I love how the author went from "these units are technically better than the deck" to "I guess if the deck had the same build problems as these other handhelds, they'd be more forgiving".
Better specs mean dick if your build quality is shit.
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Lol Forbes.com is definitely where I go to read about gaming handhelds.
I do love my Deck and use it all the time. It is also the most frustrating piece of kit I've owned in a long while.
I've always been concerned about the build quality too. Mine is well looked after, only 7 months since new, and I keep it in the case when not used. I noticed literally yesterday theres a crack in the upper front portion of the deck housing, directly middle above the LCD. How?!
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Oh yes the software is the frustrating part for me, far more than any hardware issues. For many of your reasons. I should have clarified. The hardware I fucking love, apart from that goddamn crack in the middle of the air vents :(
But despite the issues I still love the thing, and it is absolutely the best Game Boy Advance I've ever owned too which helps
The Steam Deck receives five star support, promise me that about any of the alternatives and then you speak.
Everyone's already mentioned the touchpads and SteamOS, but I've also not found any other device besides my Steam Deck that runs games as capably at 10W / 15W. That's important for me in a handheld. Too bad the screen doesn't support VRR or it'd have been perfect.
As someone who games at 4k on a video card from 2017, I can confirm that VRR is a must-have feature for gaming at lower frame rates.
VRR means that falling off your set frame rate doesn't matter. 56 FPS is just as smooth as 60 FPS. If something explodes and the game drops to 40 for a second, you don't really notice.
Steam Deck has also been the harbinger of Proton development. Even if you don't own one and never plan to own one, you now have the option of gaming rigs which run Windows games without needing the cost and bloat of Windows. That is an absolutely unprecedented game changer (pun intended).
Of course there are issues with the Deck. But it's not like Valve's "good guy image" came from nothing.