How will be Switch 2 performance wise?

[Hiku]

Conina said:

Hiku said:

And these newer modern portable gaming devices are bigger and heavier than Switch.

Steam Deck for example weighs nearly twice that off an OLED Switch.

• 398g = Switch LCD (including JoyCons)
• 420g = Switch OLED (including JoyCons)
• 640g = Steam Deck OLED
• 669g = Steam Deck LCD

So the launch Steam Deck is 68% heavier than the launch Switch.
And the Steam Deck OLED is only 52% heavier than a Switch OLED.

Actually the OLED difference is even a bit less according to my kitchen scale.
My Switch OLED weights 424g, my Steam Deck OLED 635g (both including a microSD card), so the Steam Deck OLED is only 50% heavier.

Also the Steam Deck is much more comfortable to hold for adults with "normal sized" hands... if I want similar ergonomics, I use my Switch OLED with Hori Split controllers... which adds some weight. My Steam Deck OLED (635g) is only 33% heavier than my Switch OLED with Hori Split controllers (477g).

And with Hori Split Controllers, the size difference is also negligible:

Maybe it's a different model, but I was looking at this article that has Steam Deck at 748.4g.

Sizing up the Legion Go vs. Switch, Steam Deck, and ROG Ally | Windows Central

But yeah, weight doesn't neccesarily determine comfortability when holding.

Last edited by Hiku - on 12 January 2024