Hi, I’m not very good in this field so I’ll try to be as direct as possible. Not having much experience, I still haven’t been able to choose and I was considering whether to buy a steam deck or the Nintendo switch. Could someone help me? Thank you :3
Steam deck is much more comfortable to play. The switch joycon things are flat and small and horrendous to hold for long periods.
The Switch is much smaller and lighter.
The Steam deck has access to many, many more games than the switch, and these are usually significantly cheaper to buy than from the Nintendo store.
You can also emulate up to PS3 era games on the Steam deck.
While you can emulate modern Switch games on the deck, tbh I find doing so quite hard. It’s certainly more complex than emulating playstation 1 or N64. So the Switch is the easier console to play new Nintendo games, and games like Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8, and the new Zeldas, are absolutely worth playing.
But honestly, imo the deck wipes the floor with the Switch. It’s so much nicer to play, you can build your dream nostalgia emulation library, you get way more bang for your buck buying games from steam (especially during sales), and you can run much more graphically intensive games than the switch. Plus with some tech know how and patience you can emulate most switch games on the steam deck.