But couch gaming is so much better with a lighter device in hands and a TV hooked to a PC. I, too, want a Deck but can't justify the waste because my cute little htpc is much, much faster. Not that it needs to be, 90% of the time. Nothing fancy. Mostly 8 and 16-bit stuff.

That said, the deck is almost cheaper than the 5800u tomtom sort of sff pcs on aliexpress. Everything considered, it's not a bad product at all. I fear its future looks brighter than that of my index