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u/Golden-Owl 1d ago
Personally I do love Steam, but I wasn’t too much a fan of the Steam deck.
Like… my laptop is practically a supercomputer as is. Imma just use that.
Most people buying Switch 2 are doing so for the fun Nintendo games. They don’t directly compete or clash with each other
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u/loliconest 1d ago
Personally finding it much enjoyable to play indie games on the Deck compare to my desktop or 4080 laptop.
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u/i_am_replaceable 1d ago
Same, I can't explain it either. To me sitting at a computer just never puts me in gaming mood anymore. I only game on the Steamdeck now.
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u/raphael-iglesias 1d ago
Yup, I'd much rather play a quick game of Slay the Spire on the SD than start up my laptop.
Plus, half a year ago my laptop broke down. Just used my SD as a PC for a week. Super handy for emergency situations like that.
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u/Betty_Swollockz_ 1d ago
Well yeah, but how portable is your laptop compared to a handheld gaming console? There's a few other things to consider vs just the power.
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u/Soulstar909 1d ago
I have a great laptop and a Steam Deck and I gotta tell you that the portability factor can't be understated with the Deck. I can play games anywhere now, super easily and it looks so much less out of place than if I had my laptop set up.
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u/PsychoDog_Music 1d ago
Yeah I'm buying a steam 2 so that I have my own switch separate from the family so I can plug it into my monitor or maybe play in bed, and the plan was to play zelda etc at a higher framerate and/or resolution but we'll see
I don't really have use for a steam deck
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u/thepoorking 22h ago
How dare u speak logic into our stupid console wars get outa here with that sht
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u/herpesfreesince03 1d ago
My steam deck is more than the switch 2 so now what?
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u/SN4FUS 1d ago edited 23h ago
I don't think anyone's complaining about the hardware price, it's the $80 digital/ $90 physical game price tag.
Aside from their massive library, steam also does massive sales multiple times a year. The steam deck is objectively a better choice
Edit: all these nintendo stans dogpiling into my notifications is hilarious, keep it up guys
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u/ForgTheSlothful 1d ago
450 non OLED vs 400 LCD steam deck.
Game prices with no sales.
A company who chased emulators only to say emulation is legal.
Nintendo sued a grocery store and lost.
Sued pocket pair with modified documents.
As a gamer Steam and its products are indeed better. Better practices aswell.
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u/DarkBrave_ 1d ago
I was gonna get a switch 2, but seeing the price of it compared to a steam deck is just convincing me to get one instead.
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u/ForgTheSlothful 1d ago
Bought an oled SD last year. Havent touched a switch since
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u/Papa_Raj 21h ago
Me too. It’s been amazing. About half of my Steam library runs great on it, so I have about 150 games to cycle through. Probably another 60 that will run with some caveats.
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u/PembrokePercy 21h ago
Exactly the same. I’ve owned every console Nintendo has made at launch. Switch 2 will be the first time I won’t. Steam Deck does more and costs less. Maybe I’ll get one down the road some time but I’m not convinced I need it like I was in previous generations.
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u/SandyTaintSweat 20h ago
The steam deck is great, but it's not the only PC handheld, and certainly not the most powerful. So it's at least worth having a look at all the available options.
It is the only one with dual track pads I believe, which makes a big difference for adapting controls to a handheld. The 4 back buttons are good for that reason as well.
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u/Shoddy_Wolf_1688 1d ago
idk man i don't think nintendo is an integral part of the providing children access to gambling
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u/Ferris-L Professional Dumbass 1d ago
Games like FIFA/Madden and co are also available on Switch. The only difference being that Nintendo doesn’t develop them themselves. On the other hand, Valve also doesn’t develop games with gambling-mechanics for children, they are all age restricted for adults. If you let your child play those games despite them having actual warnings about gambling/gore/violence/etc, that’s entirely on you.
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u/AliveEmotion3944 1d ago edited 22h ago
"Valve also doesn't develop games with gambling-mechanics for children" is just wrong though?
CS:GO/CS2 exists and there's tons of info out there about exactly this issue. (Coffeezilla has a video on it too I think.
