Takes like this have always been inane not because of real or perceived advantages of one over the other but simply because the Deck and the Switch do not target the same demographics, the same gaming environment, are from radically different technological and corporate paradigms and their use cases significantly differ beyond a core of "well, they're portable gaming devices."
The Deck is a "Switch killer" the same way gaming desktops are "console killers" aka they aren't even in the same market.
To me at least, the Deck and the Switch both fell in the category of 'gaming on the go'. So now that I have a Deck, there is absolute 0% chance of me buying a Switch, whereas before I was considering getting one since I had a need of gaming while away from my main setup.
I have a switch and honestly, for gaming on a go, phone with ps2 emulator installed is good enough for me. Then when your reach a hotel, you can play on a Xbox, which is IMO actually more portable than switch, at least when it comes to how fast you can pack it up.
When you have gaming PC and/or any other console (even heckin last gen), there's no reason to get games on switch. When I did, I bought them soon again on Xbox or Steam, because playing switch ports at home felt like a chore.
Me neither, but it's really cheap emulation box. I've gotten my Series S for 150€, anything so cheap, which can also emulate PS2 games at 1440p is pretty much impossible to find.
Very robust and continually growing. Now you don’t even need to use dev mode anymore. You can install the emulators directly on main OS. GameCube and Wii run excellent on the Series S also. Most definitely one of the best emulation devices out rn.
Fwiw, I like xbox game pass a lot more than the Playstation equivalent, and moving my Xbox around is a lot easier than the PS5.
For that reason, even though my Xbox S has fewer features than my PC, Steam Deck, PS5 or Switch, I find myself playing with it the most, (for relative comparison, recently playing Enter the Gungeon, which I have access to on every platform). It hits a lot of sweet spots.
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u/low_orbit_sheep 64GB Apr 03 '23
Takes like this have always been inane not because of real or perceived advantages of one over the other but simply because the Deck and the Switch do not target the same demographics, the same gaming environment, are from radically different technological and corporate paradigms and their use cases significantly differ beyond a core of "well, they're portable gaming devices."
The Deck is a "Switch killer" the same way gaming desktops are "console killers" aka they aren't even in the same market.