As much as it pains me to say it, the Switch 2's short battery life is a real bummer
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mili amp hours or amp hours
Ah yes, definitely should be mAh.
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People are buying it because they love Nintendo games like you said. It's also because most people don't know enough to emulate/are scared off by anti piracy laws.
Another reason is that people are impatient, if the price dropped I would be tempted to buy one, especially if they also announce a new 3d mario (odyssey is one of my favourite games of all time). I'd want to play it now and not wait for the switch 2 to be hacked.
A lot of people who know how to emulate also would rather buy original hardware because playing on it is just better (I'm the same, if the joycons didn't drift, I probably wouldn't emulate my switch 1 games on my deck)
I read a post that the new Donkey Kong was made by the same team that did Odyssey I hope that is true.
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Yeah, I like the OLED on the Switch, maybe I'll wait until the Switch 2 has a revision
Why wait? Get a Steam Deck now and have hundreds of thousands of games available to play.
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Why wait? Get a Steam Deck now and have hundreds of thousands of games available to play.
I have a Steam Deck...
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Previously people complained the Switch 2 couldn’t push pixels like a PS5…
Is there a big rift in the player base that plays docked vs mobile? I just don’t know how to process the feedback for this console.
Sounds like its making no-one all that happy.
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I have a Steam Deck...
I mean it's your money, but if you already have a portable handheld with better screen, better battery, and that can run the whole of the steam catalogue... why spend $450 (or whatever) on the Mario Machine, is it just for the exclusives?
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I commited a blasphemy against a huge digital store with a monopoly that drives prices up in their niche, an unforgivable offence amongst PC gamers.
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What are you smoking?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Nothing, I’m third week into a T-break and I quit smoking nicotine 10 years ago, thanks for asking.
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Took some digging - author is reporting ~2 hours battery life.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I read it after a day of train travel with Switch 2 so that article hit a nail on the head for me although you’d be hard pressed to get just 2 hours, more like 2,5h for heavy titles with WiFi. Zelda TOTK could be stretched to almost 3h in the airplane mode with brightness slider in the middle. Very similar to Switch v1/Erista that I never upgraded out of because it’s so easy to hack.
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With battery packs and plugs all over everywhere battery life is a non starter topic. 2 hours is plenty
While I appreciate USB-C port at the top so you can rest your Switch on your legs and charge it at the same time, that’s not exactly convenient.
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I read it after a day of train travel with Switch 2 so that article hit a nail on the head for me although you’d be hard pressed to get just 2 hours, more like 2,5h for heavy titles with WiFi. Zelda TOTK could be stretched to almost 3h in the airplane mode with brightness slider in the middle. Very similar to Switch v1/Erista that I never upgraded out of because it’s so easy to hack.
Batteries don't get better the more you use them
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Batteries don't get better the more you use them
Yeah, as my Switch v1 can no longer carry me through my entire commute I expect same to happen with S2, which is the worst part of this.
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Why does it pain you to say so? Aren't you supposedly a neutral video game journalist? Are you afraid Nintendo are going to send hitmen after you if you don't include an apologetic qualifier in your headline reporting on issues with their products?
Yeah, what a snivelling sycophantic headline.
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I commited a blasphemy against a huge digital store with a monopoly that drives prices up in their niche, an unforgivable offence amongst PC gamers.
Lol you have no clue what you're talking about bud.
Steam doesn't force any of the games sold on its storefront to be exclusive to their store. Developers are completely within their power to publish their games to other marketplaces and, in fact, many titles are readily available elsewhere, such as GOG, Humble Bundle, Jolt, itch.io, Epic, and soon even Discord will have its own storefront. They are simply a marketplace; they don't have a monopoly just because they are the most popular marketplace. Not their fault developers don't like the non-DRM pushing spaces, which is the only complaint I have with Steam.
Meanwhile, you're comparing that to Nintendo which develops games in-house and deliberately keeps them exclusive to their proprietary consoles. Last I checked, I can't buy the new Mario Kart or Donkey Kong on my PS5 or PC.
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Lol you have no clue what you're talking about bud.
Steam doesn't force any of the games sold on its storefront to be exclusive to their store. Developers are completely within their power to publish their games to other marketplaces and, in fact, many titles are readily available elsewhere, such as GOG, Humble Bundle, Jolt, itch.io, Epic, and soon even Discord will have its own storefront. They are simply a marketplace; they don't have a monopoly just because they are the most popular marketplace. Not their fault developers don't like the non-DRM pushing spaces, which is the only complaint I have with Steam.
Meanwhile, you're comparing that to Nintendo which develops games in-house and deliberately keeps them exclusive to their proprietary consoles. Last I checked, I can't buy the new Mario Kart or Donkey Kong on my PS5 or PC.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]You sound very confident for being wrong, which is about par for the course for libertarians. I won’t hold it against you, you probably don’t know any better.
Nintendo actually makes games to sell their hardware. I like companies that make games, games are fun. I won’t and didn’t defend Nintendo when they do shitty stuff.
Valve coasts on having a monopoly and works mostly on digital casinos these days. Having irrelevant competition doesn’t mean you don’t have a monopoly, you just need a dominant position that allows you to leverage it to hold on to it. It would be okay if they were some benevolent dictator but they use it to sell gambling apps to children while charging 30% for the privilege of selling your games on their store. Games would be cheaper if Valve didn’t have a monopoly.
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You sound very confident for being wrong, which is about par for the course for libertarians. I won’t hold it against you, you probably don’t know any better.
Nintendo actually makes games to sell their hardware. I like companies that make games, games are fun. I won’t and didn’t defend Nintendo when they do shitty stuff.
Valve coasts on having a monopoly and works mostly on digital casinos these days. Having irrelevant competition doesn’t mean you don’t have a monopoly, you just need a dominant position that allows you to leverage it to hold on to it. It would be okay if they were some benevolent dictator but they use it to sell gambling apps to children while charging 30% for the privilege of selling your games on their store. Games would be cheaper if Valve didn’t have a monopoly.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Lol. I am not a libertarian, I am anarchist. Learn the difference.
Also, since you want to insult my intelligence, go fuck yourself you pompous, corporate shilling twat.
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Lol. I am not a libertarian, I am anarchist. Learn the difference.
Also, since you want to insult my intelligence, go fuck yourself you pompous, corporate shilling twat.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Since you’re too lazy to address my complaints against Valve here’s a meme that’s easier to comprehend.
Also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_anarchism_and_libertarianism
Libertarians every time. Lol.
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The switch 2 is a disgrace period.
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I mean it's your money, but if you already have a portable handheld with better screen, better battery, and that can run the whole of the steam catalogue... why spend $450 (or whatever) on the Mario Machine, is it just for the exclusives?
I and my kids value the exclusives, especially Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Zelda, and Kirby. I could emulate those, but getting local multiplayer working is tricky and not something I expect my kids to do with their friends. We also share games with neighbors, which is nice too.
Most of my time and gaming money goes to my Steam Deck, because that's what I play when the kids go to bed. In fact, I never play the Switch without my kids watching. We have maybe 20 Switch games, and I have hundreds of Steam games. I see value in both ecosystems.
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I commited a blasphemy against a huge digital store with a monopoly that drives prices up in their niche, an unforgivable offence amongst PC gamers.
I use my Steam Deck primarily for emulation, especially Nintendo IP. NDS, 3DS, N64, Gamecube, Switch. It's the best Nintendo device that I've ever owned and it hasn't been bricked or even threatened with such.
