2d ago

Console war, console war never changes

EDIT

How it feels seeing Switch 2 discourse in the comments section of a meme mocking all sides of Switch 2 discourse:

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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.
- I loved my Switch. I'm not even considering buying a Switch 2. I'll just stick to pc gaming.
  
  That's such a great way to phrase that.
  The switch 2 has a lot more competition than the switch had, and hasn't made up much ground.
  
  Ive set up my switch to stream pc games via steam link :p
- 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.
  
  Fair enough. Steam sales are a pathway to deals some consider unnatural, or so the saying goes. Especially with things like Humble Bundle.
- 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.
  
  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 :(
  
  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.
  
  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.
- 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.
  
  Publishers. Not studios. Lots of indie studios are putting out amazing games for ten or twenty bucks.
  One of Nintendo's problems is that they are their own publisher.
  
  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.
- 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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