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    $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.

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      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

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        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.

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          10 months ago

          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

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                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

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

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                  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

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                    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.