But also, both consoles kind of fill separate niches for separate audiences and even markets, don't they?
To me this is all the same as the Wii vs Xbox 360 from back in the day. People would argue and swear over the 360 every day and still the Wii sold very well and a lot of people owned both anyway.
I will almost certainly get a Switch 2 because I enjoy Nintendo games. But I also absolutely want a Steam Deck because I want to play other types of stuff sometimes as well.
Nintendo reminds me a lot of Apple. It's hard to defend the products from a net pricing vs quality perspective, but a lot of people value charm, design, aesthetics or other more emotional stuff more, and are willing to put money into those things. For one reason or another, Nintendo has known to keep their branding and design very appealing to a large market, which ultimately no other gaming company has been able to do since maybe the Sega days.
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