So...the switch 2 launched, and I know, people are gonna push weird narratives that I'm focusing on it because "copium" or whatever, but I just wanted to give my impressions on it based on what I've seen so far. I never touched one, or seen one in person yet, I still have no intention of buying one, and honestly, now that it's here, I'm more underwhelmed than ever.
Game wise, the only thing that really calls out to me is mario kart world tour. Of course, that isn't much of a surprise. The only point of buying such a machine is to buy the nintendo first party titles. On third party titles, which are most launch games these days...just buy a steam deck. And yeah, I know i dump on steam deck too, but no, really. People are comparing the steam deck and rog ally to the switch 2 and quite frankly, the handheld PCs speak to me more here. You could have had most switch 2 launch games on handheld FROM STEAM, and paid a fraction of the price of a $70-80 launch title, for YEARS now. And the base steam deck is cheaper than the switch 2.
The battery life seems to be about 2 hours when playing cyberpunk 2077, which tracks with the steam deck's 1.5-2 hours based on the model.
And yeah. It doesnt seem that impressive. Most communities I hang out in, which focus on PC/mobile gaming seem to find this new machine underwhelming. Again, mariokart seems to be the only reason to buy it. otherwise you're overpaying for the same games you couldve gotten off of steam years ago with a steam deck.
Despite this, it allegedly sold 3 million units in the first 24 hours, which is insane, and that is the part where I'm gonna have to be like, full copium on that. Like...WHY?! It's expensive, its software library is weak, and in practice it literally doesnt offer anything a handheld PC doesnt other than first party titles.
Then again, tons of people buy playstations and xboxes when gaming PCs exist so...yeah. Normies be normies.
You gotta keep in mind these are the same kinds of NPC type people who end up voting for like, biden or trump when better options exist. Ya know, their opinions are so bland and generic you have to wonder if such people actually exist, only to later realize that not only do they but they're somehow the majority.
Anyway, the fact that the switch 2 is making me suddenly praise the steam deck in comparison when i normally trash handheld PCs too is something, but that's where we're at. Really. I just find this thing so underwhelming. And I know, I'm anti-hugboxing here, but whatever. My blog, my opinion.
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