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Buy a Steam Deck. Problem solved?
I was just talking about weak hardware. I'm not pirating anything, I just don't play Nintendo games.
And one could also buy the game and emulate it anyway, if so inclined.
I don't know what your childhood was like but I am sure for most they would have gotten a couple of new games a year if they were lucky.But dont kids want new toys?
Although.. my 7 year old prefers the Pro controller every time I ask her if she wants the joyconsPlus, the biggest games and the controllers are perfectly suitable for kids, and that’s a huge market.
The same games that always keep Nintendo console going.
I have no interest in buying a console for a game (or two) I'm going to emulate in a matter of months from release, even if it's a great game like Mario or Zelda.
Anything else is unappealing. Not so for many gamers (and I guess many, many kids).
When you're a child if a game runs at 500p or 15fps it doesn't really matter. You don't know any better.But dont kids want new toys?
Talking about it doesn't make it happen, you know?Lol you said you ‘emulate’ games without buying them or the console,
How is that not piracy lol?
Talking about it doesn't make it happen, you know?
I'm not debating the legal issue, just stating that generally Nintendo games are based on weak tech that's easy to emulate.
Is emulating piracy? Yes, it is. I'm not advocating it by the slightest.
And you're just arguing for the sake of it, you perfectly understood my post the first time.
Yep. Growing up when we got a new console it was usually as a joint gift for me and my brother and then we only get a few new games for bdays and Xmas. Thank God for rental places back in the day. I had to read about how awesome the Genesis and SNES were for years before getting either since my parents thought a NES good enough.I don't know what your childhood was like but I am sure for most they would have gotten a couple of new games a year if they were lucky.
Most parents aren't rushing down the local Gamestop to make sure the kids get every single new release on launch day.
So a kid who got a Switch for Christmas 2018 might still be satisfied with just the odd new game now and then.
It's kind of funny to see grown adults with their own disposable income and their own freedom to spend it as they see fit assuming that 12 year olds are watching E3 and getting hyped for new releases and putting in pre-orders etc. They aren't fretting over framerates.
Parents will see the initial console cost as something of an investment knowing that games can be bought later.
More likely kids are just getting games for birthdays and xmas whenever relatives can afford it.
So a new game is a new toy.
games obviously. otherwise what's the point? it just shows you don't need top specs or graphics. as long as the games are there and they are fun. getting a Switch is a must for me. there are so many good exclusives. i can't really say the same about PS5 or Xbox at the moment so i'm in no rush to get either of those consoles. what's the point in having a 9-12TF console with no games to play?
Pretty much the same here.Yep. Growing up when we got a new console it was usually as a joint gift for me and my brother and then we only get a few new games for bdays and Xmas. Thank God for rental places back in the day. I had to read about how awesome the Genesis and SNES were for years before getting either since my parents thought a NES good enough.
So if it was weirdly phrased my bad.No it was ambiguous, the way you phrased it,
So you don't want to buy games that are easily emulable? Cause you could potentially emulate them? But you dont? Makes perfect sense lol.
So if it was weirdly phrased my bad.
It does make sense, if you're not really interested in those games. I said that anything else besides Mario or Zelda is unappealing, and even then, those games could be easily emulated down the road, because Nintendo hardware is generally weak.
It was a failed attempt at being edgy against Nintendo.
Yet you and some others just inferred from this that "I can't live without those two games so I pirate them".
Its no secret the Switch is obsolete nowadays. People here have pointed out many games run at 500p or below, often at 15fps or so,
So why does it keep selling? If people stopped buying Switches, Nintendo would hurry up with their new console. What are people even buying to play on the Switch lol?
This. It has the market all to itself.Only portable console in the market.
Can also play on TV.
Has Nintendo games.
It's a fucking mystery. Everyday I wake up screaming at night, asking myself the same question.
To be honest, I don't understand either. I completely understand why people bought a Switch in 2017, 2018 or 2019. Even in 2020, with the Covid-19 and Animal Crossing. But now? You have the same games that was available in previous years. You still pay the same price for the console (or even more, what a joke). Who are the people who suddenly wake up in June 2021 and say "oh! I should buy a Switch!" ?Its no secret the Switch is obsolete nowadays. People here have pointed out many games run at 500p or below, often at 15fps or so,
So why does it keep selling? If people stopped buying Switches, Nintendo would hurry up with their new console. What are people even buying to play on the Switch lol?
