Yep, it definitely is the right time for it 👍🏻

The box is what interests me the most. Currently I have an Xbox Series X that I got while they were on discount - unfortunately that’s connected to Microsoft and their shady practices. Unfortunately I don’t have the funds nor the time to go deeply into PC gaming, so it’d be the perfect device for me. The only downside is no physical media whatsoever, but I fear that’s dead in gaming anyways. If I buy a disc nowadays, I have only a few hundred MBs on it and then the whole rest is downloaded from the XB Store. I’d need a new Blu-ray/DVD-Player for my growing movie collection, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. The Steam Deck reminds me of the Sony PSP I used to have, handheld gaming certainly would be a welcome thing in my single household again. How do you like your Deck so far?

+1 on the Linux front. IMHO, SteamOS together with distros like Bazzite, CachyOS and Pop!OS that are already very welcoming to gaming needs will probably help to firmly establish the Linux platform in gaming. I still plan to change my OS on my laptop to a Linux distro soon, even though there will be a a steep learning curve…