… Because consoles cannot do all those… PC things.
Part of the whole … appeal/concept, of a handheld PC… is that it is a multi tool, a jack of all trades device.
Its a handheld PC, with a gaming mode, not a console, because it has a PC architecture and has all these other capabilities that consoles don’t.
If that doesn’t fit your use case or budget, then sure, the Switch 2 might have a bit of an edge in terms of game rendering power, has access to exclusive, modern Nintendo games… but price points for everything are… more or less in chaos right now, so I hope you can find something that works well for you!
Also, lots of people dock work laptops to work on bigger screens and have a full mouse and keyboards… thats really common with office and remote work, not sure how doing the same with a Deck is… any more complicated than that but uh yeah… you don’t need all that to use DE mode on a deck. You just hit ‘go to desktop’ and it also all works with the touchpads and such.
@sp3ctr4l
So like the Windows tablet I made the mistake of buying years ago. “it’s not a tablet, it’s a laptop with a lousy screen and an entirely non-existing keyboard”.
Well, that’s your preference then.
And the Deck is a handheld PC, not a console.
… Because consoles cannot do all those… PC things.
Part of the whole … appeal/concept, of a handheld PC… is that it is a multi tool, a jack of all trades device.
Its a handheld PC, with a gaming mode, not a console, because it has a PC architecture and has all these other capabilities that consoles don’t.
If that doesn’t fit your use case or budget, then sure, the Switch 2 might have a bit of an edge in terms of game rendering power, has access to exclusive, modern Nintendo games… but price points for everything are… more or less in chaos right now, so I hope you can find something that works well for you!
Also, lots of people dock work laptops to work on bigger screens and have a full mouse and keyboards… thats really common with office and remote work, not sure how doing the same with a Deck is… any more complicated than that but uh yeah… you don’t need all that to use DE mode on a deck. You just hit ‘go to desktop’ and it also all works with the touchpads and such.
@sp3ctr4l
So like the Windows tablet I made the mistake of buying years ago. “it’s not a tablet, it’s a laptop with a lousy screen and an entirely non-existing keyboard”.
Buying that was a huge mistake.
Oh ho ho, no.
The Steam Deck doesn’t use Windows, it is much more functional and stable, hahahah.
I am laughing about this because I was working at MSFT when Win8 was being developed/released and their whole tablet push was going on.
Dear god no, the steam deck is way, way less clumsy and broken to use than a Windows Surface was, oh god.
Ironically, I’ve vaguely followed the same path as GabeN: Used to work for MSFT, now I “secretly,” utterly despise them.
… Yes, I agree, the Win8 UI paradigm and the Surface were indeed massive mistakes.
I vocalized this, at the time, when I was a MSFT contractor, and that is a big reason why I don’t work at MSFT any more, rofl.
The Steam Deck is far, far easier to use than a Surface or Surface Pro.