Since its release in February 2022, the valve’s steam deck console Approximately four million units soldAn impressive number for relatively niche handheld that is mostly focused on the current market of PC players. Although compared to the Nintendo switch, this is negative.
That is why I have always found a direct comparison between consoles to be unfair, as a handheld is a handheld with a home console and special titles library, while the other takes advantage of the digital ecosystem that has been present for decades. They both can be played in the palm of your hand and they are the best system on their own, but I don’t think you can call them rivals without a big pile of stars.
Please turn off the steam deck and switch 2 against each other
None of these things stopped people from doing this at all when Nintendo Switch 2 was shown as part of the long -awaited directive, some critics claimed that it was not as interesting as the valve’s handheld/PC gaming console, and that the market tried to overcome a space. However, this is not true, and you just need to take a brief glimpse below the surface to see.
Yes, gaming PCs are more powerful than every console if you have enough money, but like most people, I don’t …
Everyone I know that the Steam Deck owns does not use the device as its main driver. The majority of the owners selected one because it has offered a potential change approach to its current PC gaming experience. Not playing video games above any desk at night, but instead, a functional, comfortable and amazingly powerful handheld that liked this experience without interruption. Well, battery life is allowed.
You can buy a dock, but this is not necessary to essential for experience, nor is it really stimulated. I know that Steam Deck is able to play a more powerful triple-A game, but a large majority of itself and platform audiences use it for small and old titles, while home consoles and PCs are used for everything. Switch 2 is not manufactured with anything as well as anything but its own thing with an unprecedented install base.
They may be the same, but may not be different than that
Steam deck’s minor sales compared to 4 million units, Since its release in early 2017, this switch has now gone to more than 151 million. Obviously, it has many years on the valve here, but this difference is enough to tell you only. One is the mainstream home console for all ages, and the other is a niche handheld that is primarily focused on the same audience – and it is more than proper. If anything, it is amazing that there may be two different handheld consoles at the same time, do not mention the abundance of third -party rivals that have spread along with them.
This is without mentioning that the steam deck has become a beautiful active place to go and imitates high visual and performance your favorite switch games. With switch 2, it will no longer be necessary.
People who are repeatedly saying that there is no reason to take the Nintendo Switch 2 instead of the steam deck, they are missing out on the point that they meet completely different audiences, while you cannot find anywhere with different sports libraries. Switch 2 is more expensive than the cheapest version of Steam Deck, but what we have seen so far also proves that it is more powerful, no need to mention what we know about no other platform. As I’ve mentioned earlier, it also ignores that steam -deck -raising new users will start their library from the beginning when it clearly plans to keep at least one toe in this complex ecosystem.
But I think it doesn’t matter, when a new console is issued, there is always no tribal system in this medium, and there are legitimate criticisms to pay attention to it. Here, though, it just feels like steam deck users are salty that the Nintendo Switch 2 is worth it when it comes to playing games that perform and look better than the valve handheld. It is a good thing that the industry can currently support two different machines, so please stop turning them into unnecessary enemies.

Nintendo Switch 2
- Brand
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Nintendo
- Operating system
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Million
- Storage
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256GB Internal / Micro SD
- Resolution
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1080p (handheld) / 4K (dock)