Thats always seemed insane to me too, why give money to a company that actively hates you?

I bought a Switch 2 and used it to play Donkey Kong and Mario Kart. They were fun, but now there's no more games for it really.

There's no new Switch 2 games even lined up right now as far as anyone's concerned. And they decided it's better to remake Star Fox again rather than make a new one, it felt like a big middle finger.

I stood in line for hours for the wii on launch.. Back then, it was a new interesting product though. I wish I kept it, and all the accessories (especially guitar hero)

I bought a wii u.. Sure they don't fix the touchscreen if it breaks and you need a new one though.. Still, there were some cool new games, but, somewhat similar to the Wii's...

Switch, I understand lining up for it.. But, once it was clear that any previous purchases are basically wasted, the joycons were seriously dodgy, and Nintendo was never going to fix it (and many another 5000 mario games), they should have lost people then.

Then they sold the switch 2.. You can still only play games approved by nintendo, and really, the library is mainly Nintendo games, or games available on every platform. By now, Steam deck has gotten awesome, and you can STILL play games from your library from 20 years ago. And, you can use other stores if you want, and have a wide range of games, even in the steam store INCLUDING NSFW ones. And, you know those games are going to almost certainly work in the future without repurchase (and, also work on computer).

I literally just bought a humble bundle of 10 games for 20% the price of 1 switch game. And I can play them on computer, TV, Steamdeck, etc.

I'd only pay for nintendo if they were subscription based and thin client. As it stands though, I feel like I'm better off just waiting 20 years until I'm 60 and they're readily available on emulator

Fiddling with a PC? You buy a PC and it's done. Install Steam, install games, let's go.

At best, if you want to switch OSs or try out new things, you'll spend some time learning how that works. And if you want to try to stretch out the longevity, you can get new RAM, new video card, a replacement CPU. But, all of that is your choice.

As a bonus, you get something way way more powerful than a console that has a web browser, document editor, video/music player, Jellyfin server, streaming platform, whatever you want.

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Don't tell them the price. Make them call to get a quote.

-a shadowy figure from the corner

Handheld computers are competition to the PlayStation in the sense that Sony would want everyone who owns one to buy a PS5 instead but not in the sense that those consumers having an option is hurting sales significantly. I could not find actual numbers, but analysts seem to be estimating that Valve has sold about 6 million Steam Decks in total. For comparison, Sony sold 1.5 million PS5s last quarter, which is devastating since they sold 2.8 million the year before.

Also, that sales gap is going to get worse in the short term. Instead of raising Steam Deck prices or reducing profit margins, Valve has decided to stop selling systems until RAM prices come back down.

That was my initial thought, but they don't even have a current gen handheld do they?

(And if they do, frankly the marketing team should be fired)

Perhaps the steam machine is a legit concern for them though

Go buy one off the second-hand market.

If you were going to buy a console for GTA6 though (you shouldn't) you'd buy the Series X over a regular PS5 though.

It's cheaper and more powerful.

That game will never live up to the hype.

That almost never go on sale.

The SEGA Dreamcast had the Guinness World Record for Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in a Single Day.

For this record, set in 1999, it sold >225,100 units to generate $98.4 million USD in revenue. Since then, it has only been replaced by video game software and not consoles (from my research, the Dreamcast was replaced by GTA IV in 2008, and held the record for ~9 years though I dont have any books or historical site references prior to 2008 too verify).

Of course, everyone remembers the Dreamcast for how highly successful it was, and its massive sales numbers.

"Fastest selling console" is a meaningless title when more people buy video games every year compared to the previous year, so "fastest selling console" is always going to be next years console until the market crashes.