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What gaming console you own/owned disappointed you the most and why ? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 64bithero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fully agree with you. The experiences are very different. I think it’s a disservice to point people especially first time gamers to a Steam deck and say “oh look it’s a console”

For me the definition of a console is plug and play with a dedicated UI. Anything you can see in the store you can run ! Anything marked it can play you put the medium in and it runs …

The online discourse on here and on gaming channels have little if any understanding of people who have never picked up a game controller before. Or is under the age of 12.

And even if there was a “war” between the two the Switch most certainly won I believe 120 million to 6 Million ?

There most certainly still is a mainstream market to take advantage of

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Exactly. We're in a bubble. People outside just want things to work and buy stuff you can get everywhere.

Nevertheless I try to give interested people a balanced view.