Not sure why this is getting down votes. Price is the key factor most parents look at, and most people who aren’t into technology probably don’t know what the steam deck is or know what “gaming on Linux” means. That is what is stopping a good friend of mine. Price is a huge factor, but the intimidation from lack of knowledge is just as big
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LouNeko@lemmy.world 3 months ago$600 <-> prolly three fiddy
CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Because it’s a false narrative, entry level steamdeck can be had for $399.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You can one for under $300 if you buy refurbished.
Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Not an argument, you can also buy refurbished switch for 150 - 200
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
It’s getting down voted because it’s not $600 it’s $400. Which is exactly how much the switch costed at launch. Well not exactly. The switch cost money to play online. So it’s actually cheaper
franklin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
excellent point and not trying to be pedantic, just pointing this out because i used to make the same mistake, the past tense of cost is cost.
secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Fuck I’m usually good with grammar
Tristus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Additionally you can get the games much cheaper. Steam games are normally much cheaper than the Nintendo closed store. You also have Hero launcher which allows you Epic And Gog games. Epic gifts every week a new game. That alone is more than most switch players will own.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
most people who aren’t into technology probably don’t know what the steam deck is
Idk about that. Steam is a wildly popular platform and regularly markets the SteamDeck to its user base.
CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
and regularly markets the SteamDeck to it’s user base.
Exactly my point. If you aren’t using steam, you probably won’t see marketing for it.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Not sure why this is getting down votes
Because Lemmings are completely disconnected from the real world.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
No, it’s just straight up misinformation, or at least a disingenuous oversimplification.
The base model steam deck is $400 (and you can get steam-certified refurbished ones for even cheaper), and we don’t know the price of the Switch 2 yet. If it comes with even some of the hardware upgrades that have been leaked, I very much doubt it’ll retail for as low as $350.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The base SteamDeck doesn’t have an OLED screen and is still more expensive than the Switch OLED. As for the price of the Switch 2, it’s a well-known and documented practices that console manufacturers sell them at a lose and make back the profits in games. If anything, you’re the one spewing misinformation.
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 months ago
I feel on every single social media platform I have ever been on I will see the comment
[This social media platform’s users] are completely disconnected from the real world.
I never know how seriously to take this. I always want to automatically dismiss it because it seems like a “everyone here is delusional” type of comment and if I have had a majority of pleasant, reasonable-seeming interactions there I will really not like the idea that these seemingly nice people who had a civil, reasonable discussion with me are actually delusional, and by extension I probably am delusional too. But setting that aside for a moment…
Obviously every platform will attract different types of people, probably not a fully representative sample of the population, a skew towards this or that type of person… but how far skewed from the “normal” experience is each platform on average? What is normal? If one platform has a wild skew towards one type of person, but that type of person makes up most of what I’ll see in real life due to my environment (like who my friends and family are, what my workplace is like), does its distance from normal matter if it’s no different from my real life normal? How much? Which social media platform is closest to the average real life normal, which would you personally say is the least “disconnected from the real world”?
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Let’s preface by making clear that when I say Lemmings are disconnected from reality, I don’t mean they’re delusional. I mean they’re so immersed in their unix-like free-as-in-freedom open-source technobubble that they’ve forgotten what regular people want.
Obligatory xkcd.
As for the rest of your comment, yes, every social media will attract its own niche of people but not every platform is equally as disconnected from the real world. For example, nobody in Fragrantica (perfume social media) would recommend a regular person to buy a perfume that smells like cocaine and magazines, even though its one of the most popular fragrances among people who like perfumes. Meanwhile, on Lemmy, people love to pretend the SteamDeck is an actual alternative to the Switch.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I agree. Stupid lemmings not understanding that 400 usd switch 2, plus 70 dollar switch games that nintendo says you are allowed to play, plus paying for internet again is way cheaper than 400 usd steam deck that will get you around 20 or so games for the price of a single nintendo game off humble bundle.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Every comment you guys make just cements how disconnected from reality you really are. There’s also cheap games for the Switch.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 months ago
If it wasn’t for the fact that a lot of people here have a good sized Steam library, I doubt they’d have a Steam Deck either.
It’s more a “bonus way to play about half your PC games on the toilet” than it is a primary gaming platform.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Nah, you’re not giving the steam deck nearly enough credit. It fills a very similar niche to the switch - a viable mobile gaming option that can also be readily used for couch gaming. You don’t need a large steam library to get use out of that, just like how the average switch owner probably only has a few switch games.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 months ago
You could. But realistically how many have?
Tristus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That is not true. Steam games are normally much cheaper, you can also get tons of free games over Steam or Epic. Biggest issue with Steam Deck is the size. It is adult sized even my wife is not comfortable with it and it is too big for children. You would need to use it in combination with a controller.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve tripled my library since getting a deck anf use it more often than my PC.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
AAAAAH. WAAAT. NO. DON’T PLAY ON THE TOILET. COME ON, GUYS.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
SD is way cheaper in the long run. You already have a sizeable library and if you don’t 620 on steam deck and humble bundle is going to get you way more games than 620 spent on switch and overpriced nintendo copy paste games.
ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Uh, base Steamdeck is $399.
Epzillon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Probably cheaper than the Shit 2
john89@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
You mean $400.
ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Well, given you’re on a .ca instance, you’re likely Canadian, so $400 probably is 600 loonies.
Kerred@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Plus accessories
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
I have 0 steamdeck accessories. Works perfectly fine
MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Don’t you gotta buy Switch accessories too? Like kinda the same things, if you need them… a dock, extra controllers, memory card, etc? But the deck, you can use existing controllers (from other consoles, or a mouse and keyboard you might have lying around) and buy a 3rd party dock that works just as well.
I have a switch and I loved it for some games, but now that I have a steamdeck, it’s the most I’ve played games in years. Comparing accessories is moot imo, and can be cheaper on a deck… and the deck is just way more versatile overall. The Switch’s benefit is proprietary Nintendo games and that doesn’t tip the scales enough for me to buy a 2nd gen version. I’ll choose the versatility of the deck any day, it got me playing more games again
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I have 0 accessories. You get everything you need: case and charger. Most accessories are completely pointless rice, unless for some reason you want to use your deck as a pc.
Kerred@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Since I bring mine to libraries and gatherings, I use it like a Switch to plug into big TVs and four controllers. Thankfully it’s all still cheaper than the good stuff for a Switch 👍