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Really impressive upgrades overall. It's telling that Rich feels this is the best portable gaming device on the market despite it coming in at nearly half the price of more premium offerings.
That very much depends on what you mean by best portable gaming device. It will have the best display and best hdr, but most other handhelds will handily outperform Steam Deck since the apu wasn't upgraded.
The reviewer is saying that the Steam Deck makes the best trade-offs, even if price isn't a deciding factor.
Those other handhelds also consume A LOT more power.
That's bullshit, gamers Nexus showed how bad the Ally perform at 10-15w, it only takes the lead when running at unreasonable wattage that screw battery life, the gpd and Aya stuff is vastly more expensive and lower quality overall, the steam deck is definitely the best handheld you can get
And thats before you account for the miles better support that you'll get from Valve. From all the widespread availability of parts and replacement guides, to knowing that you have proper warranty support rather than the largely worthless warranty that you get with no name brands.
And that includes the switch too, given the library.
The Switch is a 7 year old device that's up for a completely new replacement within a year, but I do agree that Nintendo's refusal to ever lower prices is making the comparison a bit absurd at this point.
TBH, if the no reverse compat rumors for Switch 2 are true, this changes nothing about how bad the matchup is here.