WatchMojo’s Awful Switch vs Steam Deck Video

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[@BirdSpotter43]

"In case you run into your friends in public" What am I supposed to lock eyes with a friend if I bump into them in the park like it's a pokemon battle and duel them on my switch?

[@newturtle3]

-just as the devs intended 😂

[@SPBTheHuman]

It took me nearly half of the video to realize that the WM logo wasn't a new Waste Management logo.

[@TheScruffySkull]

I'm so glad I wasn't drinking water while reading this lol.

[@breh4273]

I've played many unverified games on my steam deck and they all run completely fine...

[@dustojnikhummer]

Or some tagged as incompatible, like Ridge Racer Unbound or Fallout 76

[@grunklebran7535]

@@dustojnikhummer or sonic generations, I think it used to be verified but now it’s unsupported for god knows what reason

[@cupidknewrap]

@@grunklebran7535 you can flag your game as unsupported without valves input. Probably just a case of the publisher not giving a shit about linux and not wanting bug reports etc.

[@randomgamingin144p]

plus if you want to commit a deadly sin you can install windows

[@MrSupersonic2012]

Hell practically ever since I got my Steam Deck, my Switch OLED has been collecting dust. I actually played my Switch the other night. Turned on Pokemon Scarlet, laughed at how bad it still preformed, unintentionally triggered a glitch, laughed some more, and then went back to playing Palworld on my Steam Deck that somehow runs better on that than Scarlet/Violet does on the only console it has to run for.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I had a similar experience - Seeing games run like dog shit on the Switch is such a jarring experience after playing on the Steam Deck for a long period of time.

[@we4803]

Just as an FYI but Joycons are compatible with Steam input so if you really want to use them you can

[@chadisnotachad]

PC is basically all digital. Even the physical games are just Steam codes with some of the game on the disc. I got biomutant a couple of years ago and that's how it was. It was nice that it helped keep the download times down a little though.

[@grunklebran7535]

Oh god, I saw this a few months back and as an owner of both, all their points against the deck are wrong

[@astaris7931]

mojo is so down bad omg

[@RAPsterGamerPro]

Have been since 2015. Probably earlier than that

[@Exprisonkoorigaming]

Mojo are decent , just dont have a personal flair to their channel thats what happens when channels become corporations mate. I still watch them sometimes some people complain too damn much

[@gageous8306]

I have a switch, but I would give it up in a second for a Steamdeck.

[@amit_patel654]

Same here. I’m just waiting for SD2 to drop, then I’m off the Nintendo train lol.

[@20mat]

@@amit_patel654 Did you bite the bullet for the Deck OLED? Because a SD2 is *not* gonna happen for a *very* long time. Lmao

[@amit_patel654]

​@@20mat lol nah, I actually got the LCD steam deck in February haha. I sold my Switch for it. Best move I ever made. I kinda regret not waiting for the OLED, but then again I kinda don't. The Steam Deck is friggin awesome! 😊

[@20mat]

@@amit_patel654 Definitely one of the best purchases I've made for sure- I used it more than my main PC for the first couple months, which is saying something considering my main rig houses a OC'd Gigabyte 3070 with a Ryzen 5 5600x and 32GB of DD4 RAM, but the sheer convenience of carrying my PC games with me and playing/browsing in bed honestly beat the raw horsepower of my main rig, so I didn't really miss it all that much, crazy enough.

[@Anijah2001]

I never get why people compare the the steam deck to the switch. Like why do they act like nintendo is the only one that can do portable gaming devices

[@gondorianslayer4250]

They want that number one spot.

[@maplemiles3381]

@@gondorianslayer4250 Nintendo is more then likely to stay numbwr one in the handheld space since 1989 steam deck will have to co-exist and the steam deck is market to a different audience well Switch and ps5 are more mainstream

[@norbnasty9568]

Honestly I have a Switch and a Steam deck which I received back in April and I haven't looked back. The Steam deck is far superior forget 3rd party games on the Switch like Subnauticas the visuals and performance are both abysmal. The Steam deck on the other hand you can play most games on high to max settings while getting 45-60 frames. Thanks Joe for the great content definitely an underrated channel.

[@adamduffield7782]

I want a steam deck!!😭😭😭😭

[@durshurrikun150]

How does the steam deck make people utter idiots? There's Harmon Smith and Quantum TV making clowns of themselves while trying to talk about it.

[@traestephen7276]

joe make more vids ur very entertaining

[@daguywhopwnedu2499]

I hate Corporate Nintendo Boot-Lickers!

[@amit_patel654]

The Steam Deck wins hands down, no contest. Case in point, Doom Eternal on Switch runs on low settings at 30 fps just to function decently. On Steam Deck, the same damn game can be run on Ultra Nightmare settings and you get 60 fps. In a freakin’ handheld!

