• Abundance114@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Playstation is next; Nintendo has the securist market with its portable console.

    I would think hand helds like the steam deck would be slowly strangling it but the switch 2 sold like hotcakes.

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      3 days ago

      The only reason I got a Switch 2 is because a company selling them here in Denmark made a HUGE pricing error. So I got a Switch 2 and Mario Kart World together for just 99 DKK, or 15 USD.

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      3 days ago

      Playstation is next;

      80% of the xbox crowd is probably gonna buy a playstation. Maybe a few will go for a PC and the rest for a switch.

      Couch goblins that look into the future when considering the cost of a console might find the steam machine worthy when it releases.

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        3 days ago

        Need more private companies like Valve, and some community open source options built up too

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      2 days ago

      Nintendo has the securist market with its portable console.

      hmmmm the Steam Deck is eating away at that cake… I know my son was an avid Nintendo fan and didn’t even look at the Switch 2 because his 3 year old Steam Deck is doing everything he wants

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      We seriously need to get open source PC console community-made offerings up and running. To share the load of building that up. Community built up competitors and Valve will be enough.

      Still I also would like to see some new players come in too.

      Are there any companies that would do well in gaming? What if AMD made their own console?

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      Nintendo has the securist market with its portable console.

      Cause they actually try to make a console that’s not just “Discount PC With Coupon For Streaming Service”.

      Even then, it’s mostly an under-powered PC that makes up the difference with a few gimmicks. Which is fine. But you’re still left asking “Why would I buy a PS6 / X-Box One+One+360Infinity when I could just get this shit on PC in another six months?” Other than tinkering with controllers, neither have done anything interesting since the Kinect flopped.