Comment on Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

• brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, you and /u/ampersandrew have a point.

  I am vastly oversimplifying a lot, but… Perhaps mobile gaming, on aggregate, is too shitty for its own good? It really looks that way whenever I sample the popular ones.

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I suspect it’s more that the time people can and do spend playing phone games has just about zero overlap with PC games. You play phone games while on the bus or on the toilet, you play PC games while at home behind your desk.

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    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I think a huge reason so many people with a Steam Deck also have a Switch is that the Switch had a 5 year head start. Hades did really well on Switch, but I can’t imagine anyone choosing that version of the game if they had a Steam Deck, and the same applies to Doom, The Witcher 3, etc.

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Some people spend a lot of time, money in mobile games.

      Occam’s Razor. I think it’s just the “default device” and placed in front of their eyes, so it’s what most people choose?

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• koncertejo@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Really wild to go from this vibe at the end of the seventh generation of consoles to the one we’re at now. For me, and many other people that like high quality gaming experiences, mobile games have completely vanished.

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