This is what I would choose after trying both

A week has passed since we publish the Nintendo Switch 2 analysis 2. These days I have received many questions as How far does your Nvidia chip gethow are the Mouse mode And my experience with ‘Mario Kart World‘. But if there is one that takes the palm, it is whether it is worth buying a nintendo switch 2 or better something type Steam Deck.

The short answer is that there is no correct answer.

A ball. Nintendo Switch 2 is being a success. At least, your official sales data And what do you walk exhausted in half the world They show it. The system Do not innovate at all Because even their great contribution, the joy-with that work as a mouse, had already been seen in the Lenovo Legion Go.

The key is that Nintendo has focused on offering more than what worked for Switch to sell 152 million consoles -And counting-, and has enhanced it with a better hardware.

The assumption. I speak of consoles sold because it is something that will directly imply that there are anyone who wants to launch their games in it. The more switch on the street, the more companies and developers will want to launch their games on it. It’s something we saw with the huge Indies explosion In the first switch and that, on PC, it is another of the great points in favor thanks to the fact that everyone has at least Steam.

That said, and to answer the question we ask, I will try to answer someone who only has a console as PlayStation either Xbox… or a laptop so old that the new games come very large. For ordering things, this assumption that is between a Steam Deck or a switch 2 has these characteristics:

• It has a desktop console.
• It does not have an original switch.
• It does not have a PC to play.
• He wants that desktop and portable hybrid format.

Buy a Switch 2. I will start with the Nintendo console. My experience these weeks with her is being very positive because it is precisely what I was looking for. It is a more powerful switch and, as a user who came from the Switch 2017the jump on the screen is considerable. But if you arrive from new, and after two weeks with it, these are the points that I highlight the most of the console:

• Large screen and controls, but size and weight weight. Switch 2 is very portable and ideal to play in public transport or in bed.
• The hybrid format is very comfortable and is its great advantage: that the dock is included facilitates being playing in laptop and, suddenly, starting to play on TV. The HDR also works very well and expresses extra power to increase the resolution in this mode.
• Brutal catalog with a multitude of physical titles. We not only have practically the entire switch catalog (with improvements even if they do not have performance patch) in digital format, but also in physical for a better preservation of the video game. In addition, Nintendo games are wonderful and we have insured the ‘Zelda’, ‘Mario’, ‘Metroid’, ‘Donkey Kong’, ‘Kirby’ and what they get out of the hat.
• Pay for Nintendo switch online It is an annoyance, but we have the classic consoles such as NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Cube or Nintendo 64 to which Nintendo is adding titles.
• Multiplayer without buying more controls. Thanks to the integrated joy-with, there are certain titles that we can play cooperatively with another player, emulating those sofa afternoons when we were kids.

Or something Steam Deck. Here the thing is complicated for a very clear reason: there is too much to choose from. That if Lenovo Legion Go, that if Steam Deck, what if MSI Claw 8 AI+yes Asus Rog Ally… There are many proposals and, although the concept is the same, they offer important differences. For example, the Lenovo machine has separable controls and with a mouse mode and Steam Deck a very video game oriented system. What they compare are the following arguments:

• They are a PC, with all that this implies at the personalization and amplitude level of catalog, streaming game included.
• You can natively connect a keyboard and a mouse. This can also be done in some Switch 2 games, but on PC it works on all titles and there are a variety of non -existent strategy games in consoles.
• Total customization of the visual section to prioritize better graphics or better performance.
• Free online multiplayer. You don’t have to explain much more.
• Offers every few weeks in the different stores we have on PC.

They are not perfect. Not much less. I have focused on the positive points and the main reasons that would take me to buy one system or another, but it is impossible not to ignore the controversies and faster points. The battery is not wonderful in either of the two cases and, although it depends a lot on the type of game and what ‘Chupe’ of the SOC, for the most demanding it is not a good idea to get away from the plug.

In addition, Switch 2 has physical games, but also digital that occupy a lot and we need microSD Express cards, more expensive than we used so far. Steam Deck and the like are compatible with conventional microSD, but forget about physical games. In a Consolidated PCthe dock or cable for the TV bought separately, but the numerous offers on platforms such as Steam, GOG or free Epic Games games compensate.

Both. In the end, I consider that it is a fight that is meaningless because they are two devices that have similarities, but in the end they are two totally different things. One remains a console and the other systems, although they have console format, are basically a PC. I consider that they are complementary because with both you will be able to access the entire Xbox catalog, a lot of PlayStation catalog that Sony is publishing and, in Switch, both physical games and Nintendo’s titles.

However, money is not infinite and buying both is an economic effort that, especially considering that the system with games must be feed, many will not be willing to assume. And, precisely, if we talk about games, I consider that, in case of not having any system, I would opt for a consolidated PC, but not yet.

But if I have to choose … Yes, I am not going to have the Nintendo catalog and I will not have a dock in the package (it would be necessary to buy it separately), but a consolidated PC gives access to a brutal variety of video games, with a very simple access thanks both to the subscriptions, to the game in the cloud of Game Pass either GeForce Now Already many launchers and shops, each with their offers. But although my favorite is Steam Deck for its system We arethe newly presented Asus Rog Xbox It seems very interesting.

Microsoft has affirmed that they will create an operating system based on Windows, but focused on video games, and is also compatible with Steam. It will also be very powerful and I want to see what that ends. Without a doubt, today, and if I didn’t have any platform, I would wait a few more months to see what Xbox proposes. And if I was in a hurry, then the Steam Deck Oled.

But well, that is what I would choose for the type of user I am and the pros and cons that I have weighed. However, I perfectly understand who is decided by a switch 2 because, after all, it is a console and, while in the PC consolidated we have almost a new machine a year, in the case of Switch 2 you know that you buy the machine now and you can play in good condition for more than a five years. In the end, they are very particular tastes and decisions-

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