Steam Deck plays the games I bought in 2008. That's a 15 year old library.

Where all my old Xbox/ps games just sit there.

Don't forget a more user friendly digital download SHARING system as well.. We tried "SHARING" a digital download switch game a few times.. Steam is far more forgiving. Switch wins on swapping carts however, if you stick to physical purchases for sharing.

Switch has Zelda. It's the only reason we own a switch and the only game we play on it

Yeah. Nintendo's lack of refund policies is why I made the switch to SteamDeck.

There are more playable/verified games on the Steam Deck than there are switch games.

Both are computers.

Maybe not Splatoon specifically, but switch-exclusive single-player games run comparably or better on switch emulators running on the deck

Right. Nintendo would've gone the way of Sega but they're so good at developing software they get people to buy their hardware.

you don't get it, this is Gabens quest to save all the whales. it's like a reverse Moby dick.

Uuuh... You could. Single player for the most part, but Splatoon can be played on the Deck.

I bought my deck to play all games .. including Nintendo games.

How does a deck perform for Steam games though?

Edit - oh fuck me, I was sleepy - I meant Switch games.

Especially given the fact that Switch emulation is running full speed on x86. So it is literally impossible for the Switch to ever have more games than Steam Deck.

I bought a switch just to play with some simple games with my nephew. The last time i had anything to do with nintendo was the gamecube, and that was more of a joke purchase, but i still liked the quirkyness of it a lot.
It has some cool features, like the controllers are fun (fun, not good) but holy hell, the e-shop... Also i was kinda shocked that they want full price for mario kart, a game from 2014! And the dlc is absolutely predetory. I asked in a Nintendo sub about that and if that is normal for nintendo games, because i genuinely didn't know. And i caught so much shit for that. People told me that the game is just worth that much becase all the maps and stuff. And the dlc is cheap enough and yada yada. I even felt bad because they all called me a troll who only wants to stirr some shit up.
The other day i was listening to the jimqisition podcast and she talked about marvel's midnight suns and she absolutely loved the game, except that they put dlc costumes right next to your normal costumes to kinda trick you into buying pixel clothing, and that it's so gross that she wouldn't even recommend the game. Nintendo does exactly that, but in a game for children, but still they are somehow the wholesome vidio game company, with one of the most toxic fanboys i have ever seen. The console has trouble running disco Elysium for fucks sake. I absolutely regret giving them money, and that was right before other waaaaay better handheld consoles hit the market.

Never understood why so many people supported the closing of eShop for 3DS, I get the feeling all Nintendo consoles are on a timer at this point. Never had the same feeling with the Deck, which can be easily modified to not be chained to the Steam storefront regardless. You'd have to jailbreak Nintendo consoles to gain any semblance of independent functionality, possibly bricking the darn thing in the process.

Owned both 3DS and Switch to play Pokemon, but I sure as hell ain't getting whatever's next.

In a bad way because some are scams and others are so inappropriate that I could get banned in this group for talking about it.

Storage expansion is great. I got a 2tb SSD form AliExpress for ~160CAD and put in a 1tb SD card. I can just install whatever I want and never worry about shaders or games using to much space.

At this point, anyone with the tech knowledge to have purchased a steam deck can install and run emudeck in like 15 minutes. You just go over to desktop, download and install the single package, put roms in the correct folders, then run the program and everything is already sorted into collections with you can find in the game mode library.

Yes it’s true, and it hits harder when you compare with the online Nintendo store

That significantly gets quickly set back by the price of online services and games. An old game on Switch is $60 (I have been wanting to buy a few games for my wife and they never went into any significant discount), meanwhile an old game on Steam is $3, so you can build a much larger library on Steam even if you were starting from scratch.

Long story short:

• Switch + 1 game = Steam Deck
• Switch + 2 games = Steam Deck + 10 games

Does it though? The steam deck is still a new console and just got a price drop. The switch has been out for years so it should be cheaper. Also I'm pretty sure the switch costs the same amount when it was a new system

A used version of Doom for switch at gamestop is $33. Buying it new from nintendo is $40. Its on sale for playstation right now for $3. Three dollars. Regular price is $20 (also $20 on steam). Also the switch runs it at 720p at 30fps or less and literally any other system it was released on is capable of running it at 1080p at 60fps. Twice the performance, half the cost on other systems than switch. Thats Nintendo for you.