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JWeinCom on 05 February 2022
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Chazore said:
Captain_Yuri said:

I'd watch reviews before jumping to conclusions. While I agree that it's quite big compared to the switch, the switch itself isn't exactly pocket-able unless you have some really big pockets. So as far as portability goes, I think both requires a similar method of transportation through a carrying case (which the Deck comes with) or putting it in a backpack. The biggest issue the Steam Deck really has isn't it's size but rather it's weight as that is it's biggest weakness against the switch.

As for the button placement and such, from virtually every hands on reviews that I have seen, they all praised it. So before claiming the layout is poorly designed, I'd watch some hands on previews.

They hand around those Famitsu sales threads and are basing their entire opinion on the whole system by it's looks, I'd say the conclusions have jumped the shark and that it's gonna be a doo-doo, because it's bigger than the Wii U pad.

Meanwhile, I've been waiting years for a device that's nowhere near as finnicky and over expensive as a GDPW, but at the same time, not as underpowered as the Siwitch (also no horrid joycon drift and expensive joycon prices).

Besides Switch being a portable device, it hardly fits in my pocket and looks goofy even if I managed to cram it in there. It's still a device that needs it's own carry case, one that even the Deck will have.

I would def agree that the overall weight of the device could be an issue. 

Overall takes on handling the device have been rather positive, and the first batch was practically sold out. I don't think the device is going to do as poorly as OP is suggesting. 

The Switch fits pretty easily in most of my pants pockets. I don't think my pockets are exceptionally large. If it doesn't, then the Joycons slide off and you could make it work. And, there's the Switch Lite as well. 

We don't really need to wait for reviews, because it's a PC. We know what it is and what it does. Even assuming it could run most steam games well, I struggle to see the market for this thing. Its advantages over a gaming PC would be price and portability, and with portability being a pretty marginal improvement, it seems like the market would be pretty small.