Thread 717763638

As someone who used PC my entire life I don't understand Nintendo.
Are you telling me that there's a $500 console designed to play indie-level games that cost full price? That sounds crazy. I love small indie games, but part of their appeal is that they all cost less than $20 and can run on my office laptop. Who in their right mind would spend that much money to play fucking Mario or whatever? They may be great games but not at that price.

>RTX x080-x090 family GPUs: $2000+ (you still need the rest of a computer)
>Prebuilt PC with RTX 4070 $1,500 plus tariff tip
>Prebuilt PC with RTX 4060/5060 8GB $1,100 (you wish I was making this up)
>OEM Rog Ally X handheld with Xbox sticker $1000 (cannot play backwards compatible games because it's not an Xbox)
>Mid tier AMD and NVIDIA GPU 16gb VRAM $800 (you still need the rest of a computer)
>PS5 Pro $700
>OEM Rog Ally handheld with Xbox sticker $700 lower end (cannot play backwards compatible games because it's not an Xbox)
>Steam Deck White OLED $680
>Steam Deck OLED $650
>16GB VRAM GPU (you still need the rest of a PC) $450 over MSRP tip
>Switch 2 $450
>PS5 with Disc Drive $450
>PS5 No Disc Drive $400
>CPU 8 cores AMD budget SecureBoot compatible: $300 (without motherboard)
>Buyer's remorse for 8GB GPU owners: Priceless
Ok PC fanboy. Keep "not understanding" consoles.

>>717763638 (OP)
As a PC user, you must find it a strange concept for a platform to actually have games

Contrarianism or not, this board, and outside of it, are people who grew up with this particular brand, and will see nothing wrong with the practices that are emitted from it. Regardless of how much they are kicked to the dirt figuratively, the desperate mind wants to believe the problem isn't there, and so they continue to consume.

But it's actually not just this particular brand. Just look at almost any country, any society these days. Regardless of how bad things get, so long as the people are satiated with the little things that distract them from their problems, they don't rise to fight back, to make things better for themselves.

>>717764174
Modern Nintendo’s success is solely because men in their 30s-40s that grew up during Pokémania have well paying jobs
Every Mario Kart World lobby is full of millennials, I’ve not heard one young kid playing online

>>717763638 (OP)
You don't have to understand anything. Keep playing f2p shit.

>>717764636
>>717764174
I get all my financial advice from /v/ Valve Vegans. The Steam Machines took off and the Valve branded VR headsets took off. /r/PCMR moments.

I'm a lifetime pc user since 2001 and I even played most switch games on my pc but you're a fucking moron if you think switch games are easy to emulate, try going smash ultimate with 8 players and item spawn at high to see how it goes, same for botw/totk at 60fps, they aren't easy to emulate.
And when you actually do, you're wasting 500watts to play something at the same resolution and quality the switch 2 does at 19watts

>>717763638 (OP)
>>717764174
nothing worst than brown goblinos trying to sound smart, how undignified

Stay in your chair. Stay at your desk. Stay fat.

>>717763638 (OP)
Imagine sitting at a fucking desktop to play something Octopath Traveler.

That experience must be so laughably shit compared to my experience of playing the same game cosy'd up in bed on my Switch.

No wonder fucking retards like can't understand the appeal.

>>717766093
Steam literally has a feature that allows you to stream games to your phone or TV

>>717766218
You will never play Mario Kart World on your pro Vegan PC.

>>717766218
Or if you are not retarded you can just connect it to your pc.

>>717763638 (OP)
like it or not, bing bing wahoos and porkymanz are a big reason why these consoles sell and why they aren’t available on pc without emulation
>>717766093
steam deck exists

I dunno why it's hard to understand that some people prefer to play on a different platform that they find more convenient and checking multiple other boxes. I recommend shit I played on my Switch to friends, regardless of whatever system they play on.

>>717763638 (OP)
no, you're dumb

>>717766465
>I dunno why it's hard to understand that some people prefer to play on a different platform
Probably because it's worse in literally every way.

