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THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 15 hours agoEveryone in this thread is like “don’t” and then refuses to offer a single alternative. Because there isn’t one. Not for the price or with the final bastion of physical media, if you care about that sort of thing. Some people just want to play games without spending eight hundred dollars on a Steam Deck. I am as baffled by most of Nintendos decisions as most people who spend too much time online, but holy fuck people, give it a rest.
Yea all the people saying this doesn’t answer OP’s question. OP wants to play the Switch 2 exclusives and is willing to pay for it. Whether or not it’s a good idea or not is their choice.
Fine, you can talk about how it’s not a good value to you but don’t go preaching in a holier than thou manner.
Frankly, given how this community is, I’m surprised they even posted here. They’re gonna have better luck asking on the Nintendo community instead.
Buy a used ROG Ally for the fraction of the cost of a new Steam Deck. A much bigger library than the Switch 2 and more performance than the Steam Deck.
Yeah, I know Nintendo’s business practices suck, but this stuff’s relative. When the Switch 2 launched, you could get a Steam Deck for $400 and it was easily a better choice overall. Things have changed considerably now. The fact is, if someone with no dedicated gaming hardware and no technical knowhow wanted to get into gaming right now and money was a factor, The Switch 2 is the best option currently, even after the $50 increase. It will also have at least 6 years of upcoming support, unlike the PS5.
PC is always the best option in general, of course, but it comes at a high price and necessitates having some technological skill. It’s not for everyone.
Actually you’d be surprised how fairly easy using a PC is. I’m about as “plug-and-play” as you can get, but thanks to a computer being a computer and the Internet literally being right there, any questions you have are just a relatively short search away. The more time you spend with the PC just doing things with it, the more you’ll learn and the easier it’ll be.
Take emulation for example. There are many different emulators out there, and even more games to play them with. All you really need to do is read the instructions for how to install one of these emulators, and you’re good to enjoy literally any game you can find for that platform. There are more than a few websites that are literally just file directories for emulated games (they call them “ISOs”). About a year ago I had a PS2, GameCube, and PS3 emulators and probably played too many games. Stuff like the classic Spider-Man 2 game, Tak, Jak & Daxter, Shadow the Hedgehog, Ratchet & Clank, TimeSplitters, Sonic '06, the Sly Cooper series, and the Infamous games.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Calling Nintendo the budget option is wild.