One Steam Deck walks into a bar...
One of the main selling points for thefor many is the fact it's super portable. A gaming handheld with the power to play top games wherever you like, Valve has said. But is it really as practical to take to a pub or bar as we'd like it to be?
As expected, I was closely followed by an elite team of curious friends. There we were, myself and a Nintendo Switch-playing IT support technician, an ex-games journalist turned game developer, and a futile PS Vita 2 anticipator, all of whom were excited to get a taste of the as-yet-unreleased Steam Deck.
There's always someone who makes a passing joke when you pull out a gaming laptop in a bar, too. Oddly, no comments came about the device we were all gawping at. The Steam Deck didn't seem to draw that much attention, and I feel like that wasn't just because the noisy pub atmosphere managed to drown out the high-pitched drone of the device's fan.
Gaming on a Steam Deck at a social gathering turned out not to be the most conducive to a communal atmosphere.