These are completely different devices for different use cases for different audiences with wildly different tastes. Nintendo hasn’t been in the “core” gaming space since before the Wii.
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Rooki@lemmy.world 13 hours agoWould still get a 1k steamdeck over a 600€ still overpriced switch 2 with 80€ rereleased crap. With vulnerabilities found in the first week of launch.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
They’re sure pricing themselves to be in the “core” gaming space now.
pycorax@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’m not sure if the price matters that much to the demographic. Their main target audience isn’t gonna consider a handheld gaming PC to begin with.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 26 minutes ago
Main target audience: Children with rich parents.
Rooki@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
and lost it after the Wii U.
Switch was the last in the line of “inovation” and now they go for the cash grab.
lobut@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
I really want to root for Nintendo but they make it hard.
Opening up my steam library from a console was such a big WTF moment and then being able to suspend games was so mind-blowing.
It’s still not that beefy for triple-A but I’m considering getting GeForce Now running on it.
Rooki@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If i am honest i dont have any games that DONT run on. It can run cyberpunk, baldurs gate, a lot other AAA / Indie games.
If it doesnt run, the devs did something SPECIAL to f*ck steamdeck / linux users.
The suspend game feature is probably the biggest player, especially when its idle it doesnt use any power ( except of course the common battery drain ) in comparison to windows “sleep” it just blacks out the screen and maybe run a little less background tasks.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You would do that probably because you have a huge Steam library but many Switch users have a huge Switch library and want that performance upgrade. You and me are not their target audience but it remains to be seen if the Switch 2 will flop or exactly what Nintendo fans want right now. There‘s a huge difference between 600€ and 1000€ anyway.
Rooki@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Toe to Toe? At least the steamdeck can run Crysis. Switch not, easy Steamdeck win.
Performance upgrade on a already locked on 60fps ( some 30 ) games? on default on a LCD display? That they didnt even considered default on OLED display is just … cash grabby.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 minutes ago
As if any other OS has no vulnerabilities?