Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period
missingno@fedia.io 1 day agoI don't think that's had much of an impact when Nintendo sold more Switch 2s at launch than Valve has manufactured Steam Decks over its entire lifespan. The Steam Deck is still an enthusiast product for a niche crowd, and will likely never be in direct competition with the big three.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It’s a comparatively new product, but it’s not like it’s something unsuccessful. It’s attached to Steam, that everyone who ever had a computer knows about, and everyone has a couple of games there, it’s being talked about very positively everywhere, and they’re repeatedly gained positive reputation over pro-consumer practices they regularly employ, and they somehow evading being put on blast for the child gambling industry they operate.
They’re known among gamers, which is indeed niche crowd, but also a crowd that is important here. They don’t have the cultural grasp on humanity as Nintendo, or other two, but all of them shitting the bed constantly and publicly, while Valve is catching wins all over the place.
missingno@fedia.io 22 hours ago
The real point here is that they don't have the ability to manufacture at the scale of the big three. It literally can't be in direct competition.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It’s not set in stone. They have money, they have demand. Scaling production is a bitch and a half, but it’s not impossible to do