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SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 days agoRight, but it’s not freedom, when it doesn’t run on everything. You need to keep your system updated to play modern games.
With a switch, any game released, you know will play.
So yes it’s MORE exclusive in some situations.
Nobody is claiming that you should run Black Myth Wukong on an old IBM Aptiva except you.
Where? Don’t put words in peoples mouth if you want to have a civil discourse, but of course with this being your post, we know your bias already.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 3 days ago
tonytins@pawb.social 3 days ago
Bingo. Nintendo and all game consoles are all walled gardens, but not necessarily a bad thing in this case. The Steam Deck is more of handheld PC that can pretty much run anything when in Desktop Mode. They’re two completely different beasts.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Any non modern Nintendo console is capable of playing homebrew games, so this isn’t even true.
People have released NES and gameboy games in the last few years. Even on carts.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Ok, now suppose you want to release a game for any of the modern Nintendo consoles.
You need to get a devkit. To get it, you need Nintendo to approve your request, and you need to pay them for a license to use the devkit hardware. And, to actually use the devkit, you need a PC running Windows.
Sure, to develop a game for PC, you need a PC. But do you know what you don’t need? A devkit or a Windows license.
tonytins@pawb.social 3 days ago
Just because Homebrew is possible doesn’t mean Nintendo intended for you to do that.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I never claimed that. I said it was a limitation. Which it is. It limits its capability.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You know what? I just had a change of heart.
PC gaming is so much more limited compared to the Nintendo Switch.
You can only play on the Steam Deck. All game available on PC have to be licensed by Valve. If Half-Life is played on anything that isn’t a Steam Deck, Valve will sue you into oblivion.
If only PC gamers could play their games on the hardware of their choosing instead of that one handheld. 😢
Thank you for showing me the error of my ways.