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As a SD owner, it's only a "better" version of the Switch through the eyes of Gamers. It's heftier, more expensive, has worse battery life, a worse screen, does
by smith7018 4y ago
As a SD owner, it's only a "better" version of the Switch through the eyes of Gamers. It's heftier, more expensive, has worse battery life, a worse screen, doesn't have the dock included, and doesn't have Nintendo's back catalog. The average person buying the Switch isn't looking to buy a Linux PC that may or may not support PC games; they want simplicity.
- rafram 4y agoYeah, it's hard to emphasize this enough - the Deck is absolutely huge. Photos and videos do not do justice to how huge it is. It takes up as much vertical space in a backpack as a small laptop does, and (with its case) it's much thicker than a laptop. I bought one and ended up returning it because I simply couldn't see myself ever taking it out of the house.
- pigsty 4y agoAnd the average person buying a Deck is a little more technologically inclined and thinks “But the Deck does have Nintendo’s entire back catalog.” Valve even showed off Nintendo emulators in press material “accidentally”. Basically every Steam Deck owner I know uses it as an emulation powerhouse.
- pjmlp 4y agoAnd that is why Linux games hardly grow their market relevance, it is either emulating Windows, emulating game consoles, or retrogaming.
- pigsty 4y agoGaming as a whole is almost entirely multi platform these days, aside from a few first party published titles. Anything playable on MacOS also works on windows. Most mid budget indie games on Windows also have switch ports. Bigger budget ones have PS5 versions. We’re at a point where you just buy what suits your budget and if there’s one exclusive that you want. It’s not like the Genesis vs the SNES where the libraries were almost entirely different and games were designed with that hardware’s unique strengths in mind. Linux’s main path to gaming success is being a cheaper, less annoying version of Windows.
- pjmlp 4y agoProton is not the same as being multi platform, and will eventually back fire OS/2 style. Keep pushing that success market share beyond 2%, to the next 20 years and 4%.
- Jnr 4y agoSteam Deck is great device but it saddens me that it has a very poor game catalogue for kids (~5 years). Either the games are not there or it is very hard to find them on Steam. I wish they introduced some separate section, similarly as Netflix or Youtube Kids to solve this issue. Obviously Nintendo and mobile phones have that sorted.
- Hamuko 4y agoThe Steam Deck seems like too hefty of a device for little kids.
- Jnr 4y agoFrom what I see, not an issue for a 4 year old.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y agoInteresting, I tried with mine and her hands are too small.
- Steltek 4y agoA "couch co-op" section would be great for kids and adults (the existing "co-op" section has Eldin Ring as #1...) in a docked or traditional console setting. My kids love Overcooked, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, etc. This maps to how our family uses our Switch as well. It's rare for my kids to use the Switch as a portable handheld. To me, SD's incredibly wide compatibility has a ton of appeal to my kids. Java Minecraft with mods in a portable Switch form factor? Hell yes!
- nicta 4y agoUnder Narrow by number of players there's a Shared/Split Screen Co-op option. Just looking at it, the ones I'm familiar with are all couch co-op type games.
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- Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y agoMaybe. Remember, there was no other option to play mobile games for quite a while, so nintendo had the "exclusive". . Steam library is really big and can increase in size way faster than Nintendo by simply improving proton. Still, I see your point. To be fair, I don't understand how people accept the Switch controllers breaking so easily. It's really really bad. A terrible product, they always drift