In the evening of July 15 Valve took the industry by surprise with the announcement of a portable console Steam Deck… With a set of buttons on the sides and a 7-inch screen in the middle, the system looks pretty big. But is it really so? The Ruetir website compared the new product with the most popular portable system on the market – Nintendo Switch…
The Steam Deck turned out to be longer, thicker and wider than the hybrid of the Japanese company, and most importantly: almost 2.5 times heavier than the smallest version of the console, the Nintendo Switch Lite.
Exact dimensions for Nintendo Switch with joycon attached:
- 10.16 x 23.88 x 1.4 cm, 399 grams
Nintendo Switch with OLED Display:
- 10.16 x 24.13 x 1.4 cm, 426.38 grams
Nintendo Switch Lite:
- 9 x 20 x 1.4 cm, 277 g
Steam Deck:
- 11.7 x 29.8 x 4.9 cm, 669 grams
Side-by-side comparison:
Interestingly, the Steam Deck is much smaller than its Nintendo Switch counterpart. Judging by the Valve scheme, the accessory will allow not only charging the system via USB, but also connecting to an external screen using HDMI.
Docking station for the original Nintendo Switch:
- 10.41 x 17.27 x 5.38 cm, 326 grams
Docking Station for Nintendo Switch with OLED Display:
- 10.41 x 17.53 x 5.08 cm, 312.98 grams
Steam Deck Docking Station:
- 2.9 x 11.7 x 5.05 cm, 120 g
The Steam Deck will go on sale in the US, Canada, EU and UK in December 2023.
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