[Slippery_John]

Switch:

- Has a nearly unusable store front where discovery is basically impossible

- Requires you to pay for online matchmaking, while having a worse online user experience than the Xbox360

- Has remarkably fragile joysticks prone to drifting after any decent amount of play

- Has no capability of streaming from my pc

- Doesn't support modding

I would love to live in a world where Nintendo had a modern digital presence, but we just aren't there.

That said, your points aren't wrong. The switch is definitely more ergonomic so if I know a game is on there and I don't care to mod it then that's where I go.

[Kukumber]

> - Has a nearly unusable store front where discovery is basically impossible

A store is a place to buy games, i don't want no algorithm telling me what i "should" buy, you can easily manipulate it to promote your friends with lot of money, wich is already what's happening with Steam, i miss the old days of people sharing about games they found and writting about them on blog posts, i find new indie games to play thanks to the various youtubers, not thanks to "steam algorithm"

> - Requires you to pay for online matchmaking, while having a worse online user experience than the Xbox360

Xbox360? some data is leaking agent John, but yeah, that sucks, but they added RetroGaming capabilities, so there is that

> - Has remarkably fragile joysticks prone to drifting after any decent amount of play

I agree with you on that, build quality is very poor, hence why i personally don't own a Switch

> - Has no capability of streaming from my pc

I'm not interested in that

> - Doesn't support modding

I'm not interested in that

> I would love to live in a world where Nintendo had a modern digital presence, but we just aren't there.

I'm not interested in that

A nintendo switch lite is 199€, steam deck is 419€, double the price

[NBJack]

As an owner of both, the Switch catches up in price fast when we start talking about cost of the games over time vs. what you can save on a regular basis in Steam sales. Nintendo is infamous for rarely putting its exclusive games on sale, despite how many of its competitors have no problem with that (i.e. PlayStation Greatest Hits).

I would also argue that the game library in Steam is vastly superior; more options, more titles, and lots of great indie games.

If you don't like Steam at all, installing Windows or just using Proton directly in the desktop mode (to install/add your own games from other sources) is a viable option.

[allarm]

Since we’re talking about personal experiences the price difference is non issue for me. I already have more than 200 games in my Steam library with about half of them running fine on the Deck. I would have to buy games on Switch if I had one, but with Deck I’m already settled.

[skyyler]

The retro gaming offerings are embarrassing compared to what the Wii had.

You pay a subscription to have access to a small list of games. The virtual console was way better, and more complete.