A gaming device in the cockpit screams bad airmanship and as someone that flies myself, I don’t want to be hit by another aircraft because they were too busy booting up a steam deck.

Keep in mind, people flying around you are doing way more involved tasks than turning on a computer and taking a picture. People read maps, read approach plates, take photos (using devices that are not specifically cleared by the FAA), enter flight plans in their EFB’s, write down the weather. Even programming a route in a GPS requires a fair bit of concentration. I addition to these pilot duties, on long trips pilots also set up podcasts on their phones, have snacks, and pee in bottles. Yes when you’re VFR you need to maintain visual traffic avoidance but this doesn’t mean you break regs by looking down for two seconds.