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[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure why this is getting down votes

Because Lemmings are completely disconnected from the real world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No, it's just straight up misinformation, or at least a disingenuous oversimplification.

The base model steam deck is $400 (and you can get steam-certified refurbished ones for even cheaper), and we don't know the price of the Switch 2 yet. If it comes with even some of the hardware upgrades that have been leaked, I very much doubt it'll retail for as low as $350.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The base SteamDeck doesn't have an OLED screen and is still more expensive than the Switch OLED. As for the price of the Switch 2, it's a well-known and documented practice that console manufacturers sell them at a loss and make back the profits in games. If anything, you're the one spewing misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 44 minutes ago

The base steam deck blows the OLED switch out of the water specs-wise on everything other than the screen. Nothing I've said is untrue, the relevant top comment is pure speculation at best.