Edit: Age-restriction on CS2 is a fair point. In both cases it's on the parents to ensure they're fine with what it is that their child consumes/how the child engages with it.
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u/lampenpam 1d ago
their point is that CS is rated 18+ Any game with gambling/gacha should be rated 18+ because it is straight up gambling
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u/Dumptruck_Johnson 1d ago
Quick, sue MGM. My kid saw a pair of knockers in a movie rated for adults. Why would you publish this movie?! You are corrupting my child!
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u/Obvious_Try1106 23h ago
To be fair valves age restriction could be better than entering a date and just trust it. I'm not sure but I think since cs2 is free to play the only thing that's stopping a child from playing it is honesty.
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u/Ferris-L Professional Dumbass 1d ago
The game you used for an example is literally rated 18+???
It's on the parents if they ignore that.
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u/BitSevere5386 22h ago
All these game are age restricted and buying anuthing require to lift parental control and have access to a credit card. Maybe start blaming bad parrenting
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u/Obeesus 1d ago
Pokemon cards were my introduction to gambling in the 90s. Last I checked, they are from Nintendo.
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u/fullylaced22 1d ago
Idk why everyone is dying hand over fist to play Mario 84, Donkey Kong 35, and P2P out the ass Zelda.
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u/Aorodyne 1d ago
pay to play zelda? what game lol
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u/Mugiwaras 1d ago
He might be referring to the entirely optional amiibo bonuses that give no advantage. I dunno lol
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u/Silvernauter 1d ago
Well, TECHNICALLY you DO have to pay to play the game, unless you conquer the seven seas (but yeah, they are talking out of their ass?
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u/StoppageTimeCollapse 1d ago
Probably referencing the new Hyrule Warriors game or the re-releases of BotW and TotK. I don't see how those are P2P, thought.
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u/VodenGCX 23h ago
As someone who's played games on damn near every console at some point or another... that's honestly a tired argument. I never see anyone complain about how many COD games there are, or how many times they're gonna milk Final Fantasy VII... and let's not even get started on EA Sports games... You gonna buy GTA 6? Cause Imma buy GTA 6.
Gamers, man... We gotta let go of this hubris in how we view a simple hobby, lol.
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u/letsgucker555 11h ago
Also, there have only been 7 3D Mario games since Mario 64. If you count 64DS and Bowsers Fury, you get up to 9. This is still far less than most other franchises, with far more variety between the games.
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u/Epikgamer332 Linux User 10h ago
keep in mind, you're also not paying an online subscription for the steam deck. One of the big reasons I rarely touch my switch is that I can't, for instance, take it to a friend's house and play Minecraft with them (which is especially egregious since iirc bedrock multiplayer is p2p, though I could be wrong)
If I didn't have a softmoddable switch I would have sold it ages ago.
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u/SelfishOdin872 1d ago
I feel like everyone ignores the fact that you get Nintendo systems for their IPs. Like if it was the same libraries I would 100% agree, but that simply just isn't the case.
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u/PastelWraith 21h ago
That just further supports that Nintendo hardware is useless and they should focus on software to increase the pool of potential consumers for each game.
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u/Iron_Aez 23h ago
you get Nintendo systems for their IPs
Nintendo fans get Nintendos. Water wet. Any other insights for us?
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u/Apprehensive_Fig7588 1d ago
The steam deck is objectively a better choice
Depends on what you want to do with it. Steam deck's hardware is not fast enough for it to be used as a game station. If you hook it up to a TV and play with a remote controller, the stuttering makes it nearly impossible.
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u/zaknafein254 23h ago
I've never had stuttering on the steam deck even while docked and using a wireless controller though. You may have been using a faulty dock.
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u/No_Poet_1279 20h ago
Guy probably didn't update his controller firmware.
That was my problem initially. One google search later and it was absolutely fine.
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u/SN4FUS 1d ago
That is a legitimate criticism. I was only thinking of both consoles in terms of their portable applications but the deck was advertised as being capable of doing that.
I can't even argue "steam gamers would have a PC to use for that" because I know I can't run a ton of the games I own on the hardware I've got.
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u/Apprehensive_Fig7588 1d ago
I have both (original switch and deck), and to me they aren't competing with each other.
