Have we really not grown out of this “console war” bullshit mentality?
People can compare products you know.
I agree, that’s why I choose the Steam Deck, not a console, it’s a linux computer in the form of a handheld.
Not a Nintendo fanboy. But their own IP games are truly fun. That alone is enough incentive to buy the switch
Yeah, this is the only reason I have a Switch. I’m a sucker for their first party games, and I will probably buy a Switch 2 for Mario Odyssey 2 alone.
To emulate* on my desktop 😌
This.
GTA6: Hold my beer.
I’m really interested in the reaction now that Nintendo has popped the seal, because I think GTA6 even if it launches a buggy mess, ive seen people say they would pay $100 for it.
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You could even buy something like an ROG Ally for a similar price and still get a bit more performance
The Steam Deck can run Biebian and Hannah Montana Linux fairly easily. That’s not really a selling point just another thing Nintendo isn’t bringing to the table.
I impulse bought a deluxe Need for Speed game a few weeks ago for $6.50. I’ve already played it 65 hours. I don’t want to jump into the math of it but I reckon I would need to enjoy Mario Kart for much greater than 650 hours before I would get the same hours per dollar value NfS: Heat has brought me thanks to a Steam sale. And Mario Kart could never catch up in miles per hour.
Just a heads up you’ll get to learn how to navigate Linux if you change your mind on the starter car. The only way I could start a new save file was by manually deleting the old one in the file system. It was a little frustrating but served as a good reminder that it is a handheld computer not just an outlet for gaming.
10 year old mario kart 8 is like 70 bucks or somethingwith dlc. They have lost their mind and people still pay for it.
Why would people want to buy fun games and support their development? Are they crazy?
Something interesting is that Steam users, (myself included) will ignore a game not on sale, I couldn’t tell you why. The only thing I can think of is that we are so used to things being “on sale” we forget that there was a reason it was priced at that amount in the first place.
$60
$70looks better than $60Factorio is an interesting example, its never on sale. It’s just the price. In fact it keeps going up in price.
The steam deck is awesome. I love my little handheld computer.
Sadly the trend of $80 for a digital copy of games will be copied by every major AAA studio in the following years if Nintendo succeed. The switch 1 games are not pricer than others at launch, they just never for whatever fucking reason become cheaper.
And then AAA studios will see their games stay on digital shelves indefinitely and pirating skyrocket and they’ll learn that they’re not nintendo and trying to be will bankrupt them.
That’s because 90% of steam games are trash.
I dont think you’re wrong but Luckily Steam has a decent algorithm for making sure the best games rise to the top of your store page based on your similar games played/wishlisted.
This is a crazy generalization.
This statement manages to be sorta true while also missing that there’s more great games on steam than the entire, mature Switch 1 library.
You can also install a Switch emulator and keep it even if Nintendo cease&decists again.
With switch you can real own a game, with steam you only have a license.
You could use other game stores
GOG and itch is the only I know, but is a little dificult get them on steam deck
Not with the Switch 2 bringing back dongle DRM and applying it to downloaded games ala the Game-Key Card.
not with switch 2 though, the cartridges are only keys for the digital download as far as I’ve heard
This is misinformation, cartridges with Key will replace only gift cards
Right up until nintendo turns the switch 2 store off.
3ds store are of, and I buyed a game last month
Plus, steam dont will last forever
I thin this is mostly for games like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077, which are too big to actually fit on a cartridge.
CDPR already released a statement that CP2077 will be released on a 64GB cart. Safe to assume the whole base game will be physical which is a plus.
First-party games are still fully on the cart and the Game-Key Cards are a cheap option for third parties, for now…
I personally don’t trust Nintendo to not try this on their first-party titles at some point though.
At least the game key cards are still transferable and not tied to any one account or device
The funny part is steam has the most exclusives of em all.
And gamecube games… and wii games and n64 games and ps2 games…
It also has integrated microphone and you can also talk to your friends while playing 🤣
And steam chat doesn’t require a subscription
Of course, and even if they do you could always switch to any other chat software because you’re literally playing on PC.
Proof (as if it was needed) that just running a reasonable storefront generates more than enough profit.
