Tl;Dr: Author prefers pick up and play games and they’re also nostalgic for when those games were more common. The steam deck is a good pick up and play console and they’re sad there’s not more pick up and play games.
Aren't there, though? I'm an old gamer too, and I agree there were a lot more mainstream pick-up-and-play games, but if anything this seems like another pick-up-and-play golden age. There are so many indie titles that fit the bill, not to mention a handful of popular games like BTD6.
Not to mention games back then were ungodly expensive. I remember getting a game (1) for Christmas that was a present for my two brothers and me combined.
I find the steam deck (albeit with a tiny amount of Linux tinkering skills) to be amazing at playing really old games. For example I got Need for Speed Underground 2 working on it which is max nostalgia for me personally. I used to play a lot of FPSs too, quake3 era and later, and basically all of those work great too, though not something that is particularly good on a controller. The author might find that getting the nostalgic titles working for them is rewarding as well.
Tl;Dr: Author prefers pick up and play games and they’re also nostalgic for when those games were more common. The steam deck is a good pick up and play console and they’re sad there’s not more pick up and play games.
Aren't there, though? I'm an old gamer too, and I agree there were a lot more mainstream pick-up-and-play games, but if anything this seems like another pick-up-and-play golden age. There are so many indie titles that fit the bill, not to mention a handful of popular games like BTD6.
Not to mention games back then were ungodly expensive. I remember getting a game (1) for Christmas that was a present for my two brothers and me combined.
I find the steam deck (albeit with a tiny amount of Linux tinkering skills) to be amazing at playing really old games. For example I got Need for Speed Underground 2 working on it which is max nostalgia for me personally. I used to play a lot of FPSs too, quake3 era and later, and basically all of those work great too, though not something that is particularly good on a controller. The author might find that getting the nostalgic titles working for them is rewarding as well.