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Steam Deck now has thousands more games than the Nintendo Switch (www.pcgamesn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

$300 vs $400 is a stretch for “significantly more” but even accepting that, the steamdeck outclasses the switch’s hardware specs.

Plus when you buy a switch, you have no games. Anybody buying a steamdeck presumably already has a library of games to play on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

it's more like $200 for the switch, since the deck without addons is more comparable to the switch lite

50% is already "significantly more"

100% definitely is

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The switch is $250, the OLED is $300. I should’ve said $250, fair enough.

However it is absolutely ridiculous to say it’s a switch lite. Pretty much everybody now has a USB-C dongle, which the steam deck can use in most cases. It’s not like Nintendo where you need their proprietary dock. The only thing I can’t do is pop the controls off of the actual system. A switch lite can’t even be docked.

Most people also have one wireless video game controller, definitely a mouse and keyboard.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's really weird to me that you keep including "things people already have" as if they didn't have to already buy those things with money in order to have them

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ok so now we need to list TV's? Internet? Electricity? Jfc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

no because those things are very obviously common to both

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Ok you need to pay $60/yr to play online with switch. Let's factor that in real quick lol

And yes it is reasonable to assume anyone buying a steamdeck has a M+K

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

FYI there is a $20 plan. I'm on your side here, but gotta get facts right.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

nobody i know who has a switch wants to play online with it, but sure

i'm not sure why having a mouse and keyboard is relevant

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

M+K = control system when docked. It's very relevant.

nobody i know who has a switch wants to play online with it

Anecdotal and irrelevant because the service exists and is used by millions. Nobody debating between a steamdeck and a switch is planning for it to be offline play all the time.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

M+K = control system when docked. It's very relevant.

you want me to plug my keyboard and mouse into the deck so i can sit within arms reach of the TV to play?

defeats the purpose, I'd say

Nobody debating between a steamdeck and a switch is planning for it to be offline play all the time.

this is literally every bit as anecdotal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have to believe you're just trolling at this point. I'm done man. Feel free to have the last word, I'm sure it's very important to you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I congratulate you on your attempt, but I honestly don't know how you lasted this long because holy fuck did it look like you're trying to argue with a particularly dim houseplant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

you want me to plug my keyboard and mouse into the deck so i can sit within arms reach of the TV to play?

You've never heard of or owned wireless peripherals? We're not in the 90's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No it isn't.

The switch lite is tiny with inputs that don't work.