Continuing to sell sluggish 2017 hardware is a blunder.
), but Valve proved what more is possible in a modern handheld. Its custom AMD hardware can run many demanding PC games with respectable performance, and its $399 cost is competitive with the much less powerful Nintendo Switch.
The Steam Deck is an alluring device, not just because of its power. Buying one immediately rewired my brain to seek out the often-cheaper Steam version of games rather than the Switch version that, for a few years, I’d typically default to buying for on-the-go gaming. There’s an implicit guarantee that the Deck will run games better, and like the Switch, it can be docked to display on your TV.
However, the Deck isn’t faultless. Compatibility issues mean that many Steam games may not work as intended . And its bulky design is far less bag-friendly. But for some Switch owners, including myself, it’s hard to resist the Deck, which has provided many of the benefits that I wanted from a Switch Pro.
While not as portable as the Switch, Valve’s Steam Deck is more powerful and not much more expensive.However, there will always be reasons for me to come back to the Switch — namely, to play its exclusive games from Nintendo and to get my fill of retrogames. So it’s not leaving my entertainment center. But there’s a backlog of exclusives that I want to play, but, perhaps nonsensically, I refuse to buy them until Nintendo releases a faster Switch.
Nintendo has some work to do in reversing the stigma that its Switch equates to not-great performance in many games. I hope that the next iteration leans on
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