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  • If you want to (legally) play Nintendo games, obviously buy a Switch 2. You don't have any other option. If Nintendo games aren't that important to you, and/or if you already have a large Steam library, a Steam Deck is a great option.

    Personally, I love my Steam Deck, but I'm looking forward to a Steam Deck 2, or maybe a third party handheld, running SteamOS, that has a nice, big, 1080p screen, better controls, and better battery life. More power would be nice, but not if it comes with a louder fan and poor battery life. Honestly, I'd even be ok if the device was focused on local streaming, from my PC.

  • There are plenty of complaints you could levy but $90 minimum is obviously a fucking lie. And don't come at me with 1-2 examples. We all know that's bullshit.

    • Yeah its $80 minimum which is bad enough no need to lie to exaggerate especially since nintendo never has sales. But lets be real all the good games are gunna be at that price. You know all the games that you would buy a switch for anyways, ie mariokart, mario oddessey 2 or whatever it's called, super smash, pokemon. The cheaper games will be all the games that you should just buy on another platform.

      Who knows i could be wrong

      Edit sorry misspoke,minimum isn't 80 but I meant to say if mario kart is 80 that signals to me that most mario Nintendo games like kart, pokemon, etc will likely all be 80 as well. Maybe donkey kong is a little less because it isn't an established franchise, or maybe the less popular stuff will be a little less.

      That is to say the minimum isn't 80 but any of the games that you will want to get a switch2 for probably will be close to 80 digital.

      Also it hits harder because Nintendo shit never goes on sale, sure i guess you could argue it holds value or some dumb shit but some of us just want to play games and not spend $1000 on a console and 5 mario games.

      I haven't been a nintendo customer for a long time, but this will certainly dissuade me from buying a system in the near future

  • I got a Switch for ACNH and BoTW, but I'll be damned if I'm going to pay Nintendo's exorbitant prices for a new system and games. I'll experience it vicariously through others.

  • "You can put pirated stuff on me and I don't give a fuck. I'll even help you run them through Steam."

  • Talking about being able to play gamecube games on switch 2 as though Dolphin doesn't exist... or rather they wish it didn't.

  • You don't live in Australia do you

    All our games cost $100AUD even on steam

  • Everyone knows what Steam does better, but there are a few things I wish they'd improve :

    • more granular touch display
    • higher resolution screen + larger higher res touch pad surfaces
    • TMR sticks
    • a REAL dock with simpler connection of some kind that doesn't require a weird USB-C connected cable dangling off the top (but still would support 3rd party docks with that USB-C port)
    • better vibration motors
    • pressure sensitive face buttons (this hasn't been done standard since the PS2 era, but would open up the possibility of PROPER PS2 emulation for games like MGS2 and MGS3, which STILL hasn't been done right thanks to the disappearance of pressure sensitive face buttons)
    • hot-swappable batteries that can be charged in the Deck or externally if needed
    • haptic triggers
    • NFC
    • built-in microphone array to allow voice chat + isolation
    • built-in simple web cam / IR sensor array for face tracking / video chat / streamer setup
    • advanced optional stylus with pressure sensitivity / pointer function similar to a wii-mote that can be stored / recharged on top magnetically / wirelessly
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