• Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    The single reason I bought a Steam Deck instead of a console was because it would let me pirate games. And now I have more than 50 games on my Steam account. I still pirate games but there are games that are reasonably priced and not made by a multi-billion dollar company and I just buy them.

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      7 months ago

      I didn’t even buy a Steam Deck, I just switched to Linux, which is essentially what you did, just expensively.

      • Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de
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        7 months ago

        I mean the steam deck is portable though. It’s not the same thing. Also you can pirate on windows too. It’s actually easier.

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          My laptop is pretty dang portable. It may not fit in a pocket or what have you, but I carry a backpack anyway. And does windows provide emulators? I just pulled up a huge list, right on Discover Software Center and there are at least a couple different emulators for every major (and even some minor) console, handheld, arcade, and even a DOS emulator for DOS games. Hell, I even have Space Cadet Pinball on this thing. Yeah I’ve pirated on windows, and it’s not as easy, unless you’re talking about music production software, but that’s a whole other beast. Don’t get me wrong, Steam Deck is awesome and I would love to get one, but $650 is a hefty chunk of change for a lot of people, and considering I’m trying to save up for a Framework, I’m not interested in spending that kind of money right now.

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            7 months ago

            I’m not even sure what the point you’re trying to make is any more, but gaming on a laptop without a table is uncomfortable, which to me makes it less portable than the steam deck.

            Other people are allowed to buy whatever they like.