Steam Deck: Nintendo Switch could be in great danger

Since the Nintendo Switch has been released, there really hasn’t been any major handheld consoles that have come to contend with Nintendo. That will change with the arrival of Valve’s Steam Deck. Based off of early expectations, if the Steam Deck does everything it says, it has the potential to really hurt the Nintendo Switch market.

If you don’t know what the Steam Deck is, it is basically a portable gaming PC, capable of playing any game you can think (minus Nintendo Switch titles, obviously). However, according to Valve, the possibilities and flexibility that someone would have on this new console will be endless.

Nintendo Switch isn’t going anywhere. After all, Nintendo is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and have such a huge following that the company will always be around. However, Nintendo can’t take the news of a competing handheld console lightly. Nintendo will definitely be tested and this is the first real handheld competition in a long time. Nintendo will have to make some tweaks and incentives that will keep gamers wanting to buy new Nintendo Switches and Nintendo games.

On the flip side, the hype for the Steam Deck is so massively high right now that it has everyone talking about it. Reserving one of these consoles is not going to be easy and all the desire to get one is going to surely cause delays. During the time that it takes for the Steam Deck’s to ship to customers, it gives time for Nintendo to make a big announcement if they choose to make one at all.