Why didn’t you get a Steam deck if you wanted one? I don’t see how it’s related to Switch 2. Those play different games.
Those play different games
Not true. The deck can emulate Switch games. 😌
IIRC you have to buy a Switch to legally emulate Switch games anyway?
It felt really bad during the third party showcase for games like Elden Ring and Hogwarts that have been available on the steam deck since launch.
I just bought a refurbished steam deck last year for less than the price of the Switch 2 and will have a hard time justifying the purchase. I do love Nintendo though and typically buy a good chunk of their first party games. The new 3D DK looks amazing and I loved the BotW Warriors title, so I have high hopes for the new as well.
Don’t you worry! Its just that they’re busy suing a grandma and a three year old. Once both are properly in jail for saying “it’s me Mario” in public, they’ll be back making their oh so great video games. Give them more money so they can start more lawsuits.
It was the fact that they didn’t show a new UI or added features to the base console. It’s effectively only a Nintendo game player and nothing else where as previous consoles were also note taking apps and a calendar and you could doodle animations or even take photos on some of the DSs.
They added no other functionality to this console and left it with less than previous ones. It only plays the games and that’s it.
At least a steam deck you can use a browser and watch videos on it too if you really wanted. The only reason to buy the switch is the games now which makes the price per game astronomical effectively.
Steamdeck is better in every way anyway.
Well, except the games that’ll only work on Switch and not Steam Deck.
Donkey Kong sucks!
Thems fightin words
Yeah, 45% tariffs on Japan and 32% on Taiwan is going to make pricing brutal in the US. I wouldn’t be surprised if $450 and $80 for Mario Cart effectively goes up.
Was there anything about the SoC it uses? What architecture is it?
Iirc it’s an nvidia arm chip with a little over 1500 cuda cores from the ampere generation(30 series), so less power than a 3050 (non ti) which has 2300-2560 cuda cores.
Heh, Ampere is 2020. The Steam Deck’s Vang Gogh RDNA2 chip is largely newer.
If valve ever stuffs Strix Halo into a more premium steam deck, it would be like an entire console generation jump.
The two gfx IPs were in direct competition for 2020, if anything, the two platforms should be on par in terms of base level capabilities. Interesting to see them go with a fullHD panel, though. 1080p@120hz bodes pretty well for general performance expectations. Curious what the battery life will be like.
strix halo in any gaming handheld would be bizarre, much as I’d love to see it. I get the feeling valve would hold out just a little while longer before pulling the trigger on a second gen.
