Why the Switch OLED is SUPERIOR to the Steam DECK

Hello and welcome back to a new video. So

recently I've been playing around with

this Switch OLED and this Steam Deck, and

I've been trying to decide which one of

these devices would be the ultimate

handheld gaming device if you're going

traveling. And after a while of playing

around and messing around with both of

these systems, it's come to my conclusion

that I think that the Switch OLED is the

superior handheld console, and this is

why. So you might be thinking that

obviously the Steam Deck must be better in

almost every single way. The Steam Deck

has more functionality, it's got more

versatility, it's got better games, it's

got more games, it's got the entire Steam

collection of games on Steam, and you can

do all sorts of things with the Steam Deck

as if it's an actual computer. Also, it's

around the same price point. The 64GB

version is about £300, and the base model

of the Switch OLED is also £300. So it

seems like a no-brainer that the Steam

Deck is going to be superior. But after

testing out both systems, I've kind of

come to the decision that I prefer playing

with the Switch OLED. For some reason,

when I feel like doing a bit of gaming, I

seem to always gravitate towards the

Switch OLED. It just feels better in my

hands. So one of the main differences that

I noticed that stands out most to me is

the Switch OLED screen is definitely way

better. Even though they are around the

same size, in inches dimensions. It just

feels like the Switch OLED screen pops out

into your face, and I don't know why that

might be, because the Steam— the Steam

Deck seems to have these big bezels going

around the screen, pretty big bezels.

Look at the size of those bezels. And it's

not only just the bezels, it's also the

fact that it's quite thick around the

edges with the hardware. You've got these

massive controller bits on the side, on

each side of the Steam Deck. You've got

these big things to grip on because it's

got the trackpads, it's got the, the back

paddle buttons and the big grip and the

big spongy trigger buttons, which might

sound nice and everything, but it does

mean that the machine is going to be way

bigger than the Switch OLED. And it just

feels kind of hefty to hold, and it feels

very wide. And I don't like how the

thumbsticks are at the top like this in a

straight line with each other. On the

Switch OLED, on the other hand, It just

feels daintier, it feels lighter. Look at

the profile of this and the Joy-Cons are

almost half the size of the controller on

the Steam Deck. And yeah, you do get

smaller buttons, you don't really get a

big trigger that feels like you're

squeezing an actual trigger, and the

buttons are a lot smaller, but it doesn't

really seem to affect the gameplay

experience in my opinion too much.

When you're holding this thing up to your

face and you're playing a game,

especially a colorful game like maybe

Mario Kart or Dead Cells, the colors just

really pop and it just really feels like

you're more immersed in the gameplay

experience. When I'm holding the Steam

Deck, I don't really feel the same way.

It just feels— something about it just

feels kind of— I don't know, it doesn't

really feel like the screen is popping at

me in the same way that the Switch OLED

does. It's really interesting on a

psychological level how the size of bezels

can actually make the screen seem smaller

or larger. The second reason

why I think Switch OLED is better than the

Steam Deck is because you can do this.

You can detach the Joy-Cons like so,

and then you just have this screen, which

is basically the Switch OLED where its

brains are. The processor, the graphic

processing, and the screen is all just

this nice compact design in this device.

It feels like you're holding a mobile

phone sometimes. And with the additional

kickstand, the kickstand is really amazing

in this new Switch. It's, um, yeah, one of

the main features about the Switch OLED

that I really like that the older Switches

don't have is how it has this really wide

kickstand, kind of like the Microsoft

Surface tablets have. And it means you can

just place it down on pretty much

anything, even a really uneven surface.

You'll be able to prop this up. And if you

get the controller things for the Joy-Cons

like this There,

you've got a really cool system just ready

to go. You can put this on your armrest or

on the tiny table, or if you're on an

airplane, you can put it on the little

tray in front of you and just whip this

out. You've got a nice little controller

on the go, and it really feels— it really

changes the gameplay experience. It really

feels good in the hand. You might think

this doesn't seem very comfortable because

it's like a square, but it actually feels

really nice to hold because you've got

these nice grips on the back, and it feels

way more more natural to hold the

controllers close together like this with

your hands close together instead of wide

apart, which is what you do when you play

on this, on the Steam Deck. So you've got

this nice little portable machine here,

you can prop this up anywhere you want to.

Now technically you can also do the same

thing with the Steam Deck if you just get

yourself any kind of stand, you prop up

the Steam Deck like that on the stand,

and then you get yourself a nice Xbox

controller, wireless Xbox controller, and

you can get a similar experience with the

Steam Deck. It's just, it's seems so bulky

and it doesn't really feel the same. I

mean, look at the portability-ness of the

Switch OLED in this kind of setup.

