Steam Deck VS Every Nintendo Switch: The Best Handheld is...

The Nintendo Switch and Valve's Steam Deck have been hot contenders in the gaming industry's eyes. Fans as well as people of interest have had their opinions and takes on either of the handhelds. The crazy things about it is that neither of them are targeting exactly the same audience with their products.

In this Steam Deck Vs Switch comparison video, I want to talk about both of these handhelds in their deliverable form factor. I'm not going to be comparing modding or emulation, but I will talk about it. It's something that needs to be part of the conversation, but not the main point (if that makes sense.)

If you have either the Steam Deck or a Nintendo Switch, OLED, or Lite, then I'd love to hear your thoughts on what you think about these handhelds, their respective platforms, and who exactly you think these are for.....

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[baldlyrudy]

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[.Roentgenn]

Being a person who has only ever played on console, I love the steam deck. It has completely saved gaming for me In someways now that I have little free time due to college. My girlfriend has a switch and it’s pretty fun too. I don’t think you can go wrong with either, especially if you don’t have a lot of time to sit down at a TV or computer.

[archie]

The witcher 3 ultimate edition price :
-steam 5$
-switch 60$

[djrocuall]

That point you made in the end saying how it can’t be in competition with the switch until it’s in stores, was a real eye opener. You literally have to be a steam gamer to go and buy a steam deck from steam itself, while Nintendo has their switch in stores for all to see. Great vid my man appreciate the content.

[jonservo]

I've been looking at the steam deck more and more lately. As someone that travels for work a LOT (3 to 4 days a week for several weeks at times) it looks very nice. I often take my laptop with me for gaming when I'm sitting in a hotel in the evening but I find myself often not wanting to take the time to set it all up each night and pack it all up again in the morning. Having something to play all my steam games that I can just pick up and use is becoming a very attractive offer. Plus the price for the base model, which I can upgrade myself for storage, is almost unbelievable (only about 50 more bucks than a switch). Now that Nintendo has basically come out and said no new switch this year I think it's time to bite the bullet on the steam deck

[Edwin-mlgc]

Honestly I think valve hit a home run with the steam deck. Although there are similar options with better graphics cards, they are double the price. Also the ease to repair the steam deck is also awesome most repairs are a couple screws and a drop in replacement part. I’m hoping that in the future you are able to upgrade the graphics card to keep up with newer and next gen games

[Jromelife]

I sold my switch because I’m sick and tired of paying the Nintendo tax steam has more games and better deals free online. A more open platform the Nintendo Switch is a uncomfortable system to hold for a long period of time. Valve did it the right way somethings need to be approved but I happy with my deck.

[goldfingerhardcore]

The best combo you can have is to have both consoles. I love both my Switch OLED as well as my Steam Deck OLED.

[TheLunarDawn]

Honestly, there's value in having both the Switch and Deck.

My wife got me hooked on the Switch years ago, which has seen 100x more use over the past 3 years than my old gaming PC due to its portability. It also helps that it predates the Deck, and just so happens to have a lot of exclusives our family enjoys.

Meanwhile, the Deck offers a wide selection of PC games we can take on the go as well, and honestly we're pretty tired of having to lug around a tower PC between rooms; but, it's battery can be atrocious at times. Considering we're always moving about, having 4 Deck Docs is incredibly handy and can bring the PC into any room of the house, with a spare to be used while traveling.

In the end it all comes down to budget.

If you have a 15+ year old steam library, the Deck is a no brainer.

If you're newer to games like my wife was, the Switch OLED is a great pickup with quirky games, and makes a great entry point for beginners.

If you want heavy hitters like Elden Ring, Mass Effect, or even a modded Skyrim, the way to go is the Steam Deck with a bit of know-how.

If you want a bit of everything, then the cheapest Steam Deck paired with a Switch Lite will get you everything you'd want, minus PS5 exclusives.

[richsbrown]

Great review, Rudy. I’m not a PC gamer myself, but I’m excited to see competition for the Switch (whether it’s direct or not at this point) arising for the sake of the free market and, in turn, us consumers.