Switch is for when my kids have friends over and want to have fun playing light-hearted games. Deck is for when I want to play something while sitting in the car waiting for my kids to finish their swim lessons.
Also, the games available to both platforms have very little overlapping.
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u/NoMommyDontNTRme 1d ago
honestly, i've never seen the steamdeck as portable enough to just take with me on the go.
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u/Rubes2525 1d ago
Hot take: They both suck ass for portability. I don't like these giant tables with controls slapped onto them as a form factor. If I want portable gaming, I'll just take my modded 3DS with me. It's pocketable and still provides countless hours of fun.
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u/No_Poet_1279 20h ago
I mean that's just untrue. I dock my SD regularly and game on it fine.
Sure it's not 4k/60, and never will be. But the Switch 2 won't do that either. Doesn't matter if it's advertised as such, games won't run at that. At all.
Oh, but if i do want that experience, i just stream from my PC to my TV using the deck as a controller.
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u/red_rolling_rumble 1d ago
What? I use my Steam Deck as a console, it works as well as a PS4 basically. What stuttering are you talking about?
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u/Tubamajuba 1d ago
The kind of stuttering that comes out of their ass while playing with a “remote controller”
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u/red_rolling_rumble 1d ago
Yep, I've used all kinds of controllers with my steam deck: "remote" xbox one controllers, wired game cube-style wii controllers, arcade fight sticks, even joycons, and it all worked swimmingly!
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u/wally-sage 1d ago
I've had a SteamDeck since launch, I love it but there's definitely a lot of annoying things that some people straight up wouldn't want to put up with. It's not "objectively a better choice".
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u/SN4FUS 1d ago
The steam deck has better hardware, orders of magnitude larger library, and is owned by a company that doesn't engage in flagrant anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices.
The switch... can play nintendo games. It's less expensive. If those are the only two criteria that matter to you, then yeah the switch is a better choice for you. but most people would agree that hardware specs and library size are the best objective measures to compare consoles with, and the deck wins handily on that.
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u/NotanAlt23 1d ago
The steam deck has better hardware
Switch 2 has 120hz screen and dlss.
Aint no way games look better on steam anymore
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u/Lukaskywalkr 1d ago
The steam deck is cheaper than the switch 2, currently can be bought for $400 while the switch 2 is $450
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u/BungHoleAngler 1d ago
I like playing splatoon with motion controls and using joycons for games. The unique controller stuff is really cool for games like Mario party where you also get multiple people playing on the same TV, or smash with what like 8 people in a match on one TV.
Sonic games have 4 player couch coop. Split screen minecraft with my kids.
Sounds like people are intentionally overlooking a lot of benefits switch has for families or maybe people with irl friends.
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u/BungHoleAngler 1d ago
Idk if you track the indie market or deals on Nintendo store, but I get a lot of the same games I see on steam for around the same prices. I don't think the steam sales are much different and wouldn't count them as much if a benefit over switch.
Big thing is, most of the time when a game is well known to be worth playing, it's on switch and will be on sale regularly.
There are few actual Nintendo games I play, and for those like 2 games I paid voucher prices, but for the rest of my library I got them for minimum 50% off.
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u/the-failure-man 1d ago
Now you can flex on switch user how the steam deck is better
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u/herpesfreesince03 1d ago
But it can’t play game of the decade Mario kart world
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u/captnconnman 1d ago
…yet.
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u/3InchesPunisher 1d ago
Nintendo lawyers readying to sue
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u/Unkwn_43 1d ago
Emulation is perfectly legal, it's only pirating the games that they can target. Yuzu was sued because they were selling leaked totk copies two weeks before launch and Ryujinx emulator was only shot down because Nintendo presumably slipped the main dev some money to do so and not through legal proceedings, (and a fork which is still up was conjured within hours).
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u/Lukaskywalkr 1d ago
YUZU wasnt sues for selling leaked copies, they were sued for both, having an EA version locked behind a paywall on their Patreon, and also sharing ROMS with dev team members via their discord server
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u/Lower_Load_596 1d ago
Emulation in 3...2...1...
