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I’m waiting for a special edition and some games that make the upgrade worthwhile.
by bix6 5mo ago
I’m waiting for a special edition and some games that make the upgrade worthwhile.
- tejohnso 5mo agoWonder if you could indicate why you're waiting for a Switch 2 vs say a Steam Deck? Or do you also have a deck? I ask because I'm planning to gift one or the other. The recipient already has a Switch 1, so I thought it would be pretty lame to give a Switch 2 rather than "upgrading" to a deck. In my mind, being able to play any steam game, on a device with highly praised controls, is the better upgrade, not the Switch 2.
- darkxanthos 5mo agoIf someone has a switch, gifting a steam deck isn't an upgrade necessarily. You're giving them a platform that can't play most of the games they probably love. Not because of specs of course. A switch 2 is actually an upgrade. Almost all of their current games will run better and they'll be able to play more demanding switch 2 only games as they continue to trickle out.
- tejohnso 5mo agoI should have mentioned current game play is skewed more toward steam on pc than switch. I'm definitely not getting the impression that the switch games are loved.
- acid-rocker 5mo agoI have a Switch 1 and would love to get a Steam Deck in the near future. If there is ever a new mainline Mario 3D game I might consider getting the Switch 2 but for now there is no reason for me to get it. I rather want to play my Indie games Steam collection but on the couch.
- einsteinx2 5mo agoI have both, and if they already have a good steam library I’d definitely go with the steam deck for them. They’ll immediately have a bunch of games to play on it (and synced game progress).
- gwbas1c 5mo agoNintendo games are only on the switch. If that's what you want to play, then the Steam deck is a non-starter. (But if you like the games on Steam, then the Steam deck makes a lot of sense.)
- deckerswitch 5mo agoI bought a switch 2 over a steam deck. I have over a thousand steam games. A few reasons: Nintendo makes fun games that I want to play. I want to play the new Metroid, the new Pokémon games, Kirby DLC, etc. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I grew up with the original Metroid, and that series sticks with me. The switch 1 gets a ton of use in my house. Switch 1 games perform so much better on the 2. The pro controller for the switch 2 is incredible. Switch 2 is cheaper, significantly cheaper if you play docked. Our family uses it to play docked a lot. The switch 2 library is large enough that you can play a lot of the same titles you can on the deck. Or at least enough games you'll never run out of fun options. You don't need to have the biggest library to be fun. I have a powerful PC in my house for when I want to play shooters and 4x games. The switch 2 library gets way more exercise.
- tejohnso 5mo agoAll good points, thanks for the input.
- bix6 5mo agoSwitch is my favorite cuz we like to play party games with friends like Mario kart. We have thought a lot about the Steam Deck though cuz we have steam games. I would prefer a steam deck over switch 2 if I had to pick one right now cuz the switch is great still.
- gwbas1c 5mo agoDK Bonanza was fun. I just pre-ordered Star Fox: I played the SNES one as a kid a lot, but I never played the N64 one that the Switch 2 one is based on. The new Mario Kart is also great, and the larger screen is great too. At 45 I don't need to use reading glasses when I use Virtual Console, but on the OLED Switch I usually use reading glasses with Virtual Console.
- bix6 5mo agoWe didn’t love DK or Mario kart when we had my friends Switch 2 one weekend so it still hasn’t felt worth it yet.
- musicale 5mo agoSwitch OLED is still great, as the Switch 2 display is something of a downgrade. But the Switch 2 shines for Nintendo gaming on a 4K display and for actually being able to play PS4-era games well on a handheld. I am not completely sold on Mario Kart World's open-world driving (vs. Mario Kart 8's track-only approach), but it's still a lot of fun, plays well, looks fantastic, and scales up to 24 players for LAN games and tournaments.
- gwbas1c 5mo agoI mostly play Grand Prix mode in Mario Kart World; the open world is a nice way to kill time between races online. That being said, try to remember your inner 8-year-old when playing open world. I would have liked it a lot more as a kid than I do now.
- musicale 5mo agoThe long open-world drives between tracks aren't particularly thrilling.
- musicale 5mo agoStar Fox 64 is great (you can play it now on the Switch, as well as the SNES version, via Nintendo Switch Online). Do a barrel roll!