Pretty much the same here.
If the Switch was a thing when I was growing up then almost certainly I would be playing Breath of the Wild exclusively for a year and then getting Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart/Smash Bros to last me another year.
I think I only had about 5 Gameboy games ever!
In fact, the Gameboy had been out for over 4 years before I even got one!
This is only a question when you only think people who buy games are all Gaffers. The average person who buys a switch doesn't care about resolution or frame rates. The system has appeal. Play the popular games on a gaming handheld that you can then attach to your tv.
People buy them for their kids as it has Fortnite, Apex Legends, Mario, etc etc. And adults still enjoy Nintendo's games and the handheld hybrid has a strong appeal. Average people don't even know or care about hardware specs, tell them about FLOPS and GHz and they'll have no idea what you're talking about. Hell, working in IT, people still believe a bigger screen = better picture resolution be damned.
Because this is an extreme exaggeration. Mainstream buyers may not care so much about tech, but if "many Switch games" were that bad, it wouldn't have the success it's having now.Its no secret the Switch is obsolete nowadays. People here have pointed out many games run at 500p or below, often at 15fps or so,
So why does it keep selling? If people stopped buying Switches, Nintendo would hurry up with their new console. What are people even buying to play on the Switch lol?
People on this forum think unless you have a new mega hit game out every week then your platform is dead and will collect dust.At my house:
Minecraft, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu, Zelda BOTW, Tracks, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, Super Mario 3D Allstars.
Fortunately kids rarely have a problem replaying a game they’ve already finished, so I don’t feel like there is a game drought there at all, for them.
LOL. Are you serious? Did your parents not buy you your first console? $300 for a Christmas or birthday gift is not that big of a stretch. Especially when you know that is just the cost of entry.But $300 is not exactly a cheap price for a toy?
It's not cheap, but it's pretty well established now that consoles can still be successful at $300But $300 is not exactly a cheap price for a toy?
The issues with that argument are:I dont agree at all. Its the portability of the Switch thats the hook. I mean imagine if the Switch wasnt portable, it was a docked only console, but had the same specs and the same games, do you really think it would of sold as much as it has?, exactly.
Every time a game comes it adds to the console's appeal. They might not buy it just for one game, but a new game release might push them from "maybe I want the console" to "now I definitely want the console".To be honest, I don't understand either. I completely understand why people bought a Switch in 2017, 2018 or 2019. Even in 2020, with the Covid-19 and Animal Crossing. But now? You have the same games that was available in previous years. You still pay the same price for the console (or even more, what a joke). Who are the people who suddenly wake up in June 2021 and say "oh! I should buy a Switch!" ?
I'm not sure about this. You say safe and then they market Metroid Dread as their main holiday game to push with the OLED model when the franchise has not traditionally been a high seller and a 2D Metroid is about as hardcore as they can go.I don't think I ever seen Nintendo going safer than this. And interesting third parties are nowhere to be seen, unlike at the 3DS era.
It's a good but underpowered system. It's library is good but features sooo many ports that without those, it would not be the same.
The clusterf*ck that the eShop is does not help either. With shovelware crap being added every week, it's just impossible to keep track of the better games and sale.
As a PS4 owner I can tell you even the PS4 wasn't getting a new megahit game every week.People on this forum think unless you have a new mega hit game out every week then your platform is dead and will collect dust.
Also a new game after a month is ancient history, may as well have been found buried alongside a caveman.
It also outsold all other consoles.Anecdotally, I've seen more Switch / Switch Lite units available in-stores than any other console for the past 14 months..
Oy ye, it's that supreme thirst, baby!
*gamers who want to play on the go. (this will segment will be eaten up by future steam deck hardware)
Im talking about systems dedicated to gamingGood to know that Steam Deck will finally eat up all mobile games/platforms, including phones. Switch is FUCKING DONE!
As a parent I wholeheartedly disagree with the parents being listed as the driving factor behind the Switch sales. The games on it are expensive, the peripherals are too expensive as well, they have tons of room for kids to ask expensive extra stuff (amibos, that cardboard thing, etc.).parents
Steam deck is going to kickstart a new type of handheld segment in the pc space.
Steam deck is going to get a lot of third party copy cats.