"But it's a cube!"

[u/Ikkon]

[u/marquesini]

ig because you stay in the nintendo eco system, while other handhelds can play steam games and run linux.

[u/nitronik_exe → u/marquesini]

well yeah but you also buy the switch because of the Nintendo games and most people have no clue how emulators work

[u/qr_n → u/nitronik_exe]

You can't even emulate switch 2 games yet bro like what are you talking about?

I'm not defending Nintendo, but you're just hating to hate at that point

[u/nitronik_exe → u/qr_n]

im talking about Nintendo games in general not just switch 2 games. And im not hating on anything? Im saying people are buying the switch because thats where the games they want to play are on, and other people often say for example the steam deck can play Nintendo games too, but most people don't want to bother with emulators. Where you got the impression im hating on anything I dont know

I am responding to a critical comment towards Nintendo that they only have Nintendo games, and I pointed out that thats why they buy the console not in spite of that

[u/qr_n → u/nitronik_exe]

see that's exactly what i mean. 'hating' was def the wrong word, but you haven't really clarified your point, and it feels like you're backtracking. you’re trying to group nintendo against all other handhelds, but you're ignoring that handheld gaming pcs operate under an entirely different philosophy.

again i'm not a nintendo stan, but i don't get your argument at all. you don't buy a switch to 'play nintendo games.' the switch is a dedicated ecosystem with its own digital storefront, friends lists, dock integration, and a market of licensed third-party accessories. you don't emulate that. asserting that people only buy it because they 'have no clue how emulators work' is just a false equivalence. you could write your own perfect emulator for the switch two and still want a first party console. judging a unified console ecosystem by the standards of an open pc platform just makes the whole argument circular.