In my mind Nintendo is going to be more or less immune to the death of the console market. They did have done a really, really good job at making fun games since the 80s, and have also traditionally had the cheapest hardware (not that that will matter if the competition goes away). I might impulsively buy whatever Nintendo's next console is just for Zelda or Metroid, even though Nintendo as a company pisses me off.

[–] ampersandrew 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I'll bet PS6 is business as usual but with an eye toward the future. Microsoft is already hinting that their next Xbox(es) are just going to be PCs, with talk of handhelds and additional storefronts.

I might impulsively buy whatever Nintendo’s next console is just for Zelda or Metroid, even though Nintendo as a company pisses me off.

Stay strong, brother. They only get to keep pissing you off because you keep handing them your money. There's no shortage of metroidvania games right now, and even Zelda has a decent number of competitors now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If you wanna play Nintendo games and you hate their hardware or just the company (fair), have you heard of how well the steam deck runs an emulator?

Ive heard it's actually pretty great, though i haven't bought one myself. I started sniffing around when i wanted to get my nieces/nephews something to fight over for Christmas. initially was gonna be a switch, but they're young and those controllers fall apart quicker than shit.

I'm not out here selling steam decks but like check it out if you haven't and want a "console" rather than a pc solution. i think it's worth looking into as the mod scene for the Sdeck is heating up too. Anyway comment over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ya I've considered that route.

I've messed around with switch emulation on more powerful hardware, but for the simplicity of getting things workings I think I prefer the official console. The performance I had I my PC was not outstanding either.