• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    18 days ago

    This is probably the only time Nintendo has come out of the gate with superior hardware and I actually don’t give a shit, why on earth would I want to buy a steam deck that is locked behind corporate control and price gouging?

    I don’t give a shit how fast the scrreen refreshes or how fancy some of the features, I want a computer that can play games, I don’t want a toy that is purposefully broken so I can’t use it for things I want to use it for, ESPECIALLY if I drop hundreds and hundreds of dollars on it.

    Nope.

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      18 days ago

      I understand why you think this, but its kind of wrong. Because Nintendo has had the upper hand with hardware many times.

      1. SNES was arguably better than Genesis system
      2. N64 has much more raw power than my favorite system the PS1
      3. GameCube was stronger than PS2 and Dreamcast

      And yes, I’ll just wait and use my steam deck until SD2, because I also just want a computer that I can play games on.

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        18 days ago

        SNES was arguably better than Genesis system

        The SNES and Genesis were comparable. You could argue one or the other, but it was a tighter race than the Playstation 3 curb-stomping the Wii.

        N64 has much more raw power than my favorite system the PS1

        Playstation had CD-ROM, and that’s all that needs to be said about that battle.

        GameCube was stronger than PS2 and Dreamcast

        Comparing the GameCube with the PS2, it had less VRAM, less RAM, a faster CPU, roughly equiv video processor. I would say they were about equal, and that’s with GameCube coming out two years later.

        The PS2 was also the strongest console to ever fight in any sort of console war, with its ridiculously large library of games. PS2 punished Sega so hard they permanent removed themselves out of the race, and Nintendo had to completely change strategies to fill a different niche and audience, which worked with the Wii. However, that came with the dumbing down of hardware that everybody is talking about. They have been pushing shitty outdated hardware ever since.