--- title: "MSI Claw vs Steam Deck: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, MSI Claw or Steam Deck? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Handheld gaming PC brands set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/msi-claw-vs-steam-deck" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # MSI Claw vs Steam Deck: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, MSI Claw or Steam Deck? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Handheld gaming PC brands set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: MSI Claw and Steam Deck - **Competitive set**: Handheld gaming PC brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **MSI Claw Share of Search**: 2.4% - **Steam Deck Share of Search**: 81.4% ## Which is more popular in search, MSI Claw or Steam Deck? - In August 2026, Steam Deck had more branded searches than MSI Claw among handheld gaming PC brands in New Zealand. Steam Deck was estimated to have 12.1K branded searches compared to MSI Claw’s 350, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus MSI Claw’s 2.4%. - Steam Deck was ahead of MSI Claw in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, MSI Claw’s estimated Share of Search among handheld gaming PC brands in New Zealand moved from 2.6% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 440 to 350. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Steam Deck’s estimated Share of Search among handheld gaming PC brands in New Zealand moved from 79.1% to 81.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 13.3K to 12.1K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand handheld gaming PC brands in August 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for MSI Claw in New Zealand fell 20.5% over 11 measured months, from 440 to 350 in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | MSI Claw estimated searches | MSI Claw Share of Search | MSI Claw rank | Steam Deck estimated searches | Steam Deck Share of Search | Steam Deck rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 440 | 2.6% | 4 | 13.3K | 79.1% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 440 | 1.9% | 4 | 19.4K | 84.1% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 360 | 1.7% | 4 | 17.5K | 84.7% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 380 | 2.1% | 4 | 15.2K | 83.7% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 260 | 1.8% | 5 | 12.2K | 84.8% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 310 | 2.2% | 4 | 11.7K | 82% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 300 | 1.9% | 5 | 13.2K | 82.6% | 1 | | May 2026 | 370 | 1.9% | 4 | 16.9K | 85.6% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 450 | 2.3% | 4 | 16.1K | 83% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 310 | 2.1% | 5 | 12.2K | 81.4% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 350 | 2.4% | 5 | 12.1K | 81.4% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using MSI Claw’s and Steam Deck’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **MSI Claw**: Measured on the search terms “msi claw gaming handheld”, “msi claw handheld”, “msi claw near me”, “msi claw nz”, “msi com” and “msiclaw”, summed into one figure. - **Steam Deck**: Measured on the search terms “best steam deck game”, “oled steam deck”, “steam deck”, “steam deck 2”, “steam deck console”, “steam deck game”, “steam deck gaming handheld”, “steam deck handheld”, “steam deck near me”, “steam deck new zealand”, “steam deck nz”, “steam deck oled”, “steam deck online”, “steam deck portable console”, “steam deck price”, “steamdeck”, “steamdeck 2”, “steamdeck com”, “steamdeck console”, “steamdeck games”, “steamdeck handheld”, “steamdeck nz”, “store steampowered com” and “valve steam deck”, summed into one figure. - [MSI Claw profile](/demand/nz/brands/msi-claw) - [Steam Deck profile](/demand/nz/brands/steam-deck) - [All handheld gaming PC brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-handheld-gaming-pc-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands. ## Methodology - [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular in search, MSI Claw or Steam Deck? In August 2026, Steam Deck had more branded searches than MSI Claw among handheld gaming PC brands in New Zealand. Steam Deck was estimated to have 12.1K branded searches compared to MSI Claw’s 350, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus MSI Claw’s 2.4%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "MSI Claw vs Steam Deck: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/msi-claw-vs-steam-deck This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/msi-claw-vs-steam-deck. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.