Sooo this is how I learn that my Steam Deck has a built in microphone.
I’m not very perceptive and thought the little notch at the top of the screen was nothing.
If you’re not being sarcastic, check out “Desk Job” on Steam. It’s a free small game which shows all SD functionality.
I’ve not tested it myself, but others have said it’s best to wear headphones otherwise there will be some echo for the voice chat.
I don’t know what Nintendo was thinking by doing the Nintendo tax bullshit harder than ever during a time when Americans are facing such heavy financial burdens
These tariffs suck for sure, but America is not the center of the world : the pricing of these games is insane and looks like a poor marketing decision globally
I’m aware, but it’s worth noting since America is usually a big consumer country, and right now, we can’t onsume.
Most likely they came up with the plan while people thought Trump was not going to do the crazy stuff he kept talking about…
To still go through with it and have Doug Bowser give this “Do you guys not have phones?” level bullshit defense?
It seems these idiots do not have the emotional intelligence we try to enforce in toddlers to recognize when a mistake was done, make apologies and rectify… instead they quadruple down and keep pushing as if their idea is now even more genius than before.
This is how we end up with Trump literally destroying the US economy while people wonder “is it outrageous stupidity or intergalactic 17 dimensional chess?”
We have never (to my knowledge) lived in a real life, non analogy, of the Emperor has no clothes
The Switch has the Switch tax. The Switch 2 will have the Switch 2 TARIFF.
rather give money to a Japanese company than an american one
I don’t care about the origin of a company as much as I do about whether or not they engaging anti-consumer practices.
Japanese corporations are known for being unethical too to completely fair.
I’d rather give money to the company with the more consumer-friendly device.
Valve is based in New Zealand isn’t it?
No, Bellevue, Washington.
My sole motivation for ever buying a Nintendo product would be for Pokémon.
I’m not saying you should stop, but I am saying people like you are the reason pokemon is so bad these days.
Seriously, a real fan needs to have standards, otherwise you’re just a simp. Scarlet and Violet should have been the final straw - though sword and shield should have been better too…
I am still not going to buy one. Just that it’s the only reason I can think to get one
Me too except that they’ve already indicated pretty much to everyone that they’re not going to in any way innovate on the idea.
The pricing of this is really going to fuck them.
BotW should be like $10 by now. The fucking DLC for it still costs twice that.
Switch 2 is going to be a repeat of the Wii U disaster.
“No Timmy, I’m not paying 500 dollars for Mario Kart. Don’t you already have that game?”
what are you talking about botw is free now
Where?
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Yeah but then you have to muck around with emulation.
I mean you could always pirate on device, though easier said than done on Switch (but the Wii U is rather easy to mod, would 100% recommend)
Modding an unpatched V1 Switch is pretty easy, the most difficult part is there’s like 2 main guides and if you try to get support from one group and they get clue that you’ve looked at/used the other guide they’ll say your config is trash and a ban risk lol
I love my Steam Deck but it doesn’t have Mario Kart or even anything like it
Isnt there an open source linux cart racer?
The nickolodeon cart racer is fun and I have heard one of the sonic cart racing game is real good.
SuperTuxKart exists for a native Linux kart racer, and it’s FOSS on top of that. Oh, and since STK is FOSS, I can imagine there are some tracks as intricate as anything in modern MarioKart if not moreso, that the community around it made for it.
SuperTuxKart is a neat indie game, but I really would not compare it to Mario Kart or try to recommend it as a substitute.
Bro doesn’t know about dolphin
lol there are so many racing as well as cart games, and the fact you can run literally any Nintendo game on PC
None of them really compare, and I’m not really interested in setting up emulation.
you’ll pay the price, one way or the other
It does if you run Dolphin.
What if I want to play Mariokart World online with my friends?
Then you and your friends are accepting of the problem.
That’s still just Nintendo with extra steps.
Yeah but if the steps are piracy, then fine.
I have nothing against piracy. I’m just lazy.
Sure. But this is an argument for piracy far more than quality.
If you’ve got the money to burn and consider emulation a hassle, you’re still buying a new Switch (tariffs pending)
I already made a joke similar to this in another thread in another community, but… SteamOS does! What Windon’t.
