Why the Switch 2 Needed the Steam Deck

Here's why the Switch 2 needed Valve's Steam Deck. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be launching in a very different world to its predecessor. Powerful PC based handhelds like the Steam Deck, and cloud gaming services like GeForce Now, have expanded on the Nintendo Switch dream of full fat games on the go... which can only benefit the Switch 2.

The Nintendo Switch 2 specs have yet to be revealed but leaks suggest a huge Switch 2 upgrade, including 3x the RAM and some kind of Switch 2 DLSS analog, allowing Nintendo to catch up with its competitors, and it's very likely that many games on the original switch will instantly benefit from the extra performance available.

However, all we've seen so far on Switch 2 is a new Mario Kart (Mario Kart 9?), and that footage might not even be representative of the final game, so it's difficult to make any calls about the system's capabilities at this stage.

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