Each of these consoles cost over $300, with the Steam Deck’s 512GB version costing over twice that at $649. Even if the Steam Deck continues to persist, both devices are meant to solve different problems, and there are more than enough advantages for Nintendo Switch and any future Nintendo handheld to remain relevant.īoth Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch compete in similar areas by virtue of being two consoles meant to be carried on the go, though it wouldn’t be surprising if you were to opt to have either console (or both of them) merely sit safely at home. Yet Nintendo has survived and triumphed over all of them in time. And on the surface, Valve’s handheld mini-PC has more than several notable strengths over the Switch: much higher processing power, the flexibility of being a PC which can run other apps and emulator software, and an extensive catalog of games which continues to grow as more developers figure out how to navigate the system’s Proton compatibility layer.īut Nintendo doesn’t need to be concerned about the Steam Deck too much, as it has faced many handheld challengers before namely, Sega, Sony, and Atari (just to name a few) who all had similar strengths. Since its reveal, the Steam Deck has been dubbed colloquially as a “Nintendo Switch killer,” if just to whet the appetite of console wars between Nintendo and PC fans.
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