Console war, console war never changes
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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.
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My friend was ok with $90 price tag because he doesn't buy many games, as for me hard pass to switch 2 and its games.
He still wont be buying games. He'll buying a cart with a key that will allow him to access leased games, for so long as nintendo decides to run the service.
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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?
I feel so old that genesis isnt on that list.
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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:
I am so glad I abandoned video games in 2015. I feel for the rest of you, though.
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Nintendo didn't start $90 games.
They just announced it first.Yeah, and fuck the studios for it. It's not like the money is going to the people who are actually working on the games. It goes to the CEOs. So fuck them. There are enough games in the world I haven't played to last me a lifetime. I will not be buying anything new. But I will be sailing the high seas.
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I am so glad I abandoned video games in 2015. I feel for the rest of you, though.
Do you play retro games or literally nothing?
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Yeah, and fuck the studios for it. It's not like the money is going to the people who are actually working on the games. It goes to the CEOs. So fuck them. There are enough games in the world I haven't played to last me a lifetime. I will not be buying anything new. But I will be sailing the high seas.
There are plenty of games that aren't $90 and are actually worth the values they charge. Not everything is priced like a AAA dev pushing their yearly slop of their main franchise.
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"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!"
My comment is got blast processing, so I win
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I love my steam deck. It's the reason why I finally ditched Windows for Linux on my gaming PC.
This past week I got into emulation on it and have been shocked at how well it has been performing.
My battery is no longer holding up the same as it did when I first purchased mine, but I'm only replacing my Steam Deck for another gaming device when the Steam Deck 2 launches.
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My battery is no longer holding up the same as it did when I first purchased mine, but I'm only replacing my Steam Deck for another gaming device when the Steam Deck 2 launches.
If you haven't yet, check out the latest steamos update - they finally added battery charge limits it won't help a dying battery get better, but it may stave off the demise.
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My comment is got blast processing, so I win
Holy shit that is a blast from the past.
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My battery is no longer holding up the same as it did when I first purchased mine, but I'm only replacing my Steam Deck for another gaming device when the Steam Deck 2 launches.
If you need a replacement, there's official Steam Deck batteries now available on the iFixit store. It is a bit difficult to remove, but it's worth it to extend the life of your Deck.
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Do you play retro games or literally nothing?
I have a few dumb mobile type games on my iPad that I play when I need to not think, and I watch a good friend play video games on twitch now and again while we chat about life over the phone.
I haven't owned a console since 2015 and am not on Steam. There are many games out there with amazing stories that I will miss out on, but I'm okay with it, tbh.
I'll catch a playthrough on youtube if a game attracts my attention enough, but even that has been awhile. Nothing against games or gamers. I just lost interest one day and I never regained it. -
I have a few dumb mobile type games on my iPad that I play when I need to not think, and I watch a good friend play video games on twitch now and again while we chat about life over the phone.
I haven't owned a console since 2015 and am not on Steam. There are many games out there with amazing stories that I will miss out on, but I'm okay with it, tbh.
I'll catch a playthrough on youtube if a game attracts my attention enough, but even that has been awhile. Nothing against games or gamers. I just lost interest one day and I never regained it.I was exactly like you. my last console was the original Xbox.
I got a retroid pocket 5 and have done more gaming on that in 3 months than I did in the last 10 years.
highly recommend it for the casual gamer.
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Clair Obscur is not a JRPG though
For all intents and purposes, it is. And I'm sure the developers would agree, given how many homages I've seen so far. It's clearly a love letter to PS1/PS2-era JRPGs.
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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.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I was specifically trying to think of JRPGs that are on Switch and not PS4/5...
Aside from Xenoblade and FE, which, fair... Those are the only two modern series I can think of that aren't first party Nintendo titles. And even then, the Xenoblade games have all been remasters for like at least a decade...
The Switch's hardware was outdated when the console came out... it has always been about Nintendo's ability to make great games regardless of hardware imo.
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If you need a replacement, there's official Steam Deck batteries now available on the iFixit store. It is a bit difficult to remove, but it's worth it to extend the life of your Deck.
Unfortunately, while Valve outsourcing repairs and parts to iFixit is great for most regions, iFixit stopped shipping to my country a few years ago, so this complicates things quite a lot
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Unfortunately, while Valve outsourcing repairs and parts to iFixit is great for most regions, iFixit stopped shipping to my country a few years ago, so this complicates things quite a lot
Do you think it might be worth finding some sort of proxy shipping service that can buy in another country and send it over? I've used a few when buying stuff from Japan to ship over here in the UK, and have found them to be pretty useful. Worst comes to worst, you could always try (insert somewhat shady Chinese marketplace of choice here, there's a bunch) and hope you get a good battery.
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Yeah, and fuck the studios for it. It's not like the money is going to the people who are actually working on the games. It goes to the CEOs. So fuck them. There are enough games in the world I haven't played to last me a lifetime. I will not be buying anything new. But I will be sailing the high seas.
Publishers. Not studios. Lots of indie studios are putting out amazing games for ten or twenty bucks.
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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.
Or the Legion Go!
