
It also isn’t guaranteed to play every Steam game out there, with some notable titles that are fully incompatible. It’s pretty bulky, it has some occasional performance hiccups and its battery life isn’t always great. Now, while the Steam Deck does a great job letting you play PC games on the go (and is a lot cheaper than a gaming laptop), it’s very much a first-generation product.

It’s essentially a Nintendo Switch on steroids - and not just because it’s huge. Valve’s new handheld successfully makes PC gaming portable, packing enough power to play the tens of thousands of games on Steam at console-like quality while also doubling as a full-on computer. When I play visually rich PC games like God of War and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on the Steam Deck’s small screen, I feel like I’m getting a taste of a very exciting future.


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