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The Nintendo Switch is an easy choice if one wants a mix of at-home and mobile gaming and are able to find games w/in its catalog which suit. I just wish someo

The Nintendo Switch is an easy choice if one wants a mix of at-home and mobile gaming and are able to find games w/in its catalog which suit. I just wish someone would make a motion-controlled RPG which had: - the exploration and immersive story of Xenoblade Chronicles - the amazing imagery and intricate puzzles of Pandora's Tower - the endless grinding potential of The Last Story - on-going content like to Diablo 3's Seasons - the fluid transition between ranged combat and melee of Red Steel 2 - the wonderful archery of Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on the Wii and a story/world where constant replays make sense --- say something like to the Gates of C.J. Cherryh's Morgaine books. (and yes, I should spend more time playing Ring Fit Adventure, but )

hombre_fatal 3y ago
Yes, why isn't anyone "just" making the perfect game? Look how easy it was to write that list. It's just the best aspect of six games and a series of books. Can't be too hard.
- oblio 3y ago
  > Yes, why isn't anyone "just" making the perfect game? I think we had a few that tried. We got instant classics released soon after the initial announcement: Daikatana, Duke Nukem Forever, etc.
tourmalinetaco 3y ago
The problem with the Switch is, why buy that when you can get a Steam Deck? It’s exclusives aren’t really that exclusive when emulation exists. And all things considered, buying a legal copy of the game and then pirating the game file is equivalent enough to satisfy most moral objections one may have. The PS5 is really the only console with any amount of exclusives, and even then Sony is opening up to PC more and more. So to answer OP, none are really worth by themselves. Online games obviously create different considerations though.
- jghn 3y ago
  Because I like Nintendo and would like to financially reward them for their efforts?
  - deadbunny 3y ago
    Did you miss the part where they said they bought the game before pirating it? Hardware doesn't make money, software does.
    - jghn 3y ago
      No I did not. Sales numbers matter. And Nintendo claims to make a profit on the hardware.
      - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
        I don’t want the hardware, I want the games. The hardware is literally useless to me. A Steam Deck does everything I need it to do but better because it’s a Linux machine.
        jghn 3y ago
        What you want is irrelevant here. If they wanted to sell it for the Steam Deck platform, they would have done so.
- alphager 3y ago
  Because of convenience. I could do the whole dance fiddling with settings of yuzu and ryuxin or just press play on my switch.
- enragedcacti 3y ago
  > The problem with the Switch is, why buy that when you can get a Steam Deck? One reason is that the cheapest steam deck is twice the price of the cheapest switch while being much less portable. If you want a Switch-like TV experience you need to spend an extra $150 on the dock and a controller whereas that comes in the box on a Switch OLED with a vastly better screen for $350. The Steam Deck is obviously more capable but it definitely has tradeoffs even for someone willing to go through all of the effort of piracy and emulation.
moogly 3y ago
I bought a Switch last month to play BotW (yeah, I'm a bit behind). I kind of regret starting to play BotW on it (85 hours so far; it's a good game, with some flaws like all games, but good). The framerate is just absolutely horrid in parts, even in 720p, and I'm just not getting used to it; even after 85 hours, I wince every time it goes down to 10 fps. If I could move over my progress to CEMU I would. If they haven't improved performance in TotK (or Switch 2 is out by then), I will play that game emulated on a PC. Super Mario Odyssey framerate was better. Not great, but not "did Nintendo seriously consider this to be good enough to release?".

hombre_fatal 3y ago

Yes, why isn't anyone "just" making the perfect game? Look how easy it was to write that list. It's just the best aspect of six games and a series of books. Can't be too hard.

oblio 3y ago
> Yes, why isn't anyone "just" making the perfect game? I think we had a few that tried. We got instant classics released soon after the initial announcement: Daikatana, Duke Nukem Forever, etc.

tourmalinetaco 3y ago

The problem with the Switch is, why buy that when you can get a Steam Deck? It’s exclusives aren’t really that exclusive when emulation exists. And all things considered, buying a legal copy of the game and then pirating the game file is equivalent enough to satisfy most moral objections one may have. The PS5 is really the only console with any amount of exclusives, and even then Sony is opening up to PC more and more. So to answer OP, none are really worth by themselves. Online games obviously create different considerations though.

jghn 3y ago
Because I like Nintendo and would like to financially reward them for their efforts?
- deadbunny 3y ago
  Did you miss the part where they said they bought the game before pirating it? Hardware doesn't make money, software does.
  - jghn 3y ago
    No I did not. Sales numbers matter. And Nintendo claims to make a profit on the hardware.
    - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
      I don’t want the hardware, I want the games. The hardware is literally useless to me. A Steam Deck does everything I need it to do but better because it’s a Linux machine.
      - jghn 3y ago
        What you want is irrelevant here. If they wanted to sell it for the Steam Deck platform, they would have done so.
alphager 3y ago
Because of convenience. I could do the whole dance fiddling with settings of yuzu and ryuxin or just press play on my switch.
enragedcacti 3y ago
> The problem with the Switch is, why buy that when you can get a Steam Deck? One reason is that the cheapest steam deck is twice the price of the cheapest switch while being much less portable. If you want a Switch-like TV experience you need to spend an extra $150 on the dock and a controller whereas that comes in the box on a Switch OLED with a vastly better screen for $350. The Steam Deck is obviously more capable but it definitely has tradeoffs even for someone willing to go through all of the effort of piracy and emulation.

moogly 3y ago

I bought a Switch last month to play BotW (yeah, I'm a bit behind). I kind of regret starting to play BotW on it (85 hours so far; it's a good game, with some flaws like all games, but good). The framerate is just absolutely horrid in parts, even in 720p, and I'm just not getting used to it; even after 85 hours, I wince every time it goes down to 10 fps. If I could move over my progress to CEMU I would. If they haven't improved performance in TotK (or Switch 2 is out by then), I will play that game emulated on a PC. Super Mario Odyssey framerate was better. Not great, but not "did Nintendo seriously consider this to be good enough to release?".