STEAM Deck OLED vs Switch 2 – The Ultimate Handheld Battle!

Hello, welcome back to a new video.

So in today's video, we're going to be

talking about my Switch 2 versus the Steam

Deck.

So these are both very capable handheld

devices, both very nice handheld devices,

but after playing the Switch 2 for a few

weeks now, I have to say there's certain

things about it that I find lacking in

luster that I think a Steam Deck or a

Steam Deck OLED would be superior in many

ways.

So first of all, as the name implies, The

Steam Deck OLED has an OLED screen,

whereas the Switch 2, unfortunately, they

decided to opt out of an OLED screen,

probably because to make it cheaper and to

wait for a few years so they can make the

Switch 2 OLED version to upsell it into a

new era of gaming handheld consoles in a

few years' time.

So they're banking on people not being

able to wait, such as myself, for the OLED

version of it, and they're just going to

go ahead and get the Switch 2 one, and

then in the future they'll probably go out

and get the Switch OLED, which is what I

did with the original Switch, is just that

I didn't really want to wait nearly 5

years for the OLED version, so I just got

the Switch 2 version.

And don't get me wrong, it's fun and

everything.

I've been playing a lot of, uh, Mario Kart

World, got a few older games like

Assassin's Creed, plays pretty well, looks

pretty good.

But you know, sometimes I want to play

some PC gaming.

For example, right now on Steam, Stellar

Blade is out, and that would be a pretty

cool game to play on a handheld.

I feel like it would have suited this kind

of gameplay style perfectly.

And you might be saying, why don't you

just play on your gaming laptop like that?

And the reason why is because I want to

sit on my beanbag and I want to sit back,

kick back, relax, and do some casual

gaming in my conservatory whilst I enjoy

the warmth of the sunshine.

And that's just not really something you

can do with a laptop unless you prepare,

like you get a little table and then you

plug it into the power and then you get a

keyboard and mouse and you put it on tape.

So like a lot, lot of fussing and hassling

about, which you don't really get when you

have a handheld device.

So yeah, I do like to have my handheld

device.

And I was thinking Switch 2 versus Steam

Deck.

Now Steam Deck cheaper, unless you get the

Steam Deck OLED, then more expensive.

And you got 1TB storage, which is pretty

good.

You can probably fit all your games into

1TB storage.

This only has 256GB storage and you can

expand it obviously with an SD card, then

you gotta buy one and that costs extra

money.

And then you've also got physical

cartridges, which can be nice.

With Steam Deck, nothing is physical, it's

all digital downloadable from Steam, and

that can be good, but it can also be bad

if you don't have internet and you want to

get a game.

So Steam Deck has bigger grips, unlike

Joy-Cons, which are quite slim and skinny

like that.

So if you've got big hands like me then

yeah, I mean, you're gonna have trouble

wrapping your long fingers around the tiny

slim Joy-Cons, whereas the Steam Deck

gives you a chunkier gaming experience.

Now give or take that with what you can,

um, either you're going to find that more

comfy to hold because you've got more to

grip onto, or you're going to find it more

bulky and hard to pack into your backpack.

And it's a trade-off really.

Do you want bigger but bulkier and easier

to hold, or slimmer and sexier?

Look at this thing.

One thing about the Switch I have to say,

I love how slim they make the device but

still manage to pack in the power and also

a fan in case things get too hot.

Although I've— even after doing 3 hours of

gaming, I've never heard the fan kick in.

I've never felt it get really hot.

I never heard the fan.

But with the Steam Deck or other Windows

handheld gaming devices, sometimes you do

get the fan noise because they're quite

powerful.

And they draw quite a lot of heat.

So yeah, I was thinking like, do I get the

Steam Deck or do I get the Switch 2?

And yeah, there would be more games on the

Steam Deck, and yeah, it is cheaper.

Oh look, is it Mr.

Meow Meow again?

How come he always comes when I'm making a

video?

Hello.

Meow.

Welcome back to another Switch 2 video.

Do you like Switch 2 or Steam Deck, Mr.

Meow Meow?

Yeah, scratch my carpet.

No, no, no, don't scratch my socks.

Ow.

Yeah, so Switch 2, um, pretty good device,

but sometimes I want to play Steam Deck

games.

I mean— ow, my sock!

Don't scratch me.

Why is he so scratchy today?

So yeah, I would like to play some PC

games on my beanbag sometimes, but

Hmm, Mario Kart World is pretty good

and it's quite a fun racing game.

I just don't know what other racing games

you can get on Windows

or Steam that will be as fun as Mario Kart

World because you've got all the power-ups

and it's like more cartoony and arcadey

and it's like more of a social online

experience, whereas most of the Steam

racing games are like very serious

simulation kind of games like MotoGP

Formula 1, rally games.

I'm not really into those, you know,

Forza, Gran Turismo.

Nah, I want to play something more arcadey

that's fun, not something super serious.

I'm not really like a car enthusiast or

anything, so I don't really care about the

realism aspects.

I'm more into like arcadey racing, and I

think you just can't really beat Mario

Kart when it comes to that, can you?

Whoa, you don't like the camera?

So Steam— I mean Switch 2.

Whoa, my God, he doesn't like the Switch

2.

You don't like Switch 2?

Stop scratching it, I need to return it

back to Amazon.

Jesus, it's going to damage my Switch 2

before I can return it.

He did not like the Switch 2.

Why don't you like the Switch 2, Mr.

Cat?

Yeah, so sometimes I do think if I return

the Switch 2 and I get the Steam Deck, it

would be pretty cool because I could play

Stellar Blade on it, couldn't I?

And then I could also play other PS5 games

on it,

and I could play recent PC games like

Kingdom Come 2, which I've been playing

for a bit.

That doesn't really run amazingly well on

my laptop.

Yeah, it is tricky.

I don't know, I mean, if I turned—

returned the Switch 2 and I got a Steam

Deck instead, the only thing I would miss

really is probably Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Apart from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I wouldn't

really care that much about other Nintendo

games,

really.

And then the other thing is about the

Switch 2, if you don't include Mario Kart,

just don't really compete very well

against the Steam Deck.

So for those reasons,

it's hard to justify, but it's hard to

justify getting a Steam Deck when you

already have a laptop.

Unless you get rid of the laptop and then

you only have the Steam Deck, because then

the Steam Deck can be also used as a

laptop because you could plug a mouse and

keyboard and it's got a desktop mode even

though it's not Windows, it's Linux.

But then what do I do on my computer?

I like— I trade stocks.

I could do that on Steam Deck, can I?

And a Steam Deck screen would be what,

like the size of that?

It'll be kind of small, but then if I go

to Thailand,

I'm probably going to get a monitor anyway

and plug the Steam Deck into the monitor,

and then the Steam Deck would be a lot

more portable than a laptop, wouldn't it?

And cheaper.

So the Steam Deck could double as a

desktop with a, with a monitor, and it can

be a handheld gaming device.

But this laptop probably isn't really

worth selling anymore because it's, um,

about over a year old now.

So yeah.