>>717766346
Go eat charcoal bibby

>>717763729
>>Steam Deck OLED $650
and yet it keeps your library from pc if you had one, lets you pirate games, lets you do everything a normal pc and do, and even if you are buying games the same indie shit tends to be cheaper on steam and go on sale often(never happens on nintendo consoles)
so yeah i am with op i dont understand why the switch needs to be so expensive for such a piece of shit

>>717763638 (OP)
>Are you telling me that there's a $500 console designed to play indie-level games
You are clearly mentally stunned so no wonder you can't understand

>>717767009
>the same indie shit tends to be cheaper on steam and go on sale often(never happens on nintendo consoles)
I bought Crow Country and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on Switch 2 while they were on sale (11€ and 20€ respectively) last month
Try to be a little more informed before badmouthing a console

>>717766845
>>717767009
>admitting to piracy
Third worlder PC fanboy behavior, lol.

>>717767364
nta but indie sales on pc are usually in the single digits

>>717767009
>indie shit tends to be cheaper on steam and go on sale often(never happens on nintendo consoles)
indie shit has the exact same sales on switch as it does on Steam.

>>717767364
>11€ and 20€ respectively
Both of them are $5 on Steam. Or simply free from alternative sources

>>717767009
>and yet it keeps your library from pc if you had one, lets you pirate games, lets you do everything a normal pc and do,
you know you can just do all that on a normal PC and have a better experience than a steam deck right? even an $850 Desktop is gonna be a better experience than spending that money on a steam deck.

>>717763638 (OP)
you're a soulless brown person, it's not something meant for your demographics, you'll never get it

>>717767589
An 850 dollar prebuilt PC doesn't come with a GPU, look around the PC website market today. Unless you build on your on, then that prebuilt PC will be a crippled 8GB piece of shit GPU. Or even worse, Satan's domain AMD drivers GPU cards.

>>717767009
>go on sale often(never happens on nintendo consoles)
False. They always put games on sale on the eshop each week

>inb4 shifting goalposts about BOTW not being $5

>>717767578
>Both of them are $5 on Steam.
They're exactly priced the same where I live though

>>717767732
>prebuilt
oh, you have brain damage, that must make life difficult.

>>717767840
What do you think the Steam Hardware Surveys are, lies? The majority of you PC vegan fanboys don't even have computers that can run Borderlands 4. https://www.pcguide.com/news/borderlands-4-system-requirements-cut-out-50-of-steam-users-with-an-8-core-cpu-need/ The most common resolution on Steam are laptop resolutions btw, which by definition are prebuilt. /r/Reddit PC Vegan. :)

>>717767975
Why did the prebuilt PC fanboy echochamber champion Steam Deck portable PC fail to outsell the Ouya, Wii U, PSP, PS Vita, N-Gage?

>>717767884
Steam has very good regional prices and it's no problem to have an account in another region for very cheap games

>>717766465
I only played 3 games from that list.
>SO2 - very good
>UO - very good
>Ys VIII - a fucking masterpiece

>>717768092
lad I aint buying the games twice for a gaming PC I barely use these days. I leave that choice to the people I know whenever I recommend games

>>717768092
>it's no problem to have an account in another region
stop lying little nigga

>>717763729
So nintendies are just poorfags?

They’re buying them to play Nintendo exclusives. It’s not that hard.

And let's not forget:
>have to spend extra to use Internet services you were already paying for
>"b-but it's only $x, surely you aren't POOR, are you?"

There was a time when using Nintendo net services were free.

>t. looked up a ton of porn and watched anime on the Wii, and enjoyed a number multiplayer games on the DS like Mario Kart, Jump Ultimate Stars, and Phantasy Star Zero, Animal Crossing Wild World, etc.

>>717768469
>>717768453
t. PC vegan crying that 2010 CPU with GTX 460 3.5GB VRAM GPU can't support SecureBoot for 10 consecutive days on /v/ catalog

>>717768659
first valid complaint of the thread. congratulations on finally getting one.

>>717768549
It's still foreign to me. There are already so many games to play here, why buy a whole new console to play four games, all of which are just another sequel?

