Handheld is the way to game, and all I needed to understand that was a giant, heavy black brick. To get the most out of your Steam Deck, there are a few accessories you can buy, settings you can customize and features to explore. I never bothered with such solutions since I could stick it on the TV, but now I have a Steam Deck, I finally get it. Our own Features Editor Andrew King even suggested that the Switch 2 should come with Hori pads as standard.

I’m not alone in this weird console ick either, since there are entire guides for people with big hands on how to get comfortable holding the Switch, and a lot of it boils down to buying cases or extra padding. By Will Greenwald Updated Valve’s Steam Deck (starting at. They’re uncomfortable, my hands cramp, and I’m always terrified they’ll slip right out of my palms. The Steam Deck isnt the only wide-body, big-screen gaming handheld that delivers contemporary graphics muscle. I put off phones, despite being a zoomer, until I was in my mid-to-late teens, because the buttons were too small I traded in my DS and stopped using my Game Boy since it was awkward getting a grip on them, and I got a Switch OLED, not for the new screen, but due to it being a bit bigger.

You know what they say about big hands? They’re fucking annoying to play handhelds with.

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