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The Switch is the fifth best selling console of all time. That's not at all a fair comparison, especially given the difference in price point and how long the S
by caslon 4y ago
The Switch is the fifth best selling console of all time. That's not at all a fair comparison, especially given the difference in price point and how long the Switch has been on the market.
On the other hand, it's plausible that the Steam Deck could hit within 50% of Vita, the Wii U or Gamecube, which is amazing for Valve's second push into the console market, and immensely profitable, given Valve owns pretty much the only avenue with which people will be buying games for it and gets a 30% cut, on top of the Deck being significantly more expensive than any comparable console, now or historically.
- Waterluvian 4y agoI think it’s also not fair to compare it to commercially failed consoles like the Wii U or Game Cube. I just picked the closest analog: a modern handheld that can be plugged into a TV.
- antifa 4y agoIn what universe can Wii U or Game Cube be considered "failed"? They were hugely successful. You need a much better definition of failure than "not number one".
- yencabulator 4y agoSteam Deck is also very much not like those consoles. When the Game Cube "fails" as a product, all the worlds Game Cubes become just cubes that you can't do anything interesting with. If Steam Deck "fails", it becomes merely a funky form factor PC. Plug it into a monitor via USB-C and it's a full desktop computer. With a surprisingly okay price for that, too!