Keeps crying about console owners being poor. Won't upgrade his 2011 Intel oxidized CPU to support Windows 11/SecureBoot, hangs on to a 8GB VRAM GPU for "reasons", and always picks AMD GPUs PC vegan builds for "reasons". Maximum Redditor PC fanboy projection in this thread.

>>717768861
Because that's how exclusives work. PC + nintendo is the best combo for this reason. Sony and Microsoft have basically given up on true exclusives.

>>717769076
Why can't you play Astro Bot (PS5) on your PC?

>>717768756
>thirdies are infesting our board
we already know that you stupid fuck.

>>717769120
because the emulators are still being worked on.

>>717769120
I actually also own a PS5, but I've been disappointed in their exclusive output. Astro is a rare exception. Before switching to PC, PlayStation was my main platform. I've always had nintendo on the side.

>>717768312
I could recommend most games in the picture I posted, with the exception of Bunny Garden being more of a guilty pleasure
Rabi-Ribi is pretty good if you're seeking out a metroidvania and EDF is my personal favorite game franchise (4.1 being a entry point for newcomers, 5 has QoL features but its pacing is slower), it's a fun shooter in which you fend off hordes of giant insects, robots and aliens. Switch ports are JP-only however.
>>717768376
yeah I have a good memory of Valve not tolerating people who try to take advantage the regional pricing system, not a risk worth anything.
Meanwhile I do have two separate Eshop accounts, with the Japanese one not requiring a VPN setup to buy anything. The sole minor inconvenience is the prepaid cards being the sole payment option for a gaijin like myself

>>717769120
because the port isn't finished yet, give it a year or so.

I just got a text from Target saying the Mario Kart Bundle is back in stock!

>>717769527
Its a great system, especially if you're already invested in the ecosystem. I've been playing my s2 every day since I got it. MKW, Bananza, BotW/TotK 60fps, just picked up Echoes of Wisdom and DQ III HD-2D. Metroid later this year. Might double dip on Elden Ring if the port is actually competent.

>>717763638 (OP)
You WILL play wheelchair basketball and you WILL like it.

>>717769326
>Rabi-Ribi is pretty good if you're seeking out a metroidvania and EDF is my personal favorite game franchise (4.1 being a entry point for newcomers, 5 has QoL features but its pacing is slower), it's a fun shooter in which you fend off hordes of giant insects, robots and aliens. Switch ports are JP-only however.
Noted. Thank you, anon.

Pc trannies continue to spread their cultists autism as usual

>>717763638 (OP)
This is prolly bait but this is my last pc build
>12700k
>4090
>64 ddr5
>8tb samsung whatever the fuck nvme
Pc ruined gaming for me. It plays anything so you're always drowning in content. Free shit on Epic, free shit on GoG, free shit with amazon prime, nearly free shit on steam sales and humble bundle shit. Sounds great, but it also makes your backlog a thing that hangs over your head, not a thing you enjoy, like an obligation you have to your entertainment.

Anyway, I sold my 4090 when my kid came thinking I could use that 1600 later to get a 60xx or maybe 70xx because I'm not sitting behind my pc until he goes to school.
Got a switch 2 and not having a billion games feels freeing. Turning it on only shows your last played games, not a store with constant sales or whatever, just that game you were playing and the drip feed of releases is also really nice. I dont need 10 games(or in steamd case 1k+) a month. 1 big game every two months and an indie or two between them? Happy.

Did I overpay? Yeah a bit, but I'm also enjoying my passtime way more so maybe not.

To each their own, but having everything doesnt make you happy

>>717770070
Keep screeching pc gaming is dead, anon. won't change a thing.

>>717770087
Yep, I've always been averse to the whole game hoarding culture on PC. I don't care if a game is free if I'm never going to play it. Summer/ winter sale? If I'm not going to play that game within a week of buying it, I'm not buying it. It will 100% be on sale again and maybe even cheaper when I'm actually ready to play it

>>717770209
NTA but keep making fun of consoles and console players while emulating Switch and crying how games ported from PS5 are not optimised