Thoughts on Steam's new Nintendo Switch competing console Steam Deck?

Do you think it will be successful? How successful? Do you think it will approach the Switch in sales? Are you interested in picking up one? Share your thoughts!

https://www.steamdeck.com/en/

 

people will be mostly excited, then it dies out for a few years and then it becomes "nostalgic" and "retro"

 

I hope the competition with another mobile gaming console on the market with a massive library will encourage Nintendo to improve the Switch 2's capabilities. I mean, c'mon, we just got the Switch OLED model and everyone was expecting a graphic upgrade but, no, we didn't get one because Nintendo just likes being Nintendo and not doing what everyone expects them to do. TBH the Switch is really struggling to keep up with the games being played on it: adaptive low-res resolution, the myriad frame-rate issues, pop-in issues, etc. We really need a more capable Switch but are we going to get one? No. Well, maybe with this competition we will.

Another related topic- I wonder if gaming studios will be less likely to port their games to the Switch now that their is another mobile alternative- one in which they don't even have to spend development money for a port if there game is already on Steam. There have been great ports on the Switch with Witcher 3 and Doom, but of course they make sacrifices for the Switch's lower capabilities and I feel that most people feel like if they have the option they would rather play the game on a more capable platform. The mobility is what sold them, and now since Nintendo doesn't have a monopoly on that, I wonder if studios will be less likely to port.

I like all the main titles in those series (except Metroid which hasn't come out yet)- though I thought Fire Emblem looked horrible like a Playstation 2 game. Nintendo can get away with that though because people want to play the newest games in their most beloved series. Nintendo owning some of the most famous IPs in the game industry and exploiting that nostalgia factor is what gets consoles off the shelves and allows people to forgive the console for being underpowered.

Yeah with Steams backlog being so massive I think this console will do well. It's probably the best value you can get for buying a new console- and you can play all the games you already have on your Steam account.