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Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2? (www.polygon.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, when combined with the switch 1

I keep retyping what I want to say, but I think my feelings come down to:

  1. There are 150 million switch 1's in the wild, that's going to continue to be a massive pull for developers when porting new games.
  2. Many families may already have the switch 1, are the exclusives enough of a pull to encourage those people to upgrade?

I do think the switch 2 will do just fine, but I also think there are a lot of people who loved their switch 1 who might look at the games they played, and look at upgrading to a steamdeck instead of the switch 2.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It largely depends on what you want out of a game system. Currently, no not really. Nintendo is a closed environment with no alternative platforms for the games, and their games are very family friendly and widely popular. Steam Deck is just a portable option for PC games, and therefore has to share its customer base with PC gamers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean with emulation you can play a lot of Switch games on the steam deck so that does let you get around the closed ecosystem.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Shit no, its a different market. The switch was designed by committee to extract the maximum amount of money possible from the consumer. The Steam Deck is geared toward PC enthusiasts and built and designed by those same people. They aren't even in the same ball park.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

A lot of people are saying they're not really competition judging off sale numbers but I'd say they are, just PC handhelds aren't that big of competition. They still are taking away sales as I doubt people with a steam deck are also gonna own a switch or switch 2 unless they already had one before the steam deck came out or are well enough off to afford both and don't want to deal with emulating. I definitely get Lemmy and myself are a biased audience but I think arguing they're not competition at all is wrong, they're just not very big competition compared to Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I really truly don’t think so. While there is some overlap, I would never give my 5 yo a steam deck and tell them to just figure it out. And on a steam deck, I’d be really sad to not have any Mario kart, Zelda, etc…

I don’t see the problem with having both- they fill different niches.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

No, they are successors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No they are not mutually exclusive

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