looks up from steam deck
wait what?
PC gaming just need a solid Mario Kart alternative and every other genre are covered.
Keep an eye on Sonic Racing: Crossworlds.
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Exactly why I’m going Steam Deck
Exactly my thoughts, but I am waiting for the Steam Deck 2… Or something more future proof (that would be my 1st gaming handheld stronger than my overclocked hacked Nintendo Switch v1).
Probably still a ways off. They said they didn’t want to do a 2 until there was a substantial upgrade available… And while the latest amd apu IS better, its not the leap and bound they say they are looking for so likely not yet in any type of production
Fuck Nintendo. No other company has as much active distain for their fans. And the damage they’ve done to game preservation is immeasurable.
Beside perhaps Apple
Worse than disdain, it’s hostility. Their family-friendly image is at odds with their actual actions. Going after streamers because they dare play (and publicize) your games…? What the fuck!? Their attitude literally makes me reconsider buying their console and/or games…
As it should.
Correction:
It’s not the account that’s banned. It’s the device that’s banned. You can factory reset the Switch 2, completely wiping all data, and it will remain banned. This means that none of the games you’ve purchased legally will function, as cartridges no longer contain games and Nintendo’s services are required to play them.
It essentially becomes a useless flat tile.
Despite the fearmongering going around about bricks, this is only online bans. Same thing they’ve always done, same thing Sony and Microsoft do too if you get caught there.
Frankly, if you try to go online with pirated games, you’re an idiot.
Only online ban? Nowadays most physical games are glorified DRM dongles that require a full download from online servers.
Banned from online means when you buy the $80 games all they can do is showing a cute icon on the launcher
And even if the full game is present on the cart, only a handful is ready at launch and not just a buggy alpha without the day one update
If you’re already doing piracy with a flashcart, do you even care about that? You’ll get your games elsewhere.
The problem is that updates are not automatically inserted in the flashcart. All the flashcart does is clone the original one as it was put on sale. Updates are always downloaded by the console and are not stored on the cart.
Let’s make a real world example: you go in a store and buy the cart for “disney dreamlight valley” for $40. You actually don’t know, but inside the cart there’s only a 34,6 MB file that only contains a splashscreen and a popup that says “connect to internet to download the update”. It then connects to Nintendo servers to download the 4.61 GB “update” that is the actual game. If you are blocked from Nintendo servers how can you get the update? Your console itself isn’t hacked, so you can’t just download it from random online sources with a different signature. You can dismiss the popup but then you can only admire your new $40 wallpaper.
This is the “gameplay” of said $40 game if you don’t have the possibility of installing updates:
Well then I guess you probably shouldn’t use the flashcart.
yes exactly, fuck those users who paid $450 for a console and $80 for games, they can learn their lesson and buy a new $450 console
Are you buying your games or are you using the flashcart? Which is it?
it can be both. My hardware, my games and once i pay i should be able to do whatever the fuck i want with them
Going online with flash carts on a new console is certainly a choice. The first Switch already hardware banned for doing that, so this isn’t new.
I know people that got their Nintendo DS banned for using flash carts. This ain’t new.
