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Lfrith, 13 dni temu do games w A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes

I wish portable devices went back to being made with toolless battery swapping in mind like the old game boys.

Lfrith, 22 dni temu do games w How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years?

Obsidian is my main notetaking app, so I use the kanban plugin to keep a list of games I’m playing, plan to play, and finished.

Lfrith, 2 miesiące temu do games w Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

What I wrote might have been confusing, but I was trying say that places like lemmy may have view points that express preferences that aren’t representative of the mainstream. Like how there may be more positive Linux comments on average per user.

But, that it doesn’t necessarily mean the people expressing those views believe them to be representative of the mainstream. It is more just them expressing their thoughts.

However, people I found across social media can mistake what are simply individual opinions as general proclamations, and immediately jump to “Oh this person is claiming that their view point is one most people hold. What a bold claim.” When all they were saying was I like turtles as opposed to most people like turtles.

Lfrith, 2 miesiące temu do games w Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

I think this more people mistaking people expressing their preferences for a system and extrapolating that to meaning market share predictions.

Reword the question to do you believe Steam Deck will overtake Nintendo market share and you’d get different answers. Same with if you ask someone why is Linux better than Windows versus do you believe Linux can overtake Windows market share?

I find people on the internet have a hard time differentiating between people who are expressing preferences and people predicting market share shifts. People just see oh this person doesn’t like Nintendo or Windows and must believe Steam Deck or Linux is going to be more popular.

Lfrith, 2 miesiące temu do games w Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

I’d say its more people stating why they prefer the Steam Deck over the Switch than actually believing the Steam Deck would overtake the Switch. Challenge them to a bet and you’d see very few take it.

I think it is people mistaking people’s preferences for market share predictions.

Lfrith, 2 miesiące temu do games w Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?

I picked up a Nintendo Switch because of it being a handheld. I wouldn’t have picked one up otherwise, since I had skipped generations of Nintendo consoles preferring Sony due to Nintendo games being too high. But, with the Steam Deck where I don’t even need to repurchase “Deck versions” of games the handheld component isn’t a selling point of the Switch to me anymore.