The size of the screen is identical, and the resolutions are similar. That and the fact that, for as little as $35, you could buy a 256GB micro SD card and vastly expand the storage capacity of the Deck. The cheapest Deck comes with the same 64GB limitation as the top Switch, but you could also bag the 256GB or 512GB versions, too. The Nintendo slab is, after all, mostly based on an Nvidia Tegra tablet from many, many years ago now. In direct comparison, the Steam Deck's hardware blows the Switch out of the water. The fact it's also sporting an x86 processor, with the latest AMD GPU architecture, makes it a genuine handheld PC, and that is arguably the thing that really sets it apart from the Nintendo console. The Steam Deck's hardware blows the Switch out of the waterĪcross the board the Steam Deck has the superior specs list, as you would expect from a device created for the demands of gamers in 2022. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1x USB Type-C with DisplayPort 1.4 support Steam Deck vs Switch: Tech SpecsĦ4GB eMMC | 256GB NVMe SSD | 512GB NVMe SSD And because pricing is so fundamental to the device, for the love of Gabe, please don't spend over the odds on an Ebay Steam Deck. This is a new, highly sought after gaming machine that's launching in the midst of a technology supply crisis, where prices are ubiquitously sky-high, and yet Valve has stuck to its original, aggressive pricing strategy. The fact you can bag a Steam Deck for just $50 more than a Switch is mighty impressive, made more so by every tier of Valve machine having otherwise identical specs. That said, at its $399 cheapest it's still more expensive than the priciest Switch, the latest OLED version at $350.īut Valve has bent over backwards to make sure it was able to nail a price point for its entry level Deck that was at least close to the Switch, with Gabe himself stating that pricing was "painful." This is a full handheld gaming PC that costs less than a third of the price of some of the other Switch-a-like PCs we've seen thus far. The pricing of the Steam Deck is one of the most impressive things about it. (Image credit: Future) Steam Deck vs Switch: Price
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