I've not touched my Steam Deck in months. Were it not for my other half commandeering it as a dedicated visual novel machine and chewing through Higurashi's hundreds of thousands of words, the Valve handheld would have been getting dusty.
It's not that I'm averse to gaming handhelds—I won't tell you how many hours I've put into getting humbled by Dungeon Encounters on the original Nintendo Switch. So why have I fallen out with the Steam Deck? Especially when my colleagues are enjoying their best cozy gaming, Tiny Bookshop life with the handheld? Well, it all comes down to my biggest ask for the Steam Deck's successor: Please Valve, make the Steam Deck 2 just a little more comfortable for my teeny tiny raccoon hands.
