Does the Steam Deck REALLY Destroy the Switch?

[Kakadu18]

Conina said:

Kakadu18 said:

How many hours of Portal 2 do you get on the Switch?

And isn't the appeal of the Steam Deck appart from emulation being able to play games in handheld that can't run on Switch? You know, demanding games, where the Steam Deck's battery runs out after just two or so hours.

Why don't you tell us how many hours of Portal 2 you get on the Switch?

The appeal of the Steam deck is to play more demanding AND less demanding games AND more demanding games in less demanding settings.

Of course you can choose very high settings for The Witcher 3, which will result in less battery life than on Switch. But you can also run the game in medium settings with better battery life than on Switch and stilll much better quality than on Switch.

On the other end of the scale you can play games like "The Great Ace Attorney" with 3 watts TDP and better battery life than on Switch... same resolution, but better antialiasing.

Or a lot of older AAA games with maxed setting and only 3 - 9 watts which aren't available for Switch (f. e. the 7th gen Tomb Raider games, MGS 5, Titanfall 2, Faalout 3 / New Vegas...).

Bold: Because I haven't played Portal 2 on Switch, but I'm almost 100% certain it lasts longer. I can play low demanding games like that can for 6-8 hours on Switch.