[@MaoRatto]

To be fair. Doom Eternal running on the switch is a techinical master piece for the switch. Good for the switch, but not going to lie that the steam deck still wiped the floor with that game.

[@traestephen7276]

also joe just an fyi all the games in playable have no real issues apart from needing to use the keyboard once and the unsupported actually work if u do litteraly 30 seconds of tinkering so its alot that work

[@SDK2K9]

WM: "What does Ninten-do that Steam Deck don't?" Joe: "Charge 60 bucks for Mario Kart 8" I laughed way too hard at your response. XD

[@CyberWolf3526]

Like 92% of games in my library works great on the steamdeck... sure some of those might take a 5 minute ticker, or a controller mapping setup. But that doesn't stop me from playing those games. Honestly the only games that usually dont work at all is multiplayer focus games like the lastest cod due to its anti cheat. (Alot of multiplayer focus games do still work fine on the steamdeck though) or VR games... thats it. Most games can work just fine if your willing to ticker a bit to get it to work. And when i mean a bit... I just mean taking 20 seconds to change compatability layer which is easy to do, or map the controls like for the game READY or NOT... If you dont want to tinker at all and just want games to work out of the box... than ill say like 50% of games at best will work on the steamdeck with no tickering.

[@shingles1465]

I like how watch MOJO talks about switch exclusives for the multiplayer part but doesn't bring up any coop game for the steam deck like oh no I have to bring a controller to a friend's place that I knew I'd be playing with anyway to play a game that's coop and not smash bros also whenever I brought my switch I brought my switch pro controller so my friend doesn't have to use the crappy joycons anyway lol

[@GloriousKev]

I keep playing games that haven't been tested on the deck by Valve without too many issues. They just give a little pop up after you play 3 or 4 hours asking about the experience and you can ignore it if you want to.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

I can watch as many Steam Deck hate videos I want. It won't stop me getting one in about a week or two from now. Some people have a lot of personal issues to try and favour a corporation. Who treats you as a number on a spreadsheet for revenue.

[@greeneyegayming6373]

The steam deck seems like my dream gaming device.

[@gondorianslayer4250]

Yet you'd the same for valve.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

@@gondorianslayer4250 I have every platform expect any kind of PC. So I'm looking to get a Steam Deck for that reason.

[@zk0rned]

@@gondorianslayer4250 Valve has actually respected their customers and have given us some of the best priced games to ever exist so I don't see the problem? And their services are great so I don't see the problem here

[@Supavillain360]

As someone who owns both of these things, I'm floored by how terrible their video was. No mention of Photon and how that almost doubled the available games on the Steam Deck, their...terrible reasonings, their refund policy and how Nintendo doesn't have one, and lack of real criticisms because there are plenty to be made about the SD. But at the end of the day, one has had a dead battery for like...3 weeks now and the other is playing Yakuza Kiwami.

[@BravoRox]

I haven't used my switch in a year, since Metroid dread .

[@666willis666]

gc down fall waas the mini dvd, they used the same basic hardware for the wii

[@raphseraph5938]

I had never watched one of your videos before. As I started watching this one, I thought it was an exercise in... Envy? towards another KZbin channel. But, I was so very wrong. Your points are all completely valid and I am now going to watch your content and avoid WatchMojo like the bloody plague. I got very upset at their so-called comparison. The Deck can run Switch games. A lot of them better than the Switch does. The reverse is not and never will be true, whereas the number of Deck emulated gaming platforms and their quality will only grow as time goes by. Thank you for your factual quality!

[@SamSquids]

This video is even funnier now. Everybody knows, Steam Deck make the best games. That shit is ABAP.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

My favourite game developer is Steam Deck.

[@joogled1839]

a lot of your points are kind of just raging at nintendo for having 30fps games tbh.

[@dh8203]

Yeah WatchMojo doesn't get nearly enough flak for the garbage they put out.

[@traestephen7276]

yea.. ok 10k out of the 50-60000 games dont work on the deck compared to the 5k on switch and if we count gog the deck has maybe even 70 or 80 k games available

[@wolfy9628]

The difference is that all those 60k games can be played on a pc apart from the steam deck (which is way better lol) but you cant play switch games on pc (without emulation ofc)

[@speed3414]

@@wolfy9628 so basically you can play Switch games on PC

[@traestephen7276]

@@wolfy9628 so you can play switch games and you can just run windows on it so that argument dont really apply here

[@traestephen7276]

@@wolfy9628 has a bigger library than the series x ps5 and switch combined

[@durshurrikun150]

@@wolfy9628 Errr, you can play switch games on a PC, my dear peasant. Oh and the point of the steam deck is the portability. And for that, you can play switch games on the steam deck better than on the switch. Ain't that embarassing?

