Console war, console war never changes
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I've no idea what the discourse is like today but from what I recall:
- Nintendo: if you really like the Marios, Zeldas, sidescrollers and platformers.
- Sony: if you like highly cinematic games, action adventure games with good graphics and JRPGs.
- Microsoft (consoles after Halo 3): if you need the yearly releases of WWE and sports games and you want to support American businesses. Also, at some point, there was Lost Odyssey.
Have things changed?
consoles after Halo 3
That’s very new then
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Every switch owner I know has a terrible opinion of the switch 2s price and the new 90$ price tag they started for games.
Meanwhile more and more people around me are buying a steam deck, I have converted 4 people last year alone. Even my nephew has one and is happy with it.
People around me have a different sort of take. Most of them have big powerful desktops already, and Deck doesn't really appeal to them, so they all ended up buying Switch 1s eventually for the exclusives and portable use, and will likely follow with Switch 2. Deck is still amazing value though, considering it's a full Linux PC you can take anywhere and use how you wish.
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People around me have a different sort of take. Most of them have big powerful desktops already, and Deck doesn't really appeal to them, so they all ended up buying Switch 1s eventually for the exclusives and portable use, and will likely follow with Switch 2. Deck is still amazing value though, considering it's a full Linux PC you can take anywhere and use how you wish.
The people around me argue the exact opposite. When they have a desktop, they already have a hige library of games that they dont have to ourchase. But even the ones that dont have a desktop usually get persuaded when I tell them waht some games cost during sales.
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The people around me argue the exact opposite. When they have a desktop, they already have a hige library of games that they dont have to ourchase. But even the ones that dont have a desktop usually get persuaded when I tell them waht some games cost during sales.
Fair enough. Steam sales are a pathway to deals some consider unnatural, or so the saying goes. Especially with things like Humble Bundle.
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Millions of Steam Decks and their ilk have been sold, and run games significantly better on SteamOS than their Windows counterparts, to the point that Microsoft is reportedly cancelling their own gaming handheld plans. Not a massive challenger to the Switch 2 for most ordinary people, but things are definitely changing.
Microsoft are likely going to keep on trying anyway, Deck is too big of a threat to their Windows gaming monopoly for them to ignore it. Just look at how they managed to get so many Windows handheld models out of the door seemingly minutes after the Deck released with its Linux based SteamOS. Their worst nightmare is people having a viable alternative to their platforms.
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Well you have Final Fantasy up to 12, Persona, Dragon Quest, Octopath, Bravely Default II, Suikoden remaster, which are some multi platform games.
Xenoblade, Fire Emblem are two pretty heavy and exclusive series. Then as you mentioned Mario RPG (+paper mario).
I agree there are some recent JRPGs that are probably too demanding though. Clair Obscur I am hoping for a Switch 2 version, but we will see.
Can definitely agree on the Fire Emblem. Me? Hundreds of hours? Never!
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No shot. You can't even play Clair Obsur on it.
I'm also struggling to think of any JRPGs that have been released on Switch but not PS4/5 (aside from first party like Mario RPG). While I can probably name a dozen that the Switch hardware can't even handle.
Clair Obscur is not a JRPG though
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Microsoft are likely going to keep on trying anyway, Deck is too big of a threat to their Windows gaming monopoly for them to ignore it. Just look at how they managed to get so many Windows handheld models out of the door seemingly minutes after the Deck released with its Linux based SteamOS. Their worst nightmare is people having a viable alternative to their platforms.
Kinda agree, but the consoles already are alternatives to Windows. Don't really see what's super special about the Steam Deck, tbh.
Surprised Microsoft hasn't made some sort of DRM to prevent Xbox studio games from being played on Proton, though.
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Kinda agree, but the consoles already are alternatives to Windows. Don't really see what's super special about the Steam Deck, tbh.
Surprised Microsoft hasn't made some sort of DRM to prevent Xbox studio games from being played on Proton, though.
The special sauce of the Deck isn't really what it's running (it's just Arch with some extra Steam stuff on top), it's more that it's something you can just buy and use without even thinking twice about anything - a more console like experience. To get a Linux handheld with that kind of performance before, you would have to go through all kinds of hoops and trouble to get it working (a lot of people aren't ready to reinstall the OS on a device they just bought), plus a lot of games just would not work well. Deck gave pressure on game makers to ensure Proton compatibility at launch, as it gives them an established market who would appreciate it.
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Every switch owner I know has a terrible opinion of the switch 2s price and the new 90$ price tag they started for games.
Meanwhile more and more people around me are buying a steam deck, I have converted 4 people last year alone. Even my nephew has one and is happy with it.
Nintendo didn't start $90 games.
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i'm not up to date on general console discourse. but i know for a fact Nintendo, though never famous for being cheap, has been going mental lately. $80 for Mario Kart is mind boggling
I get the sticker shock, but when in think about $ per fun-time, it's easy for me to rationalize... If you're looking for a coping mechanism that is.
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consoles after Halo 3
That’s very new then
Halo 3 released a year + a couple days after I was born. I voted for president last year.
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How it feels seeing Switch 2 discourse in the comments section of a meme mocking all sides of Switch 2 discourse:
wrote on last edited by [email protected]"Genesis does what Nintendon't!"
"Oh yeah? Well Nintendon't suck so I guess Genesis does."
"Bitch, please. You don't even got blood in Mortal Kombat."
"AT LEAST THE MUSIC DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FARTS!"
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I get the sticker shock, but when in think about $ per fun-time, it's easy for me to rationalize... If you're looking for a coping mechanism that is.
By that logic, I should be paying a couple hundred dollars for my copy of Minecraft. I played that shit for 11 years.
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consoles after Halo 3
That’s very new then
Halo 3 came out nearly 2 decades ago...
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By that logic, I should be paying a couple hundred dollars for my copy of Minecraft. I played that shit for 11 years.
no wonder Todd Howard keeps selling skyrim to people, i alone have a 1000h+ in that game!
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I loved my Switch. I'm not even considering buying a Switch 2. I'll just stick to pc gaming.
Ive set up my switch to stream pc games via steam link
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Halo 3 came out nearly 2 decades ago...
I still often play it on my modern console (Xbox 360) :3
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i'm not up to date on general console discourse. but i know for a fact Nintendo, though never famous for being cheap, has been going mental lately. $80 for Mario Kart is mind boggling
I assumed the meme is related to high prices decades ago: for example, I remember saving up allowances to buy Star Fox 64, which cost about 70 bucks in the late nineties.
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How it feels seeing Switch 2 discourse in the comments section of a meme mocking all sides of Switch 2 discourse:
Super expensive, low quality cameras and mics, a janky looking chat, an okay screen, and having to buy games, some of which are years old (Looking at you BOTW), for more than their original buying prices. It's just greed. It's always greed. They saw PS and Xbox selling at already crazy prices and just tried to put the switch 2 in there like it's worth a car payment, or even up to a month's rent if you want the system, a few games, and a working camera (since the cheaper one is only 480p). And they're just coming out and saying they'll be monitoring your screen and chats (which I think more companies do than we think). And they'll brick your machine if they see any mods or emulations. Want to add a fun mod to Mario party? Get bricked, bitch.
If S2 looks appealing, I would highly recommend looking into the steam deck. I don't even have the steam deck and this whole promotion cycle has me eyeing it hard which how awful they're making the S2 launch.
