Steam Deck vs Xbox Series S - How future-proof is the Valve handheld

Digital Foundry : If Series S represents the baseline for next-gen game development, can Steam Deck match its performance at lower resolutions?

[darthv72]

steam deck is a sweet little kit. It is making me want to take up PC gaming again. I just bought the bundle of quantum break, recore and sunset overdrive for $15 and its nice the deck can play in 60fps where as even the series x is still limited to 30 (on qb and so). I swear the last PC game I really played was Half Life 2 (which plays awesome on the steam deck) but now I've already started getting games for it. I plan on getting god of war and spiderman to play on the go.

[Orchard]

I'm only slightly jealous :P Still waiting on mine.

It looks great though from the videos I've seen. I'm particularly looking forward to using it when travelling / flying to places.

Seems like Valve are doing a great job supporting it too.

[jjb1981]

It is such a great device. I've been playing Final Fantasy XIV on the go. I never thought I'd be able to do that without having Windows on it.

[northpaws]

I was tempted to get one, but what I do now is just using Razer Kishi on my phone with Xbox cloud, why of course it is not as good, it is also like 1/10 of the cost.

Sometimes I use a controller clip with a dual sense controller, then I can do ps remote play, Xbox remote play, xcloud... all in one setup.

Again, not the same thing, but enough to stop me from spending the money for a steam deck.

[kryteris]

it barely keeps up with the PS4.

[Outlawzz]

I honestly don't really care for the new games coming out.

There's so many games on steam that I haven't played from past consoles and they go on sale quite often. Far cry, Fallout games, elder scrolls, Humble bundle just released a bundle with the dmc games and monster hunter world for 20 bucks, mass effect trilogy is on sale now too. It's insane lol

[HeliosHex]

I still enjoy my vita. So I'd imagine the deck should have a long and fruitful life.

[Destiny1080]

steam deck is 1.6 teraflops and i suspect the switch 2 will be similar but with one massive advantage DLSS

docked 4k gaming

steam deck is not even a contender, it will be destroyed in a year are so, a complete waste of time and money

[The-Matrix-has-you]

History tells us Nintendo’s next console will be underwhelming in the hardware specifications. Sure it will be newer, naturally newer tech should be better in some way. For you to say steam deck a waste of time would imply you want Nintendo to hold the monopoly in the handheld gaming market? Which is very ignorant. Steam deck is just the beginning and will improve over time.

[repsahj]

...I really want to buy steam deck, but I already have a nice laptop, switch and ps5.