I guess it depends on what you play. With the latest AAA games sure, but I also have a 65W battery pack for it they can charge it from zero to full about 3 times.

It's not a matter of performance. My SD can virtually all AAA games on Steam with reasonable frame rates. It's a matter of ergonomics, physical comfort, mood, and minset when I'm with the Deck vs with my gaming PC or gaming laptop. On my battlestation with a 32" 1440p 144hz monitor, it's "overkill" to run many of the indie games I want to play, not to mention not nearly as comfortable if I were to sit in front of my gaming chair instead of laying in bed or on my couch. Also, when on my computer, I'm always on Discord and I run a Discord server with 100+ people in it from all around the world. This incenticizes me to play multiplayer games with them and further demotivates me to launch a single-player or indie game.

On the SD, it creates an environment where I naturally seek to launch single-player, indie, story-focused, and relatively casual games that I can almost isolate myself and unwind with a good story in the palms of my hands. The SD allows me to extend my gaming to several parts of the house and world I've never played PC games in before. I've tried gaming laptops in bed via many methods and they are not comfortable. This is where SD really found its niche IMO.

The biggest change in my life after getting an SD is that it literally made me want to play the hundreds of indies in my backlog. Prior to the SD, I was rarely in the mood for an indie on my battlestation with my 32” 1440p 144hz i9-9900K and 2080 Ti set up. For that I’d gladly do Star Citizen, Escape from Tarkov, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, etc.

On the Deck, I’m finally enjoying all the more obscure or even popular indies while laying in bed, on the couch, or on the go. It literally made me play more games and a wider variety of games. The SD helped me discover games and genres that I never knew I liked. That’s how much of an impact the SD had on me.

It completes my life on a daily basis. I travel often for work also and so it has been life changing. I still have my Alienware and it has its place, but on the couch, in bed, in airport lounges, at the gate, in flight, etc the SD is unbeatable. Had mine since July and it is kitted out with all sorts of accessories as well.

On the Deck - Detroit: Become Human, Cloudpunk, Crystal Project, Resonance, Narita Boy, Cuphead, Return of the Obra Dinn, Dogs Organized Neatly, and Disco Elysium. You??

I’ve bought I don’t know how many Decks now from both my US and Hong Kong Steam accounts for my friends around the world in mainland China to the Middle East. I don’t know many of them IRL - they have just been my closest gaming friends and they wired money over beforehand. If you knew any American or HK/TW/JP gamer I’m sure at least one of term would have gladly done the same for you.