With the Nintendo Switch 2 being released fairly soon, on June 5th, 2025, to be exact, there has been a bit of speculation on how well the console will or will not do. With the console priced at $450 and $500, and several games coming in at $80, there’s a lot of talk on whether Nintendo’s next console will sell as well as the original Switch did, or possibly do even better.
Then there is the discussion on whether the Switch 2 will have a tougher time selling due to the X-Factor: handheld PC gaming devices. When the original Switch was printing money for Nintendo, it was seen as the only handheld gaming device on the market, with Nintendo putting the final nail in the coffin of the 3DS. In that regard, handheld PC devices were not even on the minds of most gamers, despite existing for years.
It wasn’t until companies such as Valve, Asus, Lenovo, and MSI introduced the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw, that this super niche corner of PC gaming started to lose some of its nicheness (is that even a word?). Since they hit...
