Steam Deck’s Greatness Makes It Hard to Go Back to the Switch
I doubt Nintendo views the steam deck as a competitor. I don’t think they really see the PS5, Xbox Series X&#x2F;S, or PC gaming as competitors either.<p>They are happy to truck along doing their own thing with (comparably) affordable hardware and relying on great first party games to sell systems.<p>You can access the entire switch library with a $200 switch lite compared to the $500 entry level Steam Deck. If you spring for the $350 OLED switch you get the dock and controller included too, which the Steam Deck doesn’t include.<p>Despite the Steam Deck being an excellent piece of hardware and the switch being underpowered, the Switch is going to end up being the 3rd or 4th best selling console of all time. Currently 5th and likely to overtake at least the PS4.