The crossover is a very small sub group. Switch 2 is gonna do numbers. These people just make up new bullshit to have another article to push.
Yep!
Every person I knew who was into the Switch 2 complained about the price and then pre-ordered.
In over here chilling with my Steam Deck playing a TOTALLY LEGAL VERSION OF A RED MAN IN A JUMP SUIT.
Exactly these things ability to sell will only be limited by Nintendo ability to produce them lol. I’m glad my kids aren’t old enough to know what any of this is yet. I’m counting my days.
Love my Deck and think the handheld PC format is awesome… but Nintendo has nothing to worry about. Switch 2 is going to far outsell these devices. It’s much more appealing to mainstream audiences, it’ll be heavily marketed, and it has Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon.
No it doesn’t. I love my steam deck, and have used it to emulate many Nintendo systems, but Nintendo will always defy people’s expectations by having amazing first party titles. It’s their software, not the hardware.
That’s just pure clickbait
Not in its domestic market in Japan. A handful of niche hobbiests may have things like a SteamDeck, but it’s far from mainstream, nor is the market seemingly terribly interested in it.
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While I look forward to seeing the market grow, right now handheld gaming PCs are still a small niche compared to the number of Switch 2 units that will ship. Valve can’t manufacture at the same scale as Nintendo, and every other product on the market is a niche within a niche.
I recently got a Steam Deck after the Switch 2 reveal because Nintendo priced me out, but the vast, vast majority of people aren’t like me. The Switch 2 will do fine, but not nearly as well as the Switch 1 due to prices being less accessible. I wonder just how many actual new exclusive games Nintendo is going to be releasing for it - their new releases were pretty sparse on the Switch due to so many ports, and they’re already pumping out Switch 1 game upgrades for Switch 2 and marketing them like they’re new releases, not to mention it’s going to be PS4/PS5 dual releases all over again for a while.
Don’t think so. Those who actually are interested are just a vocal minority, compared to Switch userbase. I’m personally conflicted on this one.
On one hand, I kinda want to get a Switch 2 because I know how convenient it is to just pick up a Switch and play a game without fiddling with settings.
On the other, I have so many games on Steam/Heroic it just makes sense to get a Steam Deck or a competitor.
For now I’m waiting for the reviews of Lenovo Legion Go S with Z1 Extreme and Steam OS, then I’ll probably make a decision on what to get
Nintendo has a measure of competition again, but I’m sure they’ll be fine. If nothing else they can always find somebody to sue for piracy.
The size of the switch 2 will be its downfall.
It’s smaller than a Steam Deck and that sells just fine, A long with the rest of handhelds being of the similar size.
Not untill the switch 2 emulator comes out.
Even then it will have a negligible impact. People online really seem to live in a bubble thinking Nintendo customers a) are even aware of the existence of emulators or b) actually have the time, knowledge and interest to use them. Most Nintendo players just buy their games for their stock Nintendo console and are happy to do so.
Yet Nintendo goes after emulation with the fury of a thousand angry suns. It makes me want to pirate their stuff more out of spite.
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I think with the expanded third party support we saw on the Switch (and will likely follow with Switch 2), handheld PCs will still remain a mostly distinct market from the Switch. They are more of an alternative option - more choice from the massive PC backlog + emulators, but none of the heavy hitter Switch 2 exclusives. They will keep the pressure on Nintendo, however, to keep indie developers happy enough to go through the extra work to make Switch ports of their games, as the PC development experience is far more flexible. For PC gamers, the Switch serves as what I like to call a “gap filler” - anything that doesn’t get released on PC almost certainly gets released on Switch, so the platforms complement each other quite well.
As a satisfied Steam Deck owner who will never buy a Switch: The Switch is in a league of its own and has absolutely nothing to fear from handheld PCs. The entire handheld PC market is just a tiny fraction compared to all Switch or future Switch 2 sales.
RIP Smach Z, would have been a handheld gaming PC set to compete with the Switch 1
Lol
