Is building a PC to stream to a handheld a bad idea? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Elkenders@feddit.uk to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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I've always wanted to build a little PC, but I don't have space or time to play games other than on a handheld on the sofa. I've been playing Xbox Game Pass on my Retroid Pocket 3 Plus and it's been really good, but I'm wondering if a gaming pc streamed locally would be cheaper in the long run. It'd live under the TV and very rarely get used with a controller on the telly, almost always streamed to a little handheld.

Alternative is Steam Deck, which looks good, but tbh, it seems quite unweildly. Though I know it's possibly the right route.

Any thoughts?

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[-] BreadGar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

get both and stream to the steamdeck, getting like 12h of battery instead

[-] Elkenders@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Haha, I do have the Retroid Pocket which I enjoy a lot already. I guess I could get a steam deck and stream from that to the Retroid? Seems a bit counter intuitive though.

[-] telemachuszero@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Steam Deck doesn't currently support being the streaming host (at least, SteamOS currently doesn't - but I wouldn't recommend wiping that as it's one of the best parts of the deck).

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