I just think that if you want to prop up

either device on a stand and just sit back

and play with the controller, the Switch

OLED is the superior choice to be doing

that. I mean, imagine you're on an

airplane and you've got the table tray in

front of you pulled out and you want to

whip out your device and play some gaming.

I would feel kind of stupid putting this

massive thing out, propping it up on the

table like that, pulling out this Xbox

controller and sitting there. It just

feels kind of silly. I'd like it if the

Steam Deck could also do this thing where

you could pull off the controllers in the

same way you could with the Switch. I

don't know if they can do that. Might be

like a copyright patent issue. Maybe only

Nintendo has the rights to be able to do

this kind of design where you can pull the

controller off, but I can imagine myself

being on an aeroplane and just whipping

this tiny thing out. Look at the size of

that. I swear some mobile phones are

bigger than this. And then just put this

on the table tray, angle it however you

want to, because look how flexible the

kickstand is. Look at that, it bends all

the way back, nearly 180 degrees of

bendage. And you can just put it all the

way down like this, or more of a higher

angle if you want to. Get out your Joy-Con

controller thing and then just play like

that. Play some Mario Kart whilst you're

on your plane wherever you're going. And

the other thing I prefer about the Switch

OLED compared to Steam Deck is the fact

that you get this dock and you can plug it

into any TV that has HDMI port and it just

slots in there nicely like that. It does

wobble a bit, which is not great. I don't

know if you can get like some kind of

padding to stop it from wobbling, but it

doesn't really matter. You You slot it in

there and you've got a console. It's not

just a handheld console, you can turn this

into a proper home entertainment system

like that, and it looks pretty nice just

propped up in its little dock connected to

a TV on your table surface or somewhere.

It looks pretty neat and sophisticated.

Now technically the Steam Deck can also do

the same thing. You can connect this to a

TV and even a monitor, which I don't think

the Switch OLED can do. But the problem is

it's not really as smooth and flawless as

the Switch OLED does it. I have tried

connecting my Steam Deck to my TV

downstairs using an HDMI cable, and it did

work, but sometimes there were these,

these weird problems where it kept

disconnecting from the TV and the TV

screen went all black, and it just wasn't

as smooth of a process as it is with the

Switch OLED. One argument that people like

to make is that the Steam Deck is better

because it's got all these PC games on it.

And okay, yeah, that's true. You can't

play a lot of these PC games on the Switch

OLED. There's no way you can play Elden

Ring or Death Stranding or GTA 5, or you

those big AAA titles, they're never going

to come out on Switch because the Switch

OLED, okay, it is not as powerful of a

machine as the Steam Deck, but the Switch

OLED has special Nintendo exclusive titles

that you can only get on Nintendo, like

Pokémon, Zelda, all the Mario games, all

of the Kirby games, all of that kind of

stuff. You can only really get the proper

true experience on a Switch OLED or a

Switch console, Switch Lite or original

Switch. I mean, people do say that you can

do emulation and get those games working

on Steam Deck with a bit of hacking and

stuff like that, but that's not really

legal. And if you ever get caught doing

that, then you're going to get into some

kind of legal problems. Nintendo is going

to come after you with their lawyers. So

in conclusion, depending on which kind of

gamer you are is going to decide which

console you're going to prefer. Do you

prefer the Nintendo exclusives like Zelda

and Pokémon and Mario stuff or Super Smash

Bros or Mario Kart? Or do you prefer the

PC AAA games like Elden Ring and Fallout

and GTA and stuff like that? It really

depends on what kind of gamer you are.

But I feel like overall, from my own

personal perspective, I'm pretty happy

with the Switch OLED. I prefer the, the

way it is in your hands, the size, the

portability of it. I prefer the screen,

it just looks way better to me. And I'm

quite happy with the selection of games

you can get on the Switch OLED. Sure, I'm

missing out on some games that you can

only play on a PC, but that's what I have

my gaming laptop for. I have a gaming

laptop which I'll be bringing with me,

and I think that if I really want to play

PC games, I'd rather play it on my 17-inch

pro gamer laptop than on this tiny Steam

Deck. So if I'm going traveling, the best

setup for me personally would be gaming

laptop plus Switch OLED for some casual

gaming, you know, a bit of Mario Kart,

maybe a bit of Mortal Kombat. But then

when I really want to get into some

serious hardcore gaming, I'll play on my

gaming laptop. So that's why I think

Switch OLED is a better handheld than

Steam Deck.