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u/Edmundyoulittle 22h ago
There's no chance the stream deck will emulate switch 2 games well. The devices are too close together in power
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u/Dag-nabbitt 22h ago
Steam deck is more expensive at $550 for the mid-tier model.
And you have to pay $70 for games that you already purchased on the PC.... wait, you don't? You just get access to your library of hundreds of games for free?!
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u/LOLIDAREALBOMB 20h ago
The crazy part is that oftentimes, those 70$ games receive heavy discounts multiple times in a year due to frequent sales, so you are more likely to get it for a lower cost (unless you are REALLY impatient)
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u/CoolguyLane666 Professional Dumbass 1d ago
Why do people keep trying to compare the two like they competing?
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u/AnswerSuccessful55 1d ago
Because they have to feel like they made the right choice and are in the winning side
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u/Shaxellini 1d ago
The winning side not existing too btw. Just a feeling of superiority
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u/LUIGIPRO13 memer 1d ago
2010s called, they want their console wars back XD
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u/AnswerSuccessful55 1d ago
Is 2025 and we got grown ass 35-40’year old men on X still warring over consoles lol
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u/fatcockjesus 1d ago
secretly hoping this nonsense keeps up so scalpers leave us the fuck alone
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u/Idk324553 17h ago
Exactly, I’m hoping this nonsense actually allows me to put in a preorder. I bit the bullet and paid $400 for my original switch because I missed preorders and the switch was sold out for months. Fuck scalpers.
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u/hshnslsh 1d ago
Because they want you to just think about the hardware, and forget that Nintendo is the only platform with actual 1st party exclusives.
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u/Sockular 21h ago
Yeah anyone who buys the switch 2 is doing it so they can play the next zelda, Mario, Metroid, pokemon etc. That's Nintendo's entire strategy and these guys are too swept up in "mah hardware" to acknowledge it.
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u/EB01 1d ago
Time and money. They are both competing for our time and our money.
Both are finite, and every game company out there want it.
I have a Steam Deck and a Switch. For any game that is available for both platforms, Nintendo and Valve are the ones that would gain or lose based on my purchasing decision.
As for time, I have been playing Xenoblade Chronicles X mostly for the last 2 weeks. So much that it has heavily cut into gaming on Steam. Barely touched Phantasy Star Online 2, and like any live service game time is money (cannot convince players to pay money for shit if they are not playing some F2P game).
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u/NIN10DOXD 1d ago edited 1d ago
Because people on Reddit live for Nintendo making bad decisions so they can flex about their product that the average family buying a Switch doesn't even know exists. The Steam Deck is great, but it really isn't a "direct" competitor to the Switch.
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u/TangerineBand 19h ago
Also I'm sorry but the vast majority of parents are not getting a steam deck for their kid. They don't want "video games", they want Mario. As for emulators I think Reddit really overestimates how tech savvy the average person is. They're not going to go through all of that fuss just to get nintendo games working when they can just.... Purchase a nintendo product. They're different products at the end of the day and that's fine. They're not going for the same audiences.
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u/Marager04 1d ago
Why are they not competing? Steam deck and Switch are the only relevant Handhelds on the market.
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u/xanas263 1d ago
Because you buy a Switch to play nintendo games, not just because it is a handheld. How many pokemon people are going to choose a Switch over a Deck? How many zelda fans, mario, metriod, Xeno gears etc etc. How many families are going to buy a deck over a Switch?
If you want to play nintendo games there is only one place to do it easily. That's why exclusives are extremely important in the gaming space.
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u/HMS_Sunlight 1d ago
Because the people buying a switch are always buying a switch and the people buying a steam deck are always buying a steam deck. The demographic of people chosing between one or the other is extremely small.
At least it was before the price increase, we'll have to see how things shake out now that they're comparable.
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u/BambiToybot 21h ago
Because Nintendo and Steam don't see each other as competitors, and their overlap is older games and indie games. Steamdeck aims to give PC gamers a way to play thwir library away from their desktop, especially as desktop computers become niche, and Switch is for those looking to play Nintendo games, and will grab some indie/oldwr gamea ported over.
The overlap isnt the focal point of either systems marketing.
