complex stories and/or challenging gameplay but now I feel to tired for that.
Thanks
Buy a steam deck and a dock. You'll get the console like experience while also having a very comfortable handheld gaming device.
The big three consoles are filled with DRM and arbitrary limitations that make them more pain than fun (game consoles are like mini prisons compared to a PC). A steam deck can load any game you want with minimal restrictions (besides easy anti cheat games and incompetent companies). You can play modded games on a Steam deck and games you got from the high seas.
If you want to get even further away from being locked in to a company you can use a community OS like Bazzite on your steam deck and you have the ultimate gaming machine.
Plus you're supporting Linux gaming which is a boon for all of us.
Don't ever buy a big three game console unless you're really into being humiliated 5 years down the line where the console "exclusive" goes to PC. They shut down the Xbox 360 store and they're going to shut down the new consoles as well.
To add to this i was just in a thread where xbox users were complaining that after the latest firmware update, ads in the UI were getting in the way of their ability to play games. This on top of xbox live being a required paid service to play most games. If you want a console the steam deck is the way to go.