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  • Switch 2 Vs Steam Deck: Battle Of The Handhelds

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 18 07:28:16 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    From <https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/switch-2-vs-steam-deck-battle-of-the-handhelds/>
    (spoiler):

    Overall

    I love Nintendo's legendary catalogue of games, but for me the
    Steam Deck offers a better bang for my buck. There's a wider
    overall selection of titles on Steam and almost every developer
    puts their games on PC right away. It also offers a cheaper entry
    price and more model variations to choose from. While I do value
    the sleek more portable size of the Switch 2, the discounts on
    Steam games are hard for me to ignore compared to Nintendo's much
    more rigid pricing.

    Personally, I'm finding there is far more to do with a Steam Deck.

    What’s missing from this comparison? Remember, the Steam Deck is
    primarily being used to run Windows-based games. So why aren’t any
    actual Windows-based handhelds being included in this comparison?

    Because they aren’t worth including. The Steam Deck dominates the
    handheld Windows gaming market -- without even running Microsoft
    Windows. Its versatility comes from the fact that it runs Linux. This
    also allows it to run other sorts of games besides those developed
    exclusively for Windows -- which is just the icing on the cake.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 07:32:32 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:28:16 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    So why aren’t any actual Windows-based handhelds being included in
    this comparison?

    Because they aren’t worth including.

    Here <https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/this-msi-handheld-could-replace-my-gaming-laptop-and-not-just-for-its-more-portable-design/>
    is yet another example of why. Quote:

    Video games may be fine, but Windows 11 is another story. It seems
    the OS wasn't meant to be condensed to fit onto a gaming handheld
    because I ran into bugs. One time, after updating the software,
    the in-game controls were disabled. I couldn't move my characters,
    only the cursor. Fortunately, a quick reboot solved the problem.
    Further optimization with Windows will hopefully improve the
    experience.

    Hope springs eternal, doesn’t it, that Microsoft will eventually fix
    all the problems with Windows 11, instead of making them worse.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)