![]() Combine that with brief battery life for demanding games, along with frequent patches that require an internet connection, and I almost never take my Steam Deck outside of my apartment. The Steam Deck, although ergonomically comfortable, is bulky. The Switch is already borderline oversized, not counting the Switch Lite. However, many differences keep me from fully making the Steam Deck swap. It’s the Switch Pro that wasn’t canceled. If the Steam Deck has filled that handheld gaming hole in your heart that the Switch once occupied, I totally get it. Launching five years after the Switch, the Steam Deck feels like more than just a Switch rival: It’s a next-generation Switch, with graphical capabilities that far surpass Nintendo’s increasingly aging machine. They’re so similar that one should theoretically render the other redundant. After all, they’re both tablet-like handhelds that aim to deliver console-quality games on the go or docked to a TV. And I get how, on the surface, that might not make much sense. The Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck coexist quite nicely in my gaming life. (Opens in a new window) See all (4 items) Instead, it makes me no longer want a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/ S. And after my first holiday season with the system, I came to a surprising realization: The Steam Deck doesn’t replace my Nintendo Switch. With an increasing number of gamers owning a Steam Deck, we've gotten a broader view of how the handheld fits into their lives (for some, it even reignited a love for gaming). Although one million sales would be a dismal number of moved units for a mainstream console, that's a pretty big success for an unproven piece of experimental Valve hardware. More and more games have become Steam Deck verified, too. ![]() Equally as important, you can buy a Steam Deck whenever you want instead of waiting months in a pre-order backlog. For starters, Valve’s high-powered handheld PC is more capable than ever thanks to numerous firmware updates that have added new features and options. We’re quickly approaching the Steam Deck's one-year anniversary, and what a year it’s been for this gaming hardware hit.
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