It's not a pocket console, it's a backpack console. In terms on consoles, It's like moving from a desktop to a laptop. Laptops won over desktops, even when the laptop rarely leaves the house, because it offers free movement amd choice of location.

Compared to gaming on a laptop, the steam deck works better and is more flexible in more locations. The quick suspend feature, though it doesn't work with every game, just extends this convenience by making it easy to pickup and put down.

There's definitely a space for pocket gaming, but that faces stiff competition from phone games.