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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (9 children)

This is probably the only time Nintendo has come out of the gate with superior hardware and I actually don't give a shit, why on earth would I want to buy a steam deck that is locked behind corporate control and price gouging?

I don't give a shit how fast the scrreen refreshes or how fancy some of the features, I want a computer that can play games, I don't want a toy that is purposefully broken so I can't use it for things I want to use it for, ESPECIALLY if I drop hundreds and hundreds of dollars on it.

Nope.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

1080p on such a small screen is pointless, but if you're into that by the price of one Nintendo game you can upgrade your steam deck screen https://www.deckhd.com/

120Hz is not that different from the decks 90Hz screen, although if you chose to do the upgrade above that downgrades you to 60.

Mouse mode, not sure what that is, but the deck has the best of it's kind mouse emulation so I think it will be hard for the switch to compete.

Plus I get to keep my games, and whenever the SD2 comes out I'll get to keep my games and not have to buy them again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Mouse mode"

Yeah, the Steam Deck has that. Its called dual touchpads, and unlike the Switch 2 you can easily switch from analog stick to touchpad (they also have more functionality and are actually utilized to their full potential with desktop mode).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

PCs literally had "mouse mode" gaming since the 80s. The Amiga/ATARI ST already had them, too.

Consoles have been behind the times for decades.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I laughed when they showed their game chat mode as some accomplishment. They spent years just making discord...

Another funny moment was when the Civ VII dude said something like "if you already have Civ VII you will be able to play the enhanced switch 2 mode!... After purchasing the upgrade."

They're so unapologetically greedy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Yeah. Even bethesda just gave you the enchanced skyrim edition for free...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Nintendo games never come down in price either.

BotW is still going for what it did on day one. Even second hand copies go for nearly that.

Although it does mean you can basically rent them for as long as you want for a few dollars if you sell it again afterwards...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Soon as I heard about the price of games I was out

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We have a switch 1 and the game price has been the driving factor preventing us from investing more in the platform. The games are too expensive, go on sale too infrequently and not for low enough prices. Just not the ecosystem for my family right now

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The display supports 1080p+120hz, games running at that res and fps will be rare I imagine. I mean, it would be amazing but Xbox also supports 4k 120 and it usually runs Up to 1440p upscaled 30fps so idk how much it will really differ from what we've already got.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I'm skeptical about 4 hour Elden Ring session.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Plus, with the Steamdeck you have more games to play than just Nintendo games or old games you played years ago but have to pay more to play them again on worse hardware.

[–] [email protected] 189 points 3 days ago (50 children)

Yeah, Nintendo is smoking unfiltered crack, lol. Who the hell has $80-90 to throw at every game in the midst of an unnecessary economic downturn and possible worldwide meltdown?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Oh no, just a USA meltdown. Trump isn't great for other economies, but we still have the rest of the world to trade with. The only thing he is achieving is making the usa less relevant by the day.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That made me laugh way to hard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think Cisco is working to remove the points about uptime and not having lags/crashes

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Steam deck is also backwards compatible with nearly all of Nintendo.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

All this has done is make me want a steam deck even harder.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a steam deck oled and love it, but the SOC is slightly old now and was never the fastest. If you're playing slightly older games or are fine with slightly lower settings, than it's still great.

SteamOS is great, but I think you can install it on other handhelds as well. It sounds like current competition isn't great unless you're willing to pay a bit more and the steam deck 2 isn't rumored to come out soon, so the steam deck is probably still worth purchasing tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Honestly who cares about the power of hardware on a handheld, sadly this is something Ninendo used to understand better than anyone else.

Focus on making the games fun and the hardware capable enough, don't get lost in the hype of trying to out hardware competitors and pull in customers that way.

Well, they have clearly abandoned that strategy, but I think this was the worst possible situation to do this in because they are going to continue to get destabilized by the Steam Deck just being a Switch that doesn't try to obsessively control everything you can do on it. It is a waste of money to buy such a closed down device, even if it is more powerful than a Steam Deck.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

I'm done giving money to Nintendo. Their litigious behavior is inexcusable. Just ask the parrot on my shoulder. He's on the same side as my eye patch.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago

Excited for Switch 2 emulation on Steam Deck in a few years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I have a Steam Deck definitely felt no need to get either the Switch 1 or 2.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I dunno what y'all are talking about, the Deck chip (Van Gogh, 7nm, Zen 2 but with Rembrandt-era SoC features, RDNA2) is "newer" than the Ampere chip (circa 2020) in the Switch 2.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I love how the price goes up every time someone complains.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Current plan is to borrow a Switch 2 from a friend in a couple years, to play the games we're really excited for.

Seeing that the "explore the Switch 2” game wasn't included with the system just pissed me off. I'm not paying to play an interactive manual.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Nintendo isn't getting another penny from me after what they did to the switch emulation projects.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

A Steamdeck can emulate a Switch. The number of exclusive games for the Switch 2 will be so pitiful it would scarcely justify a purchase though I'm sure some people will buy it. I also think that a Steamdeck 2 can't be far off appearing.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (12 children)

$90?

Shit.

Metroid Prime 4 and The Duskbloods don't sound perfect after all

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (22 children)

Who the hell is paying 90EUR for switch games?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Well no one is paying that for PC games either so

[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Nintendo fanboys, they would jump off a cliff if asked.

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