Steam has this crazy concept where as a game gets older, you don't have to pay as much for it as when it was new! Pretty wild, I know.
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Sometimes you don't even have to pay for games. π
It's not Valve that makes the decision, check how many times Factorio was on sale.
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GOG is cheaper. Steam does have more franchise deals though.
GOG is also DRM-free and lets you download the game installer as a backup, even if they've been pushing hard for their GOG Galaxy clients as of lately.
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steam voice chat
PC exclusive games
Get every GameCube game for free instantly by pirating them
GameCube, Wii... Even switch if you can find an emulator fork that still works
Switch emulators are still just as easy to find as they always were. Most people include them with the game.
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The funny part is steam has the most exclusives of em all.
It also has integrated microphone and you can also talk to your friends while playing π€£
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And gamecube games... and wii games and n64 games and ps2 games..
Ah yes, the Deck vs. Switch debate. One offers performance and affordability, the other offers nostalgia at premium prices. Choose your fighter: the powerhouse or the PokΓ©mon tax.
Considering the Steam Deck can run just about every console game ever made up to PS2 gen (and a good amount made after), I'd say they have the Switch 2 beat on nostalgia.
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The pricing of this is really going to fuck them.
BotW should be like $10 by now. The fucking DLC for it still costs twice that.
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Not a Nintendo fanboy. But their own IP games are truly fun. That alone is enough incentive to buy the switch
To emulate* on my desktop π
This.
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Switch 2 proceeds to outsell the deck by a factor of 50
Steam is clearly playing the long game with Steam Deck and Steam OS, they're basically trying to slowly normalize portable gaming pcs. If they achieve this Nintendo will not be just facing competition from Steam Deck but from multiple devices from the likes of Asus, Lenovo, Dell (Alienware).
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I don't know what Nintendo was thinking by doing the Nintendo tax bullshit harder than ever during a time when Americans are facing such heavy financial burdens
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We already know that the steamdeck plays switch games better than the switch. It would be hilarious if it also plays switch2 games better than the switch2.
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You can also install a Switch emulator and just keep it even if Nintendo cease&decists again.
I love my Steam Deck but it doesn't have Mario Kart or even anything like it
Bro doesn't know about dolphin
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How well does Dolphin run on the SteamDeck?
Really really well. Haven't encountered a single game that didn't run flawlessly.
Runs great, been playing though the Metroid Pimes series with PrimeHacks. Solid 60fps
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Sadly the trend of $80 for a digital copy of games will be copied by every major AAA studio in the following years if Nintendo succeed. The switch 1 games are not pricer than others at launch, they just never for whatever fucking reason become cheaper.
And then AAA studios will see their games stay on digital shelves indefinitely and pirating skyrocket and they'll learn that they're not nintendo and trying to be will bankrupt them.
If you want to (legally) play Nintendo games, obviously buy a Switch 2. You don't have any other option. If Nintendo games aren't that important to you, and/or if you already have a large Steam library, a Steam Deck is a great option.
Personally, I love my Steam Deck, but I'm looking forward to a Steam Deck 2, or maybe a third party handheld, running SteamOS, that has a nice, big, 1080p screen, better controls, and better battery life. More power would be nice, but not if it comes with a louder fan and poor battery life. Honestly, I'd even be ok if the device was focused on local streaming, from my PC.
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