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Yes. That is why no one has purchased a Switch since the beginning of the year.

I just bought a switch last week. The switch and steam deck are fundamentally very different, despite ultimately both being for playing games.

The switch is great for party, co-op, and social games, while the steam deck is a decent approximation of a desktop PC.. sans keyboard and mouse.

I'd argue the steam deck is equivalent if not better for couch co-op! You get to connect pretty much any bluetooth controller to it at the same time, you can pair a ps4 controller, a ps5 controller, an xbox controller and a google stadia controller, and they all work flawlessly.

(Of course, the switch has the nintendo first party library of party games, which is worth a lot)

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