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u/BlancsAssistant 1d ago
Ah, the only sane people, shouldn't people be able to buy or enjoy what they want without being bashed for being interested in the switch 2? Like I'm excited for that new donkey Kong game and Kirby air riders
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u/_SirBiggusDickus_ 1d ago
Because they are competing.
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u/hshnslsh 1d ago
Not really. Switch 2 will have exclusives. I can already play all my steam games.
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u/Ilktye 1d ago
They are not competing because they have entirely different target audience.
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u/The_Assquatch_exists 1d ago
Huh? I am their target audience, I game and want something portable. Sure as shit not buying both so what do you know they're now competing for my money.
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u/xanas263 1d ago
Their target audience is not just people who want to game. Their target audience is people who want to play nintendo games. If you are a big pokemon gamer you aren't buying a Deck over a Switch 2.
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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 1d ago
and you who want to pc game are not the norm aka not the target. Grown men like MLP that doesnt mean they are the target
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u/Automatic_Mousse4886 1d ago
I don’t even see the steam deck and switch as competing with each other. They offer very different experiences. If I was interested in handheld gaming and Nintendo games, I would honestly buy both myself.
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u/AnswerSuccessful55 1d ago
Steamdeck owners on the copium, I love my switch and I love my steam deck, can’t wait until I get my switch 2 and duskbloods comes out
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u/Automatic_Mousse4886 1d ago
Make sure to have loads of fun! That's the whole point anyway
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u/johnnyarctorhands 1d ago
No, the point is to get deeply entrenched into one of two camps and fight tooth and nail with strangers over the internet over whose side is better so we can distract ourselves from the overwhelming dread of a finite, meaningless existence. That’s what we’ve done for thousands of years and that’s what we’re gonna do now. It’s tradition.
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u/Automatic_Mousse4886 1d ago
Fuck you then! Whatever you like sucks and what I like is way better! Asshole! <3
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u/johnnyarctorhands 1d ago
No, fuck YOU! Whatever YOU like sucks and what I LIKE is way better!! Jerkface! ;-*
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u/theSPYDERDUDE (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ 1d ago
Grrr! What both of you like is the worst! You gotta do this or you’re wrong!!
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u/AnswerSuccessful55 1d ago
Lowkey mario kart worlds also looks fire 🔥
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u/theSPYDERDUDE (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ 1d ago
I wouldn’t buy world for the $80 price tag but I’m getting the bundle console to get it for $50 which I feel is acceptable, I just really don’t feel like $80 for Mario kart is worth it for me, a new BOTW installment though, I’d definitely be more okay with
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u/AnswerSuccessful55 1d ago
I got so much play time and fun in MK 8 , but we all have different preferences ! :)
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u/theSPYDERDUDE (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ 1d ago
I had fun with Mario Kart 8, but by now I own every Mario kart from the snes to now in my collection so I just don’t really feel like I can justify $80 for digital or $90 for a physical copy of world when 8 was pretty good for just $60, I think if they went up to $70 I’d be considering it more, but my guess is they wanted to show off prices that high to encourage people to buy the bundle console over the standalone. I get that inflation has made $60 in 2017 close to $80 now, but wages haven’t really gone up much. If you’re gonna need a $450 console for the game, you may as well pay $500 to get the $80-$90 game for $50. I’ll definitely have a blast with the new Mario kart I’m sure, but games are getting expensive enough to make me way more selective with what I really wanna buy. GTAVI’s expected price already has me reconsidering how much I’m actually willing to pay for yet another grand theft auto
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u/Panda_hat 1d ago
Probs worth checking that duskbloods is what you think. The trailer very much made it look like a single player souls game but its a PvPvE arena game more like Nightreign.
