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Their business belongs to the 80s. Where one or two companies made consoles. Today, these companies expect me to buy a new device every 2-3 years. What am I, an

by 0xedd 3y ago

Their business belongs to the 80s. Where one or two companies made consoles. Today, these companies expect me to buy a new device every 2-3 years. What am I, an electronic dump heap? If their device isn't good enough to put itself above others, it is not worth buying. The 1 or maybe 1.5 exclusive they have has zero worth these days. Every console has their exclusives. And among them you will always find something enjoyable. Just stop watching ads/campaigns, who decide for you, and you'll be happy to find many "under the radar" (aka not sold at full price so not marketed) titles. Tangent - This is a disgusting practice to keep us paying for deprecated electronics. By them and the rest of the console companies. Arm wrestling law makers to vendor lock us is not a business model.

bluefirebrand 3y ago
> Today, these companies expect me to buy a new device every 2-3 years The Switch has been Nintendo's only game hardware since 2017 Say whatever else you will, the "every 2-3 years" argument does not hold water when complaining about Nintendo Yes the Wii-U was very short lived, but it was partially because it was a massive flop no one was buying anyways > The 1 or maybe 1.5 exclusive they have has zero worth these days. Again, this holds no water for Nintendo. The Switch had more than that in exclusives on day one, games that are still exclusive now. I mean really the list is pretty long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_Switch-only_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_Switch-only_... Whether or not those are all games you care about or want to play is a wholly separate issue I'm not trying to fanboy for Nintendo here. I think their litigation tactics are massively awful, but it really seems like you're coming at Nintendo with complaints about Sony and Microsoft. At least make arguments about the stuff they actually are doing badly

by 0xedd 3y ago

bluefirebrand 3y ago

> Today, these companies expect me to buy a new device every 2-3 years The Switch has been Nintendo's only game hardware since 2017 Say whatever else you will, the "every 2-3 years" argument does not hold water when complaining about Nintendo Yes the Wii-U was very short lived, but it was partially because it was a massive flop no one was buying anyways > The 1 or maybe 1.5 exclusive they have has zero worth these days. Again, this holds no water for Nintendo. The Switch had more than that in exclusives on day one, games that are still exclusive now. I mean really the list is pretty long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_Switch-only_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_Switch-only_... Whether or not those are all games you care about or want to play is a wholly separate issue I'm not trying to fanboy for Nintendo here. I think their litigation tactics are massively awful, but it really seems like you're coming at Nintendo with complaints about Sony and Microsoft. At least make arguments about the stuff they actually are doing badly