magic_smoke

@magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the takeaway is “The Nintendo Switch 2 isn’t the thing you should be pissed about when these tariffs are going to cause a lot more problems for way more people.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My PC is so backwards compatible it can run games meant for OS’s my OS’s main competitor, and their ancestors as well.

  Better yet it can literally run those OS’s over things like KVM/Qemu and DOSBox.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but that group by in large won’t be buying a switch 2 for at least a couple of years. $450 per console plus $80 a game is brutal, especially if you’re buying for more than one kid.

  On the other hand a switch lite can be had for like $100 and used games aren’t too expensive either.

  The sort of people who bought a switch at launch, after drinking Nintendo NX leaks like kool-aid, aren’t as impressed this time around.

  Lifetime sales won’t be affected nearly as hard, but I don’t know that the first year will be as big as the OG switch’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The steam deck can play literally any Mario Kart except for MK World…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the difference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think to the “early adopter” crowd, the people like me who where huffing Nintendo “NX” leaks back in 2016, the more “core” audience of people from the ages of late teens to however old James Rolfe is now.

  Those people will probably buy a steam deck before a switch 2. There are a lot of them.

  Though not as many people as there are like my ex-sister-in-law and her new bf who put together have 4 kids including my niece. The Linux PC I built them to make sure their kids had a good puter is enough trouble. I don’t see them even considering them for their kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they not both VoIP/Im clients?

  Or is it only a viable alternative if they recreate the UI because god forbid it look different?