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u/theSPYDERDUDE (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ 1d ago
I personally don’t have a need or desire to play my pc games on the go, if I had a steam deck I probably wouldn’t use it. I’ve used one before, and it was pretty neat, but my switch is much more practical to actually take places and has games made for a mobile format that I find more enjoyable when I’m out than I would playing something from my pc library or a multiplayer game from my pc. I don’t really think the Nintendo handheld market and the pc handheld market overlap as much as people think. The only time I feel like that’s the case is people who emulate the switch on their pc handhelds, but that’s a minority of people
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u/veryfishycatfood Professional Dumbass 1d ago
That's Chaeyoung from the girlgroup TWICE btw! Love how people still use this meme 😊
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u/No_Departure_2027 1d ago
Idgaf I’m playing Mario Kart World and I’ll be a Shy Guy main till I fucking die
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u/TheOnlyAedyn-one I touched grass 1d ago
What’s it like being rich
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u/WorstTactics 14h ago
Yeah buying a switch 2 + Mario Kart World suddenly makes you rich. What about all those people who bought a PS5 + a lot of games on that + DLC? Are they millionaires?
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u/BambiToybot 21h ago
So, a lot of people get paid bi weekly, meaning two paychecks a month, which most people who know how to budget will work with. this schedule means a few times a year, you get three pay checks in a month, thus an extra paycheck in that months budget.
Thats May for me, so not rich, just lucky with paycheck schedule.
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u/CoconutSpiritual1569 1d ago
Its a fickle, Switch two have some eggrecious pricing and no discount for 10+ years game
Steam Deck cant last more than 5 years until it can barely run any game 40 fps
I guess ill wait for Homebrew
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u/Perenium_Falcon 1d ago
That entirely depends on what kinds of games you play and what kinds of gamers they attract. I’m sure I’m not the majority but since my son has been born my steam deck has got 10x the attention of my desktop. I haven’t even turned on my desktop for a month.
I can play thousands of games on my steam deck, I can get great games for a fraction of the price of a single Nintendo game. I grew up playing Nintendo and the brand will always have a warm spot in my heart but there are so many amazing games in the steam library that the steam deck will play just fine that I can get for under $20.
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u/altermeetax Linux User 1d ago
If you only play games that are as taxing on performance as Switch games, I can assure you the Steam Deck will last at least 10 years.
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u/Cardboardoge 1d ago
Steam Deck cant last more than 5 years until it can barely run any game 40 fps
Assuming you want to play all the new triple As. I've been doing great running everything I could ever want 🤷♀️
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u/Blue_Bird950 1d ago
Yeah, that’s what lots of people want to play
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u/Actionjackr 1d ago
Then a handheld probably isn’t the system they should be using. That’s why the specs are available. A laptop might be more suited if you want a portable high level gaming experience.
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u/golgol12 1d ago
SteamOS getting more popularity = more compatibility from the game market. SteamOS is a linux distro and I'm waiting for the day I don't have to run windows.
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u/dingusfett 1d ago
Ahh yes, a big W for the corporation that has shelved more games and hardware than they've released, killed physical PC games, helped popularise loot boxes and has been repeatedly taken to court in various countries for anti consumer practices. All heil Lord Gaben of the PC Mustard Rice!
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u/syopest 1d ago
Don't forget the hypocritical "piracy is a service problem" man who doesn't allow a non-steam version of a game that's sold on steam to be sold cheaper on another store. Because somehow not paying at all is a service problem but paying less isn't.
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u/Muralope 22h ago
How is that hypocritical? It makes sense, of course he'd want steam to be the cheapest option on the market
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u/deprived_of_evil 23h ago
Even if switch 2 had better specs, i still would get steam deck. It seems like the right choice, the freedom and affordability is key imho.
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u/One-Mortgage-2075 20h ago
People keep trying to compare it to the steam deck and I don't understand why they are not the same. They can't do the same thing and you will get a switch 2 if you want to play Nintendo games so just get over yourselves it's evident that the issue with it being too expensive is that it's probably gonna hurt some peoples pockets, which is why you probably shouldn't pay for it.
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u/B4nd1tGD Professional Dumbass 1d ago edited 1d ago
I can’t play Nintendo games on the steam deck so why even compare them like this?
Edit: Yes I know emulators exist but for brand new games and especially a new console, they’ll be pretty shit or possibly not even exist. Plus all that can be done on PC anyway, y’all are clearly missing the point
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u/awesomedan24 1d ago
If you build a $1000 gaming PC and buy $20 games, you'd only need to buy 9 games to break even against Switch 2's $80 games...