[@derrickjohnson4952]

Alright new joe video 🎉 🎉🎉, they still make physical pc games? Can I get Elden ring physically on pc ?

[@ericbazinga]

No. Honestly, as someone who loves PC gaming, physical PC games are all but dead. Technically yes you can go buy physical PC games at Best Buy or whatever, but they're just steam keys in DVD cases. The age of physical PC games is long over and Joe just needs to accept that.

[@gondorianslayer4250]

@@ericbazinga ok digital fanboy.

[@roymustang87]

@@gondorianslayer4250 get with the current decade ya r-tard

[@JoeFromSeattle]

Honestly agree with you guys at this point. As someone who plays mostly older games, the stuff on my radar have physical PC options but I'm definitely guilty of letting that make me think the modern physical PC market is comparable. Physical PC gaming is pretty much dead, yeah. I'm taking the L on this one @ericbazinga

[@derrickjohnson4952]

@@JoeFromSeattle The joe I know never takes any L’s just for that take this L’s then burn it and take this W buddy cause your #1 😉

[@QuartzRoolz]

On the point of steam Verified: most none verified games run fine. valve seem to be really strict on what counts as "verified" and honestly if its got a yellow Icon your probably fine.

[@AVEXentSUCKS]

You lose brain cells watching WatchMojo. Thank you for risking your mental health exposing their crap.

[@dustojnikhummer]

You need to pay your cat tax.

[@ATSaale]

Can't we just laugh at them for comparing a 300 dollar device vs a 600 dollar device? 😂

[@Lestibournes]

SD was $400 for the base model (Now it's $350 for the base model with bigger storage)

[@megaman37456]

Steam Deck is superior to Switch in every way, EVERY WAY. It's not a competition it's a fucking slaughter and Steam Deck is holding the bloodied knife.

[@M4TTYN]

Switch has x and y (not a pun for the pokemon games i swear) but the steam deck can do lots more and it doesn't hold your hand plus isn't a lag fest on certain games being cloud versions which are anti consumer. Sure they didn't mention emulation on purpose can imagine their views on emulation...... oh god please WM do a video so joefromseattle can make a video!

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

i saw his video, what a mess. he created categories out of his ass , specifically designed to make switch looks good, and even with those categories he had to cheat and use a lot of bullshit excuses to make switch win. i bet in his other comparissions he use different categories, its a pointless review, there are too many things to comment about each device like the repair/lack of repair issue, that anyone can make any device look good. anyway, steam deck is better i have no doubt about it, the only thing positive we can say about switch is their exclusives, but even those, i dont think making something exclusive is a good thing, and valve is proving its not nescessary, not to mention we can emulate some of those games, so the last thing in favor of nintendo is, at least they still make games unlike valve but that is a small issue, because steam deck have so many thirdy party games that nintendo games arent going to compensate.

[@ricogt7092]

There are literally asset filps on the switch so that stuff about quality control is a straight up lie

[@wolfboy20]

Ain't No Fucking Way Did WM Award a Point to The Switch for Online Multiplayer!! Ain't No Fucking Way!!!! 😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Steamdeck shits all over that & its free too!! XD

[@nayftv]

So the real wins are … specs - steam deck …. Online - steam deck ( avoiding something don’t make you good at it) ….. price - steam deck ….. games - steam deck (it can play new aaa titles at respectable settings plus emulate most Nintendo games) …. portability - switch (it’s smaller) winner - steam deck because I don’t need chock on a Nintendo shlong

[@gondorianslayer4250]

Not really. Nintendo not giving you guys the number one spot. So you can kill gaming faster.

[@nayftv]

@@gondorianslayer4250 is this a dig at piracy or emulation because the pre owned gaming market has always taken far more from the developers pockets than both the only thing killing gaming is games as a service games and loot boxes

[@rallyrandy69]

How is steam deck better for price? A switch is minimum 200$ brand new for a lite.

[@nayftv]

@@rallyrandy69 2 reasons price to performance and the price of pc games it’s better value overall and the lite is exactly that a cheaper model with less features you can game on it but it’s not really in the same category as a steam deck or the normal switch for that matter so there’s exactly £50 difference in price now and I’m sorry but by time you get a few games you probably already saved money over the switch

[@youtubewatcher4272]

Dude really wanted a Switch for Christmas and got dumped by his GF instead 😂

[@frankallen3634]

Since America has the worst internet service in the western world, digital will always be a no for me. And not forgetting that im not fucking my data cap on games. It takes me 4 days to download a 80gig game at 111kbps on its best day

[@martakrzysztofiak-kucza3862]

What the gamecube doesnt hold up with ps2 and 360

[@imjustmrks2554]

ayy i watched their vid a bit ago and couldnt stop laughing when they said SD has worse online cuz it diesnt offer as much bonus stuff as the switch. like yeah oh no the free wifi diesnt come with official nintendo online emulators and runs better without costing money and having better friend list management plus a friends chat system and game invite

[@luckytamer15]

i personally would hope nintendo take notes from what valve did with the steam deck where they sell good hardware.

