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Re:Valve Steam Deck by sinstein on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:36PM (#27847420)
Nintendo Switch sales figures will prove otherwise.
Re:Valve Steam Deck by deeviant on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:57PM (#27847795)
I own a switch. I have never played it in mobile configuration in the years I have owned it, neither do any people that I know that have it, neither do my nieces or nephews. I would trade switch mobile capability for 4k in a second.

The reason why the switch is popular is the same reason why a long line of absolutely craptastic Nintendo hardware is popular: exclusive Nintendo software, which this platform will obviously not have.

Re:Valve Steam Deck by rdtwo on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:06PM (#27847953)
Must be you I used it almost 100% mobile
Re:Valve Steam Deck by deeviant on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:10PM (#27848014)
Regardless, without Nintendo's library, this thing is going to sink. And frankly, if the switch had no Nintendo exclusives, it too would have sunk.
Re:Valve Steam Deck by rdtwo on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:49AM (#27866605)
I agree but mostly I think it’s because most games need a special GUI to use a controller. I would buy it if playing factorio and rim world felt natural and intuitive on a mobile platform but it’s not.