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AI is coming for the Switch 2 as people make emulators and native ports of the Switch 2 exclusives for PC (lemmy.world)
submitted 13 hours ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54234120

the left image is of a native port recompiled for PC, and the right one is an emulator being developed to run Switch 2 games

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[–] 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (5 children)

In this instance I am not so sure though. Nintendo is a hardware company first and foremost. A lot of people only buy their console for the exclusive games. A ton of PC gamers also had a switch 1. But this time, if the games work so easily on PC, I don't really see a lot of PC gamers picking up a switch 2.

I would have bought a switch 2 for OoT, but now I won't.

Honestly the only thing that would get me back to nintendo is if they made a 3ds successor of some sort where games were sold on cartridges coming in pretty boxes. The switch 2 has no purpose in my life now that everything is weeks away from running on a steam deck or macbook. Nintendo needs to go back to its roots.

Or they could cave and just put all their exclusive games on steam. People will buy out of convenience then.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

    Yup. I bought the OG Switch for Breath of the Wild. Literally for that one game. Those big platform exclusives absolutely are system sellers and Nintendo are fully aware of the fact.

    I do hate that as a strategy, because we don't live in a world any longer where platform exclusives should exist. All hardware is homogenous, and any platform locking is completely arbitrary.

    We hope Nintendo will take this as a lesson to ditch platform exclusivity, but I'd bet anything they will draw the exact opposite conclusion and double down.

    I won't be surprised if the next gen of Nintendo gaming is always-on streaming powered by cloud GPUs.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

    Nintendo could embrace what they do best which is creating hardware. I have a plethora of different controllers including a steam deck and my OG switch pro controller is still the best one.

    My favourite console of all time is the "new" 3ds XL. They need to lean into the retro gaming wave that is happening rn.

    My modded new 3ds xl has a broken top screen after a recent trip and it is almost impossible to repair. Parts not available. If they just made a good handheld again I would buy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 child)

    I wouldn't personally call Nintendo a 'hardware company'

    They make innovative hardware and bundle it up with games that use the capabilities well. I think Nintendo would consider themselves an end-to-end experience company. And they can't do that if they lose control of the ecosystem by letting other people run their own software on it.

    I said that BOTW was a "system seller'' and I meant that, but not in the sense that the end goal was to sell the console.

    No. The goal of big first-party games like Zelda - which always happen to come out for new console launch time - is to make people own the console so once they have it, they buy more games for it. That's the long-term money. Twenty games over five years and every cent through their ecosystem.

    Nintendo don't want to sell you open hardware, and they never will.

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