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Steam does what Nintendoes and Nintendon't (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The funny part is steam has the most exclusives of em all.

[–] zymagoras777@lemm.ee 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It also has integrated microphone and you can also talk to your friends while playing 🤣

[–] BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And steam chat doesn't require a subscription

[–] zymagoras777@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Of course, and even if they do you could always switch to any other chat software because you're literally playing on PC.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago

Proof (as if it was needed) that just running a reasonable storefront generates more than enough profit.

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[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

And gamecube games... and wii games and n64 games and ps2 games..

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The pricing of this is really going to fuck them.

BotW should be like $10 by now. The fucking DLC for it still costs twice that.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Switch 2 is going to be a repeat of the Wii U disaster.

"No Timmy, I'm not paying 500 dollars for Mario Kart. Don't you already have that game?"

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (5 children)

what are you talking about botw is free now

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[+] Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

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[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

10 year old mario kart 8 is like 70 bucks or somethingwith dlc. They have lost their mind and people still pay for it.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why would people want to buy fun games and support their development? Are they crazy?

[–] yallspark@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Something interesting is that Steam users, (myself included) will ignore a game not on sale, I couldn't tell you why. The only thing I can think of is that we are so used to things being "on sale" we forget that there was a reason it was priced at that amount in the first place.

$60 ~~$70~~ looks better than $60

Factorio is an interesting example, its never on sale. It's just the price. In fact it keeps going up in price.

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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The Steam Deck can run Biebian and Hannah Montana Linux fairly easily. That's not really a selling point just another thing Nintendo isn't bringing to the table.

I impulse bought a deluxe Need for Speed game a few weeks ago for $6.50. I've already played it 65 hours. I don't want to jump into the math of it but I reckon I would need to enjoy Mario Kart for much greater than 650 hours before I would get the same hours per dollar value NfS: Heat has brought me thanks to a Steam sale. And Mario Kart could never catch up in miles per hour.

Just a heads up you'll get to learn how to navigate Linux if you change your mind on the starter car. The only way I could start a new save file was by manually deleting the old one in the file system. It was a little frustrating but served as a good reminder that it is a handheld computer not just an outlet for gaming.

[–] SpaceCheeseWizard@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

The steam deck is awesome. I love my little handheld computer.

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[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Not a Nintendo fanboy. But their own IP games are truly fun. That alone is enough incentive to buy the switch

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To emulate* on my desktop 😌

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

This.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don't know what Nintendo was thinking by doing the Nintendo tax bullshit harder than ever during a time when Americans are facing such heavy financial burdens

[–] stock@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These tariffs suck for sure, but America is not the center of the world : the pricing of these games is insane and looks like a poor marketing decision globally

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most likely they came up with the plan while people thought Trump was not going to do the crazy stuff he kept talking about...

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To still go through with it and have Doug Bowser give this "Do you guys not have phones?" level bullshit defense?

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

The Switch has the Switch tax. The Switch 2 will have the Switch 2 TARIFF.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You can also install a Switch emulator and just keep it even if Nintendo cease&decists again.

[–] airportline@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I love my Steam Deck but it doesn't have Mario Kart or even anything like it

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 6 days ago (5 children)

It does if you run Dolphin.

[–] airportline@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What if I want to play Mariokart World online with my friends?

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 20 points 6 days ago

Bro doesn't know about dolphin

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

lol there are so many racing as well as cart games, and the fact you can run literally any Nintendo game on PC

[–] airportline@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

None of them really compare, and I'm not really interested in setting up emulation.

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sadly the trend of $80 for a digital copy of games will be copied by every major AAA studio in the following years if Nintendo succeed. The switch 1 games are not pricer than others at launch, they just never for whatever fucking reason become cheaper.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

And then AAA studios will see their games stay on digital shelves indefinitely and pirating skyrocket and they'll learn that they're not nintendo and trying to be will bankrupt them.

[–] SameOldInternet@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

GTA6: Hold my beer.

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