Bored Smashing - STEAM DECK

## Basic Information

**Bored Smashing - STEAM DECK** is the 110th installment of Bored Smashing.

## Synopsis

King smashes the Steam Deck, whilst also comparing it to its competitor, the Nintendo Switch.

## Description

Featuring the Valve Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and bad puns.

## Summary

The video begins with King introducing the video outside of his backyard and smashing a *Steam Deck* on a *Walmart* foldable table with a sledgehammer, but when he realizes he smashed a *Stream Deck*, he was then freaking out, in which he sees liquid coming out of the Stream Deck, and he angrily tells himself the video is over budgeted.

After a while, he finally receives the *Valve Steam Deck*. He gets frustrated trying to open the box, so he used a steam generator to open it, but it didn’t work, so he drove to a nearby *sauna* to unbox it. Once he was inside the sauna room, he was finally able to open the box. King discarded the manuals and tried to plug the charger into the wall, but there were no charging outlets in the sauna. Once he unboxed the Steam Deck system and its case, he accidentally dropped the system on the floor. King got his hands onto the system, and he tried to boot it up, but the Steam Deck doesn't work. Then he worries he would had to buy another one for content. Afterwards, it finally booted up and King went home.

At home, King was setting up the Steam Deck, and he wanted to play *Phasmophobia*. However, the game is unsupported for the Stream Deck, but he downloaded it. King is surprised how his game saves from his PC carried over to the Stream Deck and reviewed the gameplay. King brought over a *Nintendo Switch* and reviewed a gameplay of *Luigi’s Mansion 3*.

**Test 1 - The Hold Up Test**

King tested to see if the Steam Deck can hold up against something high-end, like the *NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080* graphics card, so he compares it, hit the screen of the Stream Deck, and there was barely any damage but scuffing on it. King did the same thing with the Nintendo Switch by hitting it with the graphics card, and there was a little bit of scuffing and cracking on the left Joy-Con. King ends the first test with a draw.

**Test 2 - The Deck Test**

King taped both systems on a punching bag and boxed against it. Both of consoles turned out to have minimal damage, so King ends the test with another draw.

**Test 3 - The Deck Test**

The same name as the last test, King tested them by standing on a wooden deck to see which one of them would survive. First, he stepped on the Steam Deck, he heard a crack upon stepping on it with his feet, and even with his left foot. It turns out that the Stream Deck was slightly bending, and it had a small crack near the vents. Next, he did the same thing with the Nintendo Switch, where there were no audible cracking noises upon stepping on it. Since none of them broke, the Steam Deck slightly had a crack but no visible damage for both, the Nintendo Switch wins for this round.

**Test 4 - The Iron Test**

King steams on top of the consoles for a minute with an iron to see which one of them survives. King noticed the iron had steam mode on it. After a minute with the Steam Deck, the screen’s amole pixels are damaged at first, although some pixels recover for a little while, when the rest stay discolored. He tested with the Nintendo Switch, the screen has a little bit of sweat all over the screen, but no damage to the pixel at all. After testing both, he gives a point to the Nintendo Switch for this round.

**Test 5 - The Dryer Test**

King puts both systems in the dryer together on steam mode and leaves them for 2 minutes. After a minute, he checks on the consoles, realizing both had more steam than he expected, and the Joy-Cons were detached from the Nintendo Switch. He dries both up for another minute, and after drying them up, the Nintendo Switch was working perfectly fine, but the Steam Deck had severe signs with it, to which the buttons stopped working, and the left analog stick started to drift. Surprisingly, the Nintendo Switch wins this round.

**Test 6 - The Valve Test**

King turns the water gushing from his backyard to see which console can survive from being the wettest. The Steam Deck was still working after being wet, then he tested the Nintendo Switch, and set them aside for a little while. Afterwards, he tested to see if the console would turn on, and they did. The Steam Deck’s analog stick began to drift even more. Since they both survived being wet, King declares the test as a draw which both turned on.

**Test 7 (Final) - The Valve Test**

The same name as the last test, he throws a valve at the console’s screen. He threw it at the Steam Deck, but the screen is heavily cracked and it’s unstable, although it still turns on. He threw it at the Nintendo Switch nearly the same spot, but the screen also has been damaged. Since the Nintendo Switch is somewhat useful due to the screen not being damaged, he gives a point to the Nintendo Switch, in which it’s declared as the winner in a landslide (3-7).

**Test 8 (Bonus) - The Toilet Test**

This test was inspired by a demo video game for the Steam Deck. He submerges the consoles into the back of the toilet, but then the Steam Deck instantly shuts off upon contact with the water, but afterwards, it turns on for few seconds. The Nintendo Switch did survive the test, even after being submerged into multiple sides. He realized he should’ve removed the game cartridge before putting it into the toilet and throwing the game cartridge away. Afterwards, he drinks the water from the toilet with a straw.

After losing all those tests, he decides to have fun with the Steam Deck, by drawing a privacy on the back of the system, smearing cream on the controllers, and wrecking it with a crowbar on a foldable table. After having fun with it, he decides to destroy the Steam Deck by repeatedly hitting it multiple times on the ground, using a steam generator, and swinging it up in the air. Finally, he lights up the Steam Deck on fire, and places a burned lobster on top of it. The video concludes with King putting the Nintendo Switch into the Steam Deck case, boiling and disposing the remaining pieces in the trash bin.

## Trivia

* This video was teased twice on the Community tab: Post #1, Post #2
* This is the second time King filmed out of public in 2022.
* The foldable table that was seen at the beginning of the video was reused from 15 WAYS TO BREAK A GRAPHICS CARD.
* This is the 5th time the RTX graphics card appeared on his video.
* This video was uploaded a week after Nintendo Switch Sports released for the Nintendo Switch.
* This is the third time King accidentally wet his personal Nintendo Switch game.
	+ The first two happened on 50 MORE WAYS TO BREAK A NINTENDO SWITCH and HOW NOT TO UNBOX NINTENDO SWITCH MARIO EDITION.
* This is the first time King has smashed an item with a crowbar.
* This is the first time King has experienced a valve video game.
* In the second test where King was boxing against the gaming systems on the punching bag are referenced to *Punch Out!!*, *Super Punch Out!!*, and *Punch Out!! Wii* for the *Nintendo Entertainment System*, *SNES*, and *Wii*.
* This, and Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES! Episode 16 are both identical to each other where King manages to do durability tests with two different devices.
* King is seen wearing the same shorts he wore from BEACH SELFIES! VLOG #23 6-17-15.
* King was wearing running shorts and flip flops while filming at the sauna.
* This is the 10th time King has broken a Nintendo Switch.
* In the comments section, several users don’t know what a Steam Deck is.