To my mind Steam Deck will be Nintendo's competition to some extent:
-It will be very competitive as far as it goes with 3rd party games- there will be much bigger library of such on Steam.
-even 3rd party games that are both on Steam and eShop will be in much better quality on Steam Deck (examples: All Witchers, Crysis, Sniper Elite, Alien Isolation, Dooms, Wolfenstein, Skyrim, Civs anything)
-Steam Deck will have Netflix and other services that had been long awaited on Switch with no response from Nintendo
-you will actually have an option to choose quality or performance mode by simply altering video options, but you will be able to reach 60 fps in many games on Steam Deck
-On Steam Deck you can have video output even on a 4k Tv, so Netflix etc in 4k welcome
-Steam deck will support probably of /if not all bluetooth headsets, mouses, keyboards
-Cross saving won't even have to exist, as Steam Deck will utilize Cloud saving
To my mind there are only few things thanks to which Switch sales may not plummet:
-exclusives (as it has always been)
-possibly more comfy grip, aka more ergonomic
-smaller price even in comparison to the Steam Deck (even though Steam Deck is basically a full portable PC)
Nonetheless, to me there will be competition between the two.
For me, as a Nintendo's customer it will be much more cost effective to buy Steam Deck, instead of buying 3rd party games on Switch, because I already have a big Steam library + 3rd party/indie games are 3x cheaper on Steam in most cases.
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Re: Round Up: First "Hands-On" Impressions Of Valve's Steam Deck - How Does It Compare To Switch?
To my mind Steam Deck will be Nintendo's competition to some extent:
-It will be very competitive as far as it goes with 3rd party games- there will be much bigger library of such on Steam.
-even 3rd party games that are both on Steam and eShop will be in much better quality on Steam Deck (examples: All Witchers, Crysis, Sniper Elite, Alien Isolation, Dooms, Wolfenstein, Skyrim, Civs anything)
-Steam Deck will have Netflix and other services that had been long awaited on Switch with no response from Nintendo
-you will actually have an option to choose quality or performance mode by simply altering video options, but you will be able to reach 60 fps in many games on Steam Deck
-On Steam Deck you can have video output even on a 4k Tv, so Netflix etc in 4k welcome
-Steam deck will support probably of /if not all bluetooth headsets, mouses, keyboards
-Cross saving won't even have to exist, as Steam Deck will utilize Cloud saving
To my mind there are only few things thanks to which Switch sales may not plummet:
-exclusives (as it has always been)
-possibly more comfy grip, aka more ergonomic
-smaller price even in comparison to the Steam Deck (even though Steam Deck is basically a full portable PC)
Nonetheless, to me there will be competition between the two.
For me, as a Nintendo's customer it will be much more cost effective to buy Steam Deck, instead of buying 3rd party games on Switch, because I already have a big Steam library + 3rd party/indie games are 3x cheaper on Steam in most cases.