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Re:Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2 by afavour on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:56AM (#48064138)
Maybe I'm in a bubble but I really don't see the Steam Deck and Switch as big competitors for each other. I mean, yes, they're both portable games consoles, but I'd bet a large percentage of Switch gamers don't even know what a Steam Deck is.

There's a reason Nintendo targets and wins with very casual gamers. It would take a lot more than a $50 price increase to be the 'nail in the coffin' for the Switch.

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Re:Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2 by chocochunks on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:11PM (#48065997)
There's some overlap. I think it probably has a bigger impact on game attach rate for a certain segment of gamer. I bought a lot less games on Switch upon getting a PC handheld, not because of price (generally I find games are pretty comparable there), but because the PC version is more flexible and I'm pretty sure I can run the PC version ten years down on some PC. Will Nintendo's next console run it? No idea.
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