[BoorishBears]

If you're into the kind of emulation where the 3DS is a contender, the Steam Deck is miles behind so many other options.

There's a cottage industry of retro emulation machines that all have much better battery life, more faithful control schemes, etc.

The Steam Deck shines because of all the other things it can do, but those mostly come at a cost to how great of a retro emulation handheld it is.