Based on what assumptions? The Deck struggles enough to get decent FPS on many titles without careful tweaking - how do you think it's going to do if it has to push twice the number of pixels.

Not for a small screen like the steam deck. LTT complained 1080p made things way too small on Asus ROG Ally handheld while also hurting performance.

If you want bigger numbers i believe there are windows handhelds available now.

The rest of us who want something that just works might get a steam deck.

Interesting... how come Linux just works and Windows is iffy in the handheld gaming space?

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)