Yes you can and it’s how I use it half the time. Keep in mind that the system is tuned to 720p/800p so you can either have the TV resolution and take a big performance hit or have it at the native resolution.

You should factor the cost of the games into it too, especially if you have an existing Steam library and aren't exclusively playing AAA games.

If not, it's a bit harder to recommend for exclusive TV use at that price.

You can! And you can even use PS5 (or any other bluetooth-capable) controllers with it.

We had a family night in the living room with mine, I used an xbox one X controller, wife used a dualshock 4, and kiddo used a Wii U controller (I was emulating a switch game, so the Wii U controller helped the little one a lot with the button mappings being correct on the faces).

I recommend starting with a cheap dock like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Hiearcool-Adapter-Multport-Compatible-Devices-Midnight/dp/B09YLD1Q4L

and then upgrading to a Jsaux dock or the official dock later.

Agree with other commenter. If you're mobile or plan to move it at all, deck hands down. If it's going to sit there all the time, then probably ps5

It’s a Linux machine with good cpu, 16gb of ram, KDE and you can install stuff with flatpak AND distrobox. If you have a dock, there really is no reason not to use as a normal computer.

They use it in Ukraine to control machine gun turrets!

You're the one they see every flight. Keep up the good work

I was going to say the same thing, but then I spent my last few flights staring at elden ring. Who knows what was going on around me.

I currently own a steam deck. I got it in the first batch of deliveries. As far as a tech product goes, I have never consistently used a tech product for this long outside of my desktop. I almost always find myself migrating back to my desktop for everything, except with the steam deck. I actually find myself doing things on my deck instead of my desktop.

When version 2 comes out (or if I can get a sweet deal on the OLED down the road) I will for sure be upgrading without hesitation.