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Steam Deck now has thousands more games than the Nintendo Switch (www.pcgamesn.com)
submitted 10 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Let's be honest, most deck owners won't play more than ten games on their deck. And it won't be any of the thousand one star rated games on steam

[–] HumbleHobo@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen the RetroArch? I'm playing NES and SNES games on my SteamDeck and that's easily another couple thousand. Hehehe

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

You naughty boi

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure what you're getting at. Even if we go with your number, for many people, the 10 games they'll play will be different, which is where the wide selection comes in.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What I'm getting at is Nintendo has a higher bar for quality. Steam is just a huge tent.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hmm, do games on the Switch have ratings?

Also, just because there are low quality games on Steam, doesn't mean that there are less high quality games on it that on the Switch. I'd be very interested in numbers to back a claim that there are more high quality games on the Switch than on the Steam Deck.

Also, how do you know Nintendo has a higher bar for quality? Could it be that there are less game developers for the Switch than for Steam?

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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org -1 points 10 months ago

You're being dishonest, I never said such a thing

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh? I have basically only used my steam deck while traveling, and I don't travel that often, and I've played easily 30+ games on there. There are thousands of games that are excellent on the hardware, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Most Switch owners won't play more than a handful of games, because every Nintendo game is priced at $60 in perpetuity.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

That's fair. I've checked out some games, but I haven't actually got started on any yet. I've had a switch in the past, I maybe played 7-8 games on it.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

So they should only make the ten games that you like?