Hope you had a great Christmas and are doing well!

[adrianwilliams]

I do like the Steam Deck, Valve are leaving money on the table by not marketing or distributing the Deck with the same means as Nintendo, still Valve know their audience. I think the Deck is good for people who want to play PC games without paying thousands for a rig.

It would be interesting to see the Deck compete against the Switch in stores, at the same time quietly marketing the Deck (and Gabe giving IGN an interview) is probably keeping the price of the Steam Deck nice and low.

[stevecast]

I’ve just gotta say, for a small channel I’ve never heard of, your production value is AMAZING!

[rklrkl]

A big thing you missed is the price of Switch games - they are very high and rarely drop by much or anything, even during the infrequent sales. You're locked into not just buying only ftom Nintendo's store, but if you want to play a game on the Switch that's already in your Steam library, you'll have to re-purchase it, usually at a much higher price.

The value for money of the Switch is extremely low for me: weak hardware, monopolistic and very expensive e-store, you have to pay to play online, it has limited game library compared to Steam (which has far more "family-friendly" titles than the Switch will ever have) and uncomfortable/limited controls. It's quite embarrassing that the Deck can play far more Nintendo games (including Switch games) than the Switch itself can - that alone should tell you what a poor purchase a Switch is nowadays.

[Lacaras]

I've always been a big Nintendo guy, grew up with SNES and N64, and I've bought every console they've put out since. I'm also a big PC gamer, I have a large steam library, and hold that the best version of most games are the PC version. I own a Switch, I don't own a Steam Deck yet, though I've used my brother in law's a little bit. I would love to get a Steam Deck eventually. That said, I would never not have Nintendo's current console because of their exclusive games. Nintendo Switch also has one big selling point for me over the Steam Deck: local multiplayer. Even undocked, the Switch can be easily played in multiplayer using the joycons that you have with you anyway. More Nintendo Switch games support local multiplayer (Nintendo exclusives almost always have some form of multiplayer, but even third party games sometimes will have a local multiplayer option on Switch that it doesn't on PC ie Diablo III), and the system is tailored for it. With local multiplayer dying on other consoles, Nintendo really is the last bastion of local multiplayer.

[xervantezxvi]

Switch: 1: Zelda BOTW & TOTK, ZELDA LINKS’s AWAKENING
2: Metroid Prime Remastered & Metroid Prime Dread
3: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3
4: Bayonetta 1, 2, 3 & 4
5:all Kirby Games
6: Resident Evil 0, 1, 5, & 6 and Revelations 1&2
7:Paper Mario Origami King & Paper Mario Thousand’s Year Door and Mario Odyssey, Mario Rabbids 1 & 2
8: Pokemon Arceus & Sword and Shield
9: Animal Crossing New Horizon
10: Marvel vs Capcom and Street Fighters

[stuartdollar]

I hadn't bought a handheld since the original PSP before the Steam Deck. To me, it's easy to use, and as a PC gamer, having access to most of a library of games I've already bought made it a no-brainer. I'd recommend it to anybody with a big Steam library.

[kysierkevin]

Now its time for Switch 2 vs Steam Deck

[tintedglass]

Wii emulation is something I wasn't expecting to use on the steam deck but it works so well!

[peacetea]

Thanks for the video man! I been checking the steam deck out and alot of the reviews aren't as specific as yours was appreciate it!

[wertyxq]

You can say whatever you want, but the steam deck being able to emulate the nintendo switch without compromising much does makes the very definition of a switch killer. The only two main issues are the battery life (solvable by carrying a couple of powerbanks, and will be fixed on the later steamdeck revisions) and the lack of true online play, although the later one will be solved once private servers are (eventually) made. Games that aren't compatible at the start eventually start to get supported and others that don't receive any attention probably have a better version on pc anyways, and that is the important thing, on the steam deck you have complete access to the fountain of gaming, with barely anything holding you back, can't say anything about the switch either, because if you mod it you also lose the online play, not that it can do much else even if is modded.