Does the Steam Deck REALLY Destroy the Switch?

[Pemalite]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Pemalite said:

- Piracy/Legality of duplication does vary from region to region/territory to territory.
Some jurisdictions have stipulations that individuals can duplicate media for personal use as long as they have bought a license of some form.

But this is also off topic, I would suggest people steer back to the original discussion. Cheers.

I propose a motion to overwrite this thread title and turn it into a full debate about copyright, emulation, law enforcement, console practices and discussion about what's the limit for commercial agreements and where they stand against law 

Cheers

Make a new thread for that.

IcaroRibeiro said:

CladInShadows said:

Wouldn't it make more sense to start a new thread? 

We are already debating on this one, why create another ?

Because that is not the topic.

Chrkeller said:

I stand by what I said on page 1.. software matters, the switch has exclusive software, thus it is my preferred system.

Steamdeck has exclusives not found on consoles.

Mummelmann said:

The SteamDeck is really shit for Switch games. Personally, I don't see what niche the SteamDeck wants/needs to fill, and Valve has tried its hand at hardware before, showing that they're not as attuned to the market as one might think. Then again; I find the Switch to be the least attractive current console, primarily due to its software pricing, which is the same issue every generation.
For what it offers and the niche it fills, I would still side with the Switch in this, despite owning only 6 games for it to this day. For me, the SteamDeck falls into the same category as tablets. Between smartphones, laptops, desktop computers, home consoles, and various handhelds, I have zero use for it and zero interest. Mind you, I never had a mind towards playing on the go and prefer to do my gaming at home, so I might not at all be the intended demographic (also; I'm old and bitter and you best not listen to me).

If you are buying the Steamdeck to play Switch games, then you have just wasted your money... You would be better off buying an actual Switch instead.

But the Steamdeck is a fantastic portable PC, complete with some great PC exclusives... And even comes with a few benefits of receiving Sony/Microsoft multiplats that gets ignored on Nintendo's platform.

FarCry? Check.
Grand Theft Auto? Also Check.
Assassins Creed? Yup.
Call of Duty? Yep, that too.
Battlefield? Of course.

But then throw in PC exclusives like Homeworld, Company of Heroes and more... And you have the potential for a really really great handheld.

I think people tend to forget that the PC actually has the largest game library of any platform in existence... And I would like to thing everyone on this forum is a gamer, loves and adores gaming and could appreciate both the Switch and the Steamdeck for what they intrinsically are.