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Switch 2 predicted to match Steam Deck price, $100 more than OG Switch (www.vg247.com)

submitted 10 months ago by mike591@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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It's pretty likely that the Nintendo Switch 2 is due out this year, and according to one analyst, it's going to get a b…

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[–] KyoStarr@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean. I get deals all the time using sites like gg.deals to cross reference multiple store fronts for PC deals for my Steam Deck, paying a fraction of what they would have cost on Switch.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He was memeing that buying the 5% of the games the Switch has would cost just as much as buying everything on Steam.

[–] KyoStarr@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Ah on a second read I see that now haha.

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly this. Steam has one huge benefit for players: it made gaming pretty cheap. If you don't need every game day 1 and you are patient, you can play dirt cheap. And I mean dirt cheap.

This is not entirely true for Nintendo, which tends to hold prices way higher. At least from the quick glance I made couple years ago when I was thinking about Switch.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think Skyrim has been below $30 lol