Well, to a degree all handheld consoles are going to be uncomfortable; that’s a largely unavoidable trade-off for portability.

I don’t really expect people to be playing these high intensive online games since the deck is only wifi cable (although I think you can also connect an ethernet cord to it for wired gaming)

Right, for years now the Switch has remained a great indie platform for certain genres. You see a game like Hollow Knight or Celeste, and you know those games would be perfect to play on a handheld, and till now Switch was the only decent platform in that regard. Now, we’ll have another exciting option.

Right.  I’ve been buying Steam games since Half-Life 2, and say what I will about Valve’s shortcomings, every game I’ve bought on Steam is still playable on my current PC.  It means a lot that games I buy won’t just be playable in the immediate future, but will be playable years from now on whatever PC devices I…

I think the key thing that most people forget is that even if the Switch hardware itself isn’t in direct competition with Steam Deck, the game sales are. This is where most of the earnings are made.

Another thing is that I am confident that the games I buy on PC/Steam will be future compatible (assuming there is a Steam Deck 2).

People who want a handheld indie machine likely already have a Switch. Most hardcore PC gamers would probably rather take advantage of their supercharged specs or use M&K.

Nail on the head well named person. Nail on the head.

I can’t speak for everyone, but this is actually the perfect Switch replacement for me. For me the Switch was overall a really bad purchase. None of the Nintendo exclusives really clicked for me. I had fun, but they weren’t top tier. I had a lot more fun playing indies on it. And once you go in that direction, well I…

People who want a handheld indie machine likely already have a Switch.

This piece seems to acknowledge the existence of one group but then conflates it with another. The “I want to play this on Switch” crowd and the “I have a Switch for Animal Crossing” are not the same audiences. The “I want to play this on Switch” crowd is almost definitionally of the more hardcore segment, because…