why the Steam Deck is SUPERIOR to the Switch 2

Hello and welcome back to a new video.

So today we're going to be comparing the

Steam Deck

to the

Switch

2, which is coming out very shortly in a

few months' time, although most of us

won't be able to get it because it'll be

out of stock.

So we're going to talk about why the Steam

Deck is superior to the Switch 2, and I

don't think it's really worth getting the

Switch 2 if you have a Steam Deck.

Or if you don't have a Steam Deck, you

might as well get the Steam Deck instead

of getting the Switch 2.

So, uh, first of all, when it comes to the

Steam Deck, number one, it's cheaper.

So Steam Deck is cheaper than Switch 2.

So Switch 2 is going to be about £450 You

can get the base model of the Steam Deck

for about £300 now, probably cheaper if

you get it secondhand.

So the Steam Deck is way cheaper and you

can do way more things with the Steam

Deck.

So we have versatility,

we have versatility.

And basically, um, the Switch 2 is known

for being able to detach Joy-Cons, plug

into a TV, that kind of stuff, but you can

basically do that with the Steam Deck.

You can attach it to a TV, you can turn it

into a desktop, you can plug in keyboards,

mouse, control, anything really because

it's basically a computer.

So when it comes to versatility, obviously

the Steam Deck is going to blow the Switch

2 out of the water.

You can just do way more things with it,

and because it's Windows, you can do way

more stuff on it like video editing,

actual work.

You can do work on it, do spreadsheets,

Excel, and type stuff on it.

With Switch 2, it's mostly, or 99%, a

gaming device.

Maybe you can watch YouTube on it.

I think there is a YouTube app.

So yeah, you can watch YouTube on it, but

you can't really do much else.

I don't think you can do spreadsheets,

stuff like that.

And then when it comes to the power

performance of the Steam Deck, um, the

Steam Deck has an AMD Zen 2 CPU with RDNA

2 GPU, delivering higher raw power

compared to the Switch's— Switch 2's

Nvidia processor.

So it has a better processor even though

it's an older device than the Switch 2.

And then when it comes to the games

library, um,

so obviously Switch 2 is going to have

Nintendo games like Zelda, Mario, Pokémon,

that kind of stuff.

So if you like those games, you're gonna

have to get a Switch 2.

If you don't really care about those

games, you're not really a big fan of

those games like I am, Uh, it's not really

something you're gonna care about.

So I had a Switch before.

I've had the original Switch, I had Switch

Lite, and I had Switch OLED.

Not because I liked playing Nintendo

games, but just because I wanted a cheap

portable gaming device, and I played indie

games on it.

I played stuff like—

I actually don't remember what I played.

I think I played Mortal Kombat and Witcher

3 on it quite a lot.

So I just use it for indie games and other

non-Nintendo games.

And I didn't really play the, uh, I had

Mario Kart but I didn't play much.

So with the Switch 2, you do have some

impressive games lined up on it like Elden

Ring.

I was pretty impressed and surprised to

find out it's going to have Elden Ring and

Cyberpunk, and these kind of, I guess

they're a bit old now, they're not very

new, but they were quite new a couple

years ago and they did demand quite a lot

of graphical fidelity, and I was surprised

that you're going to be able to play these

games on the Switch 2 and at 60 FPS.

So If you want like a, a device, portable

device that can play these games and it's

going to be quite reliable, I mean the

Steam Deck is good but because it's

Windows it does, it can be a bit glitchy

sometimes, whereas the Switch 2 is going

to be more reliable.

So if you want something just to play like

Elden Ring, Cyberpunk on the go and also

have access to Nintendo games, then Switch

2 is better.

But with the Steam Deck you've got the

entire library of Steam at your disposal

There's only a few games, PC games, coming

to the Switch 2 that have been optimized

for the Switch 2, so you don't have the

entire library of Steam Deck— of Steam

games on the Switch 2 that you have on the

Steam Deck.

So I guess you won't be able to play games

like Rainbow Six or Call of Duty on the

Switch 2, or Diablo 4 or Path of Exile.

What other games?

Probably just gonna have Monster Hunter on

it.

So yeah, I just think you're gonna get

more games on the Steam Deck.

More— I mean, they're all going to be PC

games, but you're gonna have to choose

yourself.

Do you want PC games or do you want

Nintendo games?

I personally don't really care about the

Nintendo games that much because I think

Nintendo games are a bit childish, and as

a 36-year-old, I don't really care about

playing child— children games.

So yeah, this is pretty good about that.

I actually think I'd rather just get an

ROG Ally than get the Switch 2 because, I

mean, in terms of design, I think the ROG

Ally is kind of better than the Switch 2.

I mean, the Switch 2's design looks kind

of cool, and, um, I guess if you've got

friends to play with, you could get a TV

and, uh, I didn't even notice my door's

not shut properly.

What?

It's like this door doesn't close.

Oh, oh, now it's closed.

Okay.

Weird.

Oh, weird.

Look, this bit's missing as well.

So that's there, there's nothing there.

So anyway, I was saying, yeah, I'd rather

get the ROG Ally because then you have

more games at your disposal and it's

probably cheaper and you can use it as a

computer.

So you could do work on it, do live

streams on it.

Switch 2, all you can do is play games.

But I guess if you just want something

casual and you've got a big TV and you've

got friends or family, you could hook it

up to the TV and play some Mario Kart,

some casual gaming.

That's pretty fun and easy to do.

Don't really know what you do on the Steam

Deck or the ROG Ally for a similar

experience.

Download some kind of racing game, I don't

know.

So yeah, I'm tempted to get Switch 2

mainly because it's going to be an

interesting new piece of hardware, and,

um, I would probably want to play— I don't

know if I want to play Elden Ring because

I've already played that so much already.

Maybe— I've already played Cyberpunk as

well.

I don't know what games are coming to it

that I would really want to play.

Don't really play any games, to be honest.

So this is the full list of PC games

coming to the Switch 2.

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition

includes the expansion as well.

You got Sid Meier's Civ 7.

Boring.

I think Civilization's a really boring

game.

They're all the same.

Every time they make a new Civ game, it's

always the same.

You got Cyberpunk, that's pretty cool, but

I've already played it.

Split Fiction, I've never heard of that.

Hogwarts Legacy, I, I already played that,

it was boring.

Is that it?

There's only 5?

It's kind of pathetic that there's only 5

PC games coming to it.

Any more?

Street Fighter 6, Hitman: World of

Assassination.

Deltarune, Yakuza 0.

Yeah, Hitman could be quite cool on the

Switch, but again, you could just get a

Steam Deck and then play it on the Steam

Deck, couldn't you?

Stupid fly in my conservatory now.

They never seem to fly outside when I open

the door.