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[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days 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.

[-] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days 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.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 189 points 1 week ago

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?

[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 78 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] javiwhite@feddit.uk 27 points 1 week ago

It will still cause other countries economies to shrink, as most economies are interlinked in the modern age; but even with the loss in GDP, removing US trade/tech/military reliance is definitely for the better imo. The USA positioning themselves alongside Russia has woke up the rest of the world to the fact that America isn't simply arrogant... It's also dangerous.

I don't see a way back for the US in all honesty. The problem isn't the rogue state behaviour, it's the virile support for such actions seen from many of their citizens. In the coming years we'll no doubt see American military bases being shutdown across the globe, in retaliation to their animosity, and it will only continue further until the US is a pariah state.

I suppose it's some solace that the democrats are able to somewhat slow the implosion of the US through the senate, but that won't be enough to stop them falling out of favour with the rest of the world, and thus losing a huge part of their power. And I have to wonder, is this the exact outcome Putin wanted (America surviving, but struggling... Allowing them to exist as the bad guy, Rather than complete desolation), or just a happy accident after getting Krasnov elected?.

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

It's because a significant portion of our population are complete dumbasses.

One third of the country are bigots believing every piece of propaganda.

One third of our country doesn't think politics affects them.

10-15% (ballparking) have good political intentions, but don't think voting will solve anything.

That leaves about 20-25% to actually contribute politically with critical thinking skills and understanding various social issues.

Yeah we're fucked.

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[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 68 points 1 week ago

Who the hell is paying 90EUR for switch games?

[-] Ankkuli@lemdro.id 1 points 6 days ago

Well no one is paying that for PC games either so

[-] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Let's not pretend every publisher isn't planning on doing this. Nintendo just happens to be the first here.

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[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 57 points 1 week ago

$90?

Shit.

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

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[-] Tiger_Man_ 48 points 1 week ago
[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

That made me laugh way to hard.

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[-] IEatDaGoat@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago

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.

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[-] Vipsu@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago

The fact that Nintendo is well known for not lowering their game prices this could very well price them out from competition.

Hopefully game reviewers will heighten their expectations to meet these inflated prices.

Have you met Nintendo fanboys? They're going to defend this shit like MAGAt republicans defend their Cheeto coloured Jesus.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago

Hopefully game reviewers will heighten their expectations to meet these inflated prices.

I find it more likely Nintendo will DMCA them for daring to speak about their games

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] accideath@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

On the one hand, with rising inflation and skyrocketing development costs, I can totally understand why game prices are getting dangerously close to the triple digits. Games rn are cheaper that they ever were ~~yeet~~ yet development is not.

However, that’s still a lot of money and I really wouldn’t wanna pay that.

[-] rockSlayer 60 points 1 week ago

The money isn't going to developers, and these are billion dollar companies. It's not about development, but unadulterated greed.

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[-] EldritchFeminity 18 points 1 week ago

This is greed, pure and simple. At $60, the industry was more profitable than Hollywood, and they raised the base price of games to $70 just a few years ago before immediately talking about raising prices again.

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[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 week ago

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

[-] nul9o9@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I'd be completely flabbergasted by anybody who wastes their money on that "game."

Satoru Iwata is rolling in his grave.

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[-] Mallspice@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago

Given how much better ToTK would’ve been on pc and how that is the reason they killed emulation, I’m pissed at Nintendo.

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[-] silverlose@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago

Nuck Findendo. They’re assholes who kick the ladder out from underneath them

[-] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

You are allowed to swear here. No need to self-censor.

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[-] suite403@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

I bought the first switch thinking I'd play it way more. But those prices that basically never go down, and paying way more for games than I could get them on steam.

Nah. I have a deck and it feels better in my hands, looks better, and I don't get charged out the ass for games that have been out for near a decade.

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[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week 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.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week 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...

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago

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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[-] arc@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week 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.

[-] Elkot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Hell, at least I can use my steam deck as a mini PC and SSH into the thing, as well as use a mouse and full fuckin keyboard with my cheap off brand dock.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I'm always 2-3 years behind on new consoles for this very reason.

[-] Zangoose@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

You say that like Nintendo ever puts their games on sale

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[-] Aristotelis@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Even the 729$ Legion Go looks like a good deal compared to the Switch 2.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

Couldn't you just use Yuzu and pirate games - on the steamdeck?

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago

I don’t get all the hate for Nintendo. Sure they’re expensive but they’re an OG games company largely acting like one. None of that freemium always-online microtransaction bullshit. Look at the Mario Kart expansion pack, it doubles the number of courses you get. It literally doubles the size of the game, and it’s not even that expensive. Plus they still support physical cartridges which most companies are trying to get rid of (and user expandable storage).

[-] Kualdir@feddit.nl 21 points 1 week ago

Yes BUT they almost never sell anything on sale while keeping prices high and only release on their platform (the switch)

If they had Sales (or lower base prices) and released on PC as well (both Xbox and Sony do this now) nobody would be complaining about price

[-] juipeltje@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Cartridges that only have a license on them. Nintendo is planning on killing off physical media just as much as any other company.

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