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[–] daellat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 minutes ago

The display supports 1080p+120hz, games running at that res and fps will be rare I imagine. I mean, it would be amazing but Xbox also supports 4k 120 and it usually runs Up to 1440p upscaled 30fps so idk how much it will really differ from what we've already got.

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 4 points 58 minutes ago

Soon as I heard about the price of games I was out

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 hour ago

Nintendo games never come down in price either.

BotW is still going for what it did on day one. Even second hand copies go for nearly that.

Although it does mean you can basically rent them for as long as you want for a few dollars if you sell it again afterwards...

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You all whine and say fuck this and that corporation, but you all will buy that new game for christmas or whatever, because you were conditioned into consumerism.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 5 minutes ago

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[–] IEatDaGoat@lemm.ee 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I laughed when they showed their game chat mode as some accomplishment. They spent years just making discord...

Another funny moment was when the Civ VII dude said something like "if you already have Civ VII you will be able to play the enhanced switch 2 mode!... After purchasing the upgrade."

They're so unapologetically greedy.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 4 minutes ago

Yeah. Even bethesda just gave you the enchanced skyrim edition for free...

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world -2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The price hike is coming to Steam soon, some corporations just waiting for the US tariffs to maybe go away, then comes regional pricing to the US.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

At least games on Steam get discounted or reduced over time. Fuck Nintendo and their pricing.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Do you have any basis for that? Is it announced? Also, do you know that games on Steam are not priced by Steam, but individual publishers?

I don't thing tariffs include digital goods and services.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

I'm done giving money to Nintendo. Their litigious behavior is inexcusable. Just ask the parrot on my shoulder. He's on the same side as my eye patch.

[–] arc@lemm.ee 11 points 9 hours ago

A Steamdeck can emulate a Switch. The number of exclusive games for the Switch 2 will be so pitiful it would scarcely justify a purchase though I'm sure some people will buy it. I also think that a Steamdeck 2 can't be far off appearing.

[–] Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think Cisco is working to remove the points about uptime and not having lags/crashes

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That's why you don't buy Cisco

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Sisqó gif of him looking surprised

(For anyone who wasn’t alive in the late 90’s or 00’s this is a rapper named Sisqó, famous for his highly intellectual song called “Thong Song”)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Why'd you ommit the price of the layer 2 switch? curious

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I believe I found the switch but can't find the price - IXR-G24044X-24PH

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 26 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

All this has done is make me want a steam deck even harder.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I have a steam deck oled and love it, but the SOC is slightly old now and was never the fastest. If you're playing slightly older games or are fine with slightly lower settings, than it's still great.

SteamOS is great, but I think you can install it on other handhelds as well. It sounds like current competition isn't great unless you're willing to pay a bit more and the steam deck 2 isn't rumored to come out soon, so the steam deck is probably still worth purchasing tho.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 9 hours ago

I love it.

I saw Elden Ring worked for Steam Deck, and I either had to buy a new graphics card or get the Deck, and I chose wisely.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 26 points 13 hours ago

Excited for Switch 2 emulation on Steam Deck in a few years

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Steam deck is also backwards compatible with nearly all of Nintendo.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Something tells me that the Deck will be compatible with "way more" than old games in the near future... Some times an emulator goes down, and two or more rise up.

[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

We're lucky Valve has fuck you money for when Nintendo inevitably come after them

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

Comes after them for what? Selling small computers?

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 minute ago

yeah, or infringing on their "patents" lmfao

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't see how Nintendo could go after valve. Valve doesn't make or distribute the emulator, or the ROMs.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

I agree. They could go after windows at that point.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Current plan is to borrow a Switch 2 from a friend in a couple years, to play the games we're really excited for.

Seeing that the "explore the Switch 2” game wasn't included with the system just pissed me off. I'm not paying to play an interactive manual.

[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I'd be completely flabbergasted by anybody who wastes their money on that "game."

Satoru Iwata is rolling in his grave.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I love how the price goes up every time someone complains.

[–] letzlo@feddit.nl 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

Whenever there's a multiplatform game I'm interested in I add it to my wishlist on the Switch, PS5 and Deck. I almost always end up buying it off Steam because it ends up being cheaper on it. So the Switch and PS5 have been reduced for exclusives only.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 20 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I bought the first switch thinking I'd play it way more. But those prices that basically never go down, and paying way more for games than I could get them on steam.

Nah. I have a deck and it feels better in my hands, looks better, and I don't get charged out the ass for games that have been out for near a decade.

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