It largely depends on what you want out of a game system. Currently, no not really. Nintendo is a closed environment with no alternative platforms for the games, and their games are very family friendly and widely popular. Steam Deck is just a portable option for PC games, and therefore has to share its customer base with PC gamers.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean with emulation you can play a lot of Switch games on the steam deck so that does let you get around the closed ecosystem.

[–] missingno@fedia.io -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Switch 1 emulation on the Steam Deck already has much worse performance than a Switch, given the overhead of emulation. There is no possible way it can run Switch 2 games.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't say much worse performance, really depends on the game you're trying to run. Based on what I've seen online ToTK is maybe slightly worse depending on the place you're at while a lot of other games match or even exceed switch 1 performance. Combine that with all the dumb shit Nintendo is doing around upgrade packs and making you pay to get better performance and I'd rather go with the free option, since it's gonna keep being worked on and get better and better. As for Switch 2 games that definitely might be a bit more rough at first but all we can really do with those is speculate until the console is out. Might take a bit for emulation to become available readily for those games but again with all the dumb things Nintendo is doing right now I'd rather wait then reward them for it. Plus by then there might be a new Steam Deck Gen or more PC handhelds from other companies that can compete with the Switch 2.