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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I imagine Nintendo could make a tonne selling Zelda games for PC for 1.5x what they normally charge, simply for performance and controller compatibility.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right?

If they hate emulators so much, why aren't they selling native x86 versions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

they could even sell a VM image as they've proven it still runs better virtualised on other machines than it does native on theirs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Hey we released this new game buuuuut you’re going to need to purchase an entire separate computer system we call a ‘console’ because we refuse to compile the game binary for PC OSes, nor provide the source for you to do so yourself”

I interpret distributors and publishers treating me as a second (or third) class citizen as carte blanche to acquire your content and make the necessary changes to make it work on my environment of choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

an entire separate computer system we call a ‘console’

I get it; I even tend to like their consoles. The Switch is fantastic for what it is, when it came out (though admittedly: I am more likely to buy a Steam Deck than a Switch 2, at least as of now, not knowing the Switch 2's specs).

But either sell an x86 build, or get over emulators. Or develop a taste for my favourite cocktail, if you can't pick between the other two options

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't switch games already cost more than PC games, I kinda doubt people would be willing to pay even more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Depends on your country but switch games range 50-70 € and pc games are more like 10-100€ but with ones comparable to Switch games mostly 30-60€. So yes mostly, but they're not that far off that they would definitely do poorly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I don't think a lot of people would buy e.g. BotW for 100 bucks.