[@kenjikyochi2348]

Bigger Screen on Deck,Two Bluetooth full Size controllers and BOOM!!! Multiplayer Deck🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chocolatelover19]

I'm depressed

[@TNTITAN]

So according to WatchMojo the best online console is the Atari 2600.

[@Matt-ye5gq]

2:20 SwitchDeck

[@gondorianslayer4250]

People are allowed to like Nintendo.

[@LARVideos]

Yeah. People love their abusers all the time. Doesn't make it any less tragic though...

[@adamduffield7782]

That's fine, people can like what they want. All we ask is dont bullshit about it

[@viperholic]

Switch is for kiddos. Steam deck is for the adults.

[@gondorianslayer4250]

Not really. Adults can play Mario games too.

[@viperholic]

@@gondorianslayer4250 I Play Mario on PC and could on the steam deck. Do not kid yourself. No pun intended.

[@adamduffield7782]

Erm both are for either? I can guarantee, when I finally get a steam deck, my son will be on it in a shot 😂

[@kenjikyochi2348]

Witcher 3 switch is lock at 25fps Unless!! You mod your switch and mod the Witcher 3 system file to unlock it to 30 However you can do nothing about the muddy texture🤣🤣🤣....or just play it in Steam Deck 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@durshurrikun150]

Is it even worth to mod a switch just to get 5 more fps?

[@kenjikyochi2348]

@@durshurrikun150 The things people would do for 5 more extra frames 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wolfy9628]

You guys dont get what exclusive means. The games you can play on steam deck are also available on pc (higher performance and graphics). Meanwhile switch games are only available on switch. All games on switch work fine but you cant pretend to run high performance games on that steam deck lmao

[@sentrycod2373]

All games on switch......alsoo run on the deck ffs. Jesus

[@sentrycod2373]

And they run much better too

[@roymustang87]

alsoo? Got any proof to back up that bold claim

[@sentrycod2373]

@@roymustang87 Yeah, do a simple KZbin search bro. Any switch game you want emulated on steam deck. Didn't you hear the video say that Hyrule, age of calamity drops to 9 frames??? On the switch?? Geez

[@speed3414]

Uh dude, the Steam Deck IS a PC, a $400 PC that can run PS4 generation games on the go

[@wolfy9628]

I honestly dont get the point of a steam deck. Its a pc with lower performance to play games that you can also play on pc. Like at least if i get the switch i play games that i couldnt play other way

[@sentrycod2373]

Yes, cause everyone can carry their massive setup everywhere they go. Whats the need for a portable pc when you can do that? Ignore the fact that it's also the most powerful hand held to price ratio out rn. But hey, switch got zelda so GG yeah? Smh

[@raphseraph5938]

You can play Switch games on a Steam Deck. There is your other way.

[@durshurrikun150]

Yes, indeed, you are not very bright. Open your ears and activate your brain: the steam deck is a portable PC, of course it has lower performance. And no, all switch games are available on PC through emulation.

[@durshurrikun150]

@@sentrycod2373 Ironically enough switch games can be played on the steam deck and the peasants have been coping hard about that.

[@adamduffield7782]

Erm, for handheld gaming? Which is the main point of also the switch ? Dude, do you think before commenting?

[@utsavpradhan2754]

I like how pc gamers always complain about consoles. Like dude just play games.

[@durshurrikun150]

Debunking console peasant bullshit is not complaining about consoles which are bad by the way.

[@utsavpradhan2754]

@@durshurrikun150 Nobody cares fanboys are minorities There are PC fanboys as well

[@durshurrikun150]

@@utsavpradhan2754 You clearly care, since you're here, peasant. And I believe by PC fanboys you mean normal people.

[@utsavpradhan2754]

@@durshurrikun150 lol so toxic fanboys exist here too huh

[@durshurrikun150]

@@utsavpradhan2754 Indeed, they exist, especially on playstation.

[@brutalness]

how is the steam decks settings limited to a PCs as its just a PC and runs the same games with the same setting?

[@JoeFromSeattle]

Yeah my wording kinda sucked there, I moreso meant that as a technical limitation more than an actual customization limitation. If I recorded this again I would have said something more along the lines of "you won't notice/be able to appreciate game settings on the Steam Deck compared to a full PC simply because of the hardware limitations but that's still way better than what the Switch offers"

[@Exprisonkoorigaming]

Mojo are decent , just dont have a personal flair to their channel thats what happens when channels become corporations mate. I still watch them sometimes some people complain too damn much

[@zk0rned]

No they're complete ass lol