Aw, right in the feels. Just sold my Steam deck.
It was the best gaming console I’ve ever owned. I would even go as far as saying it was the best gaming device I’ve ever owned.
For me, in my current phase of life, it was better than the gaming towers I used to own as it took up very little space and it was portable.
Family getaway, my son is asleep? I can game. Waiting for something in my car? I can game.
Am near a tv or a big screen? I can take my gaming experience to the big screen.
And yes, it’s only 720p, but honestly, a while ago, I realised that I don’t care about 4k and used to run my ps5(also sold) and xbox (for sale at the moment) in 1080p.
When I got the Steam deck, I realised that even 1080p is not critical to my needs, the games I spent the most time in were Cult of the lamb, Brotato, Vampire survivors, they run flawlessly.
I also played Bioshock, Diablo IV and a few other AAA titles, no issues for me there either.
Portability and convenience trump fancy graphics and performance for me.
It was when I installed Diablo IV that I realised that I can’t do this, I have to sell the Steam deck. The intro to the game is amazing and it was hitting all the right spots.
The on-ramp is ridiculously well done and I could feel myself being sucked in to this whole new amazing world and I knew I would not be able to stop playing if I had it near me.
So I told myself, let’s see what’s the going rate, just put it slightly above mid market value and hope no one buys it.
Well, someone did, the very next day and I am so happy they did! This is the first lump sum towards making my A7C II purchase easier on the family budget 🙂
Learning is addictive
Today I practiced SwiftUI in xcode, by starting to write an app for this very challenge. Currently I use Apple notes and just check the list items off. Does the job, but if part of the challenge is learning, why not write an app and learn at the same time?
Opening Xcode, while a little chaotic and stressful — there are so many buttons and Swift language is a little alien to me, as I’m primarily a Javascript/php dev.
But every time I do, I feel like I want to do it more. Every time I open Xcode, I am one step closer to actually having an app on the app store. Long term, this is my ultimate dream, to be able to sustain a stable income from having apps on the app store.
Super excited and pumped. Journaling is helping me stay on track. I might even do a food log after this one is done. As I’m starting to realise that being accountable (even to myself) encourages me to make the right choices.
I used to think my will was weak and maybe so. But now I’m thinking that maybe it’s more that my mind is fractured in many different directions and I find it too easy to forget about what’s truly important long term while being distracted by short term things.