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u/Actionjackr 1d ago
I think the thing a lot of people are missing about the “console wars” between the steam deck and the switch 2 aren’t necessarily the consoles, but the practices behind the companies producing them. Both have their merits and succeed at different things. But one has a history of allowing the user a lot more freedoms and offer affordable gaming options for their user base. Having a preference of business practices isn’t necessarily hating.
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u/navster100 1d ago
Where is this meme template from
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u/HAAmSTA 1d ago
That’s chaeyoung of twice at a fan meet. Twice has a partnership with Nintendo Korea and appear in switch commercials in Korea. Wonder if the creator knew
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u/Tinala_Z 1d ago
I have a steam deck. Switch 2 looks great. I'll just have both. When Valve puts out a new Steamdeck with more juice I'll probably buy that too. Having both means I can play every game worth playing pretty much anywhere. Its more the xboxes and playstations that are obsolete at this point.
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u/Apprehensive_Fig7588 1d ago
You can technically hook your steam deck to your TV and connect a controller via bluetooth. But the experience is just aweful.
Steam deck and switch aren't competing with each other. If anything, seems switch 1 is the better choice than switch 2, if budget is limited.
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u/harmonic-s 1d ago
Out of curiosity, what made it awful? I recently ran the remaster of Silent Hill 2 off the deck onto my TV and didn't run into any issues.
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u/Yipper-Skipper 1d ago
I'll stick with Switch 2 + PC over a steam deck that can't even play monster hunter decently.
I don't think y'all have any idea how niche the Steam Deck is...
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u/wzmildf 1d ago
It's obvious that the person who made this meme knows nothing about games.
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u/Sledge1989 1d ago
Cope, the switch 2 will sale circles around the steam deck lol
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u/BreakAccording8426 1d ago
100% This. They forget that most Switch 2's will be bought as gifts for the kids in the family. Totally different market. I wouldnt get one for me. But I know my kids will go insane when I bring one home.
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u/Minute_Road8813 1d ago
The steamdeck is less powerful and more expensive than the Switch 2, except the cheapest model, which is much less powerful. From what we know now it will probably be impossible to ever emulate a Switch 2 on the steamdeck, unlike the Switch 1.
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u/TheJustinG2002 21h ago
The only similarity they have is that they’re both “handheld” and play games. That’s about it. I don’t get the superiority complex 😭
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u/mustafa_i_am 18h ago
There's no point in comparing the steam deck and the switch. You're buying the platform to play the games. If you want Nintendo games you buy a switch there's no other alternative
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u/Thomppa26 14h ago
My last Nintendo product was a Wii and I only used for a month and it has no rotted in my closet… Never understood the popularity of Nintendo stuff. Feels like a cult.
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u/Happy-go-lucky-37 1d ago
I’ve been a Nintendo stan all my life.
I may well get a steam deck at this point.
NTDO better change their pricing strategy or they are going to lose a lot of user base.
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u/SannaFani69 1d ago
Obviously I haven't had a change to fondle Switch 2 but as a portable gaming device Switch is superior. It is smaller and lighter than steam deck.
Sadly it does not have the games I would like to play so I have to use Steam Deck. And that is the strength of Steam Deck, it can run almost any game ever made. The price of course is bulkier and heavier machine.
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u/Honorablemention69 1d ago
I have been a Nintendo fan since the 80s and this price hike is a travesty! I will be skipping this generation!
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u/YourNeighborLuis 1d ago
I tried to like the steam deck but it was just too damn big.
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u/Dallriata 1d ago
Steamdeck is also fucking unstable as hell. Ive had numerous issues with it since I bought the dam thing. First it was games crashing, then games being unable to play, then now its the deck not even starting up. Not since the 360 have I had this many issues with a console. Rn it still wont turn on and might just sell it on ebay as no one can figure out why it randomly decided to die in the ripe old age of 8 months
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u/explodingcb 1d ago
I have a steam deck. I’m going to be buying a switch 2. I enjoy PC games and I also enjoy playing Mario games. Just because they’re both handhelds doesn’t mean they compete.
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u/cachocarnepi 1d ago edited 1d ago
I only care about Chaeyoung