Nintendo Co. has asked suppliers to produce as many as 25 million units of the Switch 2 by the end of March 2026, setting the company up for record first-year sales of a console that’s already reached high-water marks for the global gaming sector.
PLEASE give the Steam Deck a try if you haven’t yet and are thinking about a Switch 2.
I have bought every Nintendo handhold since the gameboy colour up to the switch, but now that I have a steam deck I don’t have a single drop of desire for the switch 2.
The deck feels incredibly liberating, especially since you are not paying $90 for games that aren’t even as fun as indies
I wish there were a handheld competitor to the Switch Lite though. I don’t need anything powerful, I want a small screen for my small hands and can fit in my pocket. As much as I like my Steam Deck, it’s way too big and heavy for that use case.
With a Switch or Switch Lite, it’s still somehow light enough to use while standing on a train but with a Steam Deck, that’s just not feasible.
Only the Chinese emulation handhelds have such form factors now, too bad there are no games made specifically for such devices, so you just have old games and phone games
PLEASE give the Steam Deck a try if you haven’t yet and are thinking about a Switch 2.
I’m definitely* going to purchase a Steam Deck (OLED) very soon. I know it’s a couple of years old but the amount of games being able to play and games being often on sale. Not to forget the Steam Deck (OLED) can emulate a lot of games and also play 🏴☠️ games on it.
I thought about the Switch 2 but the console is already expensive and then the games being each €70, €10 game update and DLCs being €10-30 each is insane. Though, I do realize that it’s probably similar on other consoles (PS5 and Xbox). Might be just spoiled being a PC gamer?
Yep my wife and I got OLEDs a month back. It feels modern - plays most of the latest games. Not that everything needs to be Monster Hunter Wilds (which we have nice gaming PCs for).
It’s honestly been a long time since hardware has wowed me, but us playing Borderlands 2 all the way through on the couch for $5 bucks was something I’ll never forget. It felt like the way the game was meant to be played despite releasing for PCs and Consoles.
PLEASE give the Steam Deck a try if you haven’t yet and are thinking about a Switch 2.
I have bought every Nintendo handhold since the gameboy colour up to the switch, but now that I have a steam deck I don’t have a single drop of desire for the switch 2.
The deck feels incredibly liberating, especially since you are not paying $90 for games that aren’t even as fun as indies
I wish there were a handheld competitor to the Switch Lite though. I don’t need anything powerful, I want a small screen for my small hands and can fit in my pocket. As much as I like my Steam Deck, it’s way too big and heavy for that use case.
With a Switch or Switch Lite, it’s still somehow light enough to use while standing on a train but with a Steam Deck, that’s just not feasible.
Only the Chinese emulation handhelds have such form factors now, too bad there are no games made specifically for such devices, so you just have old games and phone games
(Also the emulators fucking slap on steam deck, Switch 1 games and below run great)
100% this.
I’m definitely* going to purchase a Steam Deck (OLED) very soon. I know it’s a couple of years old but the amount of games being able to play and games being often on sale. Not to forget the Steam Deck (OLED) can emulate a lot of games and also play 🏴☠️ games on it.
I thought about the Switch 2 but the console is already expensive and then the games being each €70, €10 game update and DLCs being €10-30 each is insane. Though, I do realize that it’s probably similar on other consoles (PS5 and Xbox). Might be just spoiled being a PC gamer?
Yep my wife and I got OLEDs a month back. It feels modern - plays most of the latest games. Not that everything needs to be Monster Hunter Wilds (which we have nice gaming PCs for).
It’s honestly been a long time since hardware has wowed me, but us playing Borderlands 2 all the way through on the couch for $5 bucks was something I’ll never forget. It felt like the way the game was meant to be played despite releasing for PCs and Consoles.