How come some nintendo fans got so defensive around people criticizing switch hardware but now they're fine with it now that Switch 2 is powerful? I saw it happen once online so I got the perception that they didn't like hearing about the Switch's relatively weak performance compared to PS5 and other consoles.
>>41112>How come some nintendo fans got so defensive around people criticizing switch hardware but now they're fine with it now that Switch 2 is powerful?That's 'cause they'll buy Nintendo games no matter what. They value Nintendo games so much that they are willing to put up with actual anti-consumer practices. The only reason why Western AAA is so hated is because their brand of anti-consumer practices makes the games themselves worse, Nintendo's anti-consumer practices are outside of their actual games (pricing, DRM, digital-only distribution, copyright abuse, deliberately underpowered hardware) so they look more respectable. Western AAA fucks up at every stage: budget, development, distribution, marketting, treatment of workers, microtransactions, DRM, everything.
Hardware power is for realism. Nintendo games almost always have a very stylized look, so…
>>41140I second that zzzzzz. Back when the Switch 1 came out, I thought the Switch 2 would have a touchscreen with a changing surface, allowing you to feel menu grids with your fingers.
>>41139I assumed it was, the fuck
>>41282indeed they will
>>41281Nintards aren't like that in my experience. They're weirdly xenophobic towards non nintendo first party japanese games
>>41112real talk, is the Switch 2 going to be the best way to make an economic portable Linux Machine to play mid-end games?
i really wanna play modded Daggerfall Unity on the go…
>>42898For now it's a Mario kart machine. In 2026 it will be a great deal. I will say it gets more warm. On the level of PC handhelds.
>>42899Switch 2 is more powerful than Steam Deck. Same battery life tho. Steam Deck 2 will be better.
>>42900Nah it's clickbait.
>>42921i can run Quake on my phone tho
i was checking the benchmark bcus i saw the Switch could almost run emulated PS3/Xbox 360 games at around 15 fps (7 at the lowest)
i actually tried running Daggerfall unity on my phone but it ran at actually 2fps
i figured a Switch 1 could probably run it at hopefully above 20 fps
buut idk, and i also wanna mod it so.
that's why i'm hoping for an affordable mid end portable linux machine
>>42926this, ik Steam Deck is the obvious choice but i don't know if it'll get as cheap as a recomissioned Switch 2 at around the same time… what ya think? personally i'd probably pick the Steam Deck over it but also, the Nintendo Switch 2 should let me be able to play Nintendo games online if i ever find a game so good i wanna buy it… or use third party servers to play it whatever.
i'd be worried about "bricking" but iirc "bricking" only sets you back like a backup restore away, dunno if Nintendo has implemented a "nuke button" yet that fries the console itself (joke) but i think even if that happened half the time replacing that part should be a priority anyway so…
>>42929pretty much this, a handheld that can become a multitool it's kinda the goal
legitimately confused at why SONY decided to give up on the handheld market with shittier PS4 tablet attachments
to give
>>42922 credit;
the ideal handheld is just an affordable mid end computer that fits on a backpack.
problem is; nobody is making these.
>>42938It took weeks before anyone could run anything unsigned on the VITA, hackers were able to it in hours for the Switch 2. Also homebrew launchers tend to come before jailbreaks, where the launcher does the exploit with the homebrew you opened as the payload. This doesn't mean you can run encyrpted games but it means you can write and run homebrew code for the console.
>>42940Vita emulation is still only about over 1/2 the game library with PS4 emulation still very low compatibility so jail breaking is better as a jailbroken Vita and PS4 can run everything and more.
>>42942Switch 1 has been jailbroken and as with other jailbroken consoles that won't allow remote updates since they are not using stock firmware so it makes no sense for them to check with the manufactures for updates so that gets stripped out in the custom firmware.
On Sony's side their custom firmware is completely camouflaged so you have no problem on Sony's severs and even if Sony noticed they can only blacklist your machine ID as they have no remote access to custom firmware machines as that has been completely stripped.
>>42952i think if the Switch 2 is actually considerably better than the 1st you could even play Skyrim on it
actually i'm almost sure you could play it on the Switch 1 with lowend mods because i used to run 400~ mods on Skyrim on a laptop with 2gb of ram and 1Ghz dual core AMD
at 500 mods i started having issues with scripts lagging.
but also since i played it for the first time it kinda became a immersion ritual for me
which now i need to play with my bf so i would stick to Daggerfall unity… mostly because i bet it's great for long trips since it's like half the game is also doing trips specially because i'll probably look for alternative fast travel mods so i can disable vanilla fast travel
>>42956I think its a mix of sunk cost bias, elitism, nostalgia and brand loyalty.
Nintendo fans tend to basically be a horrendous cross between an Apple fanboy and a Disney adult.
>>42957Its probably better, but I think Deck has better modding support since you can install usual PC mods and SKSE on it, with a bit of mucking around.
>>42958oh i meant using a Linux app for it
i saw a guy emulating a switch inside a Linux emulator for the Switch 1 and getting 40-60fps which makes enough sense when you think about it
some of these tests ARE actually impressive even for the Switch 1 tho, which is why i was excited for the Switch 2
if the jailbreaks start rolling i want to think it could become the "new PSP" for near becoming a proper PDA with games
>>42962you don't understand, recallled consoles get really cheap once they hit the fayuca market (flea markets)
you can get one for half the actual price…
maybe PC handhelds could get cheaper but i don't really see those getting recalled price cheap.
specially if you find a defective or stolen one…
i actually got my Wii and my PS2 dirt cheap that way, both of them were *both* stolen and had broken pieces that i just had to weld replacements/hotwire.
>>41438I don't have to worry about that with Steam sales and GOG.
It's so good to have a gaming PC. And mine is from 2018 and it still runs games quite well in Linux.
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