You can easily do the same things on Deck as you would on a Windows machine in regards to file management, mods, easily using 3rd party launchers or stores like Epic or GamePass, etc (+) More familiar if you're used to windows. (-) Modding games is much harder, especially making sure the mods work in Game Mode.
(-) Some games are just flat-out incompatible, like GamePass games or games with heavy anti-cheat additions like Destiny 2. multiple versions of Proton installed for various games take gigabytes of data, shader caches can take lots of space and require constant updates, and updates to EA games will update the EA launcher and break Steam Deck compatibility, so games that work today may not work tomorrow) (-) Lots of compatibility layers means lots of extra space taken up, lots of things to potentially manage, and lots of things to potentially break (e.g. Going in and out of Desktop mode to get into the filesystem or adding tons of non-steam games for desktop applications can be annoying. (-) Tinkering with the OS is a bit more of a pain, especially if you're not familiar with Linux. (+) Great additional tools out of the box to do things like limit framerate or TDP (+) Perfect Steam Input support for mapping various controller functions within each game (+) Most seamless, at least for compatible games purchased from Steam There's pros and cons to every approach, so it's just picking your poison:
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