(author of the article here) Agreed. I'm just commenting on the hardware architecture. The deck is a pretty competent gaming device, given its ultraportable form factor and tight power constraints. You can find that out on any number of sites that have reviewed the Steam Deck from gaming experience perspective, so I didn't think it was necessary rehash that.

I've been playing Midnight Suns on mine, very recent game, and it works extremely well(if you lock to 30fps). I've played a good chunk of Elden Ring also completely locked to 30fps - no problem at all.

Someone said something about it before that makes sense to me - it's a portable PS4. If you are happy with playing games at the level a PS4 would play them, then it's a perfect device for you. If you expect proper next-gen games to run on it(Returnal) then you will be disappointed.