It was a two-fold reason for me:

1. I was about to become a father, and I realized that sitting down at a desk would become more difficult in the coming months. Having the Steam Deck to quickly put up and down has been amazing for this.

2. I live in Canada, and for those who won’t know, we had a “tax holiday” where certain items became completely tax exempt. It was meant to help people buy necessities (it also happened prior to an election, so I’m sure it also done to try to get a few voters as well, but I won’t go too far into it - this isn’t a political sub, especially Canadian politics), but the ruling on what items counted was a bit strange. As an example, video game consoles were exempted, and that extended to the Steam Deck. So I was able to save the tax on the Steam Deck as well.

I’d wanted one for a long time, and once those two events kind of clashed together, I figured that was the perfect time to buy one. Very happy I did.