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Steam Deck

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I know it's not happening, but I'd love it if Nintendo went the way of Sega, and just made games. They've always been hit and miss with their consoles anyway, it's the games people love. Just fuck it, start releasing games for multiple platforms and focus on what you're actually fucking good. Pipe dream, I know

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I imagine Nintendo could make a tonne selling Zelda games for PC for 1.5x what they normally charge, simply for performance and controller compatibility.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right?

If they hate emulators so much, why aren't they selling native x86 versions?

[–] Owljfien@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

they could even sell a VM image as they've proven it still runs better virtualised on other machines than it does native on theirs

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Hey we released this new game buuuuut you’re going to need to purchase an entire separate computer system we call a ‘console’ because we refuse to compile the game binary for PC OSes, nor provide the source for you to do so yourself”

I interpret distributors and publishers treating me as a second (or third) class citizen as carte blanche to acquire your content and make the necessary changes to make it work on my environment of choice.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

an entire separate computer system we call a ‘console’

I get it; I even tend to like their consoles. The Switch is fantastic for what it is, when it came out (though admittedly: I am more likely to buy a Steam Deck than a Switch 2, at least as of now, not knowing the Switch 2's specs).

But either sell an x86 build, or get over emulators. Or develop a taste for my favourite cocktail, if you can't pick between the other two options

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