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There are 3rd party Switch 2 games? 🤔 I thought it was all 3rd party ports of Switch 1 games…

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From the Wiki:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring_Nightreign

“released for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on May 30, 2025. It received generally positive reviews and sold 3.5 million units.[1]”

So, first, it doesn’t matter how many concurrent players it has, it sold 3.5 million so it’s not a flop.

Second, it was released on 5 platforms, you are looking at concurrent players on Steam only.

jordanlund,
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Having to replace or pay for all the stolen art assets will do that…

jordanlund,
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Still too much given BL3 and pre-sequel.

I’d consider it at $40. See you on Black Friday!

jordanlund,
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All of the Assassin’s Creed games… AFTER the first one.

The first one was notorious, if you so much as got a toe wet it was instant death. LOL.

jordanlund,
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I blamed it on Altair growing up in the desert. Not a lot of opportunities to learn how to swim. :)

jordanlund,
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You can’t believe everything you see on the Internet, that’s how WWI got started. :)

jordanlund,
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There are millions upon millions of Mario, Link, and Pokemon fans.

There are not millions and millions of… what’s the killer Steam Deck game again? Oh, right, there isn’t one.

If Valve came out with Half Life 3, made it Steam exclusive and a pack in with the Deck, then it would start putting up Nintendo numbers.

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There are limits as to what runs well on the Deck and what does not run well.

When I got my Steam Deck I was asking around to see what the “must have” game is with the caveat that I already have a Switch, Xbox Series X and PS5. So what’s a must have game on the Deck that I can’t already play?

. . .

The answer I got back was “Well, emulation, piracy, and streaming from the Xbox and PS5.”

There really isn’t a killer app on the Deck, and that’s fine. I bought mine to better explore the Steam ecosystem as I had no gaming PC at the time.

jordanlund,
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That’s exactly the problem… there are thousands of games but nothing stands out the way Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon do on a Nintendo platform.

I still look from time to time on my Deck. I picked up Borderlands 2 the other day because it was free.

But what I usually see browsing are a bunch of games I can already play on other systems, plus porn games, anime games, and anime porn games.

There really isn’t one game that stands out on the Deck.

Vampire Survivors?
macOS, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

En Garde? PC Exclusive, decent game, but limited and a little boring if I’m being honest.

youtu.be/MfUmgmMp964

jordanlund,
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That’s exactly the problem… there are thousands of games but nothing stands out the way Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon do on a Nintendo platform.

I still look from time to time on my Deck. I picked up Borderlands 2 the other day because it was free.

But what I usually see browsing are a bunch of games I can already play on other systems, plus porn games, anime games, and anime porn games.

There really isn’t one game that stands out on the Deck.

Vampire Survivors?
macOS, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

En Garde? PC Exclusive, decent game, but limited and a little boring if I’m being honest.

youtu.be/MfUmgmMp964

jordanlund,
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Exclusives are a good thing if you want to justify a $400 hardware purchase. :) “What can I play here that I can’t play elsewhere?”

If you can play it elsewhere, why blow $400?

jordanlund,
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I can’t imagine a point and click RPG like Baldur’s Gate or Fallout 1 and 2 being remotely playable on a Steam Deck. You pretty much have to have a Mouse and Keyboard for them. The Glide Pads will only get you so far.

jordanlund,
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I just like good games, I’m platform agnostic.

jordanlund,
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Add it while it’s free, worry about root later. :)

I’m going to try it on my Steam Deck, I just naturally assume they already have root access.

jordanlund,
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I would have been if Bungie hadn’t completely fucked up Destiny 2, as it stands they’ll never get another dime from me.

Wait, that game is still playable online?

Many of us only view a game’s release in passing, and view it as an “event”. Groundhog Smasher came out, it failed, and we don’t hear of it again. Additionally, many of us associate “online” games with being “live service” - expecting the developers to announce a new skin, battle pass, game mechanic, or character...

jordanlund,
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“Cross region trading and gifting is disabled for this item.”

Sorry Pope Leo, no game for you!

jordanlund,
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Physical edition? No? Sorry, not interested.

jordanlund,
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I’m aware of the franchise, but had no clue there was a new entry in it.

jordanlund,
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Probably a good thing…

But is it just me, or am I the only one who really couldn’t give two shits about GTA?

I get it’s a massive franchise, like Madden or Call of Duty… don’t buy those either.

jordanlund,
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All three are games that appeal to the Doritos and Mountain Dew set.

jordanlund,
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Some people are capable of distinguishing good from bad. Others are 12.

Every. Single. Game. Ever.

Recently I’ve played dead space and some other survival horror games like Alien Isolation, and just about every single time you see someone in there, they’re somehow invincible. Like, the fuck, that fat idiot inside that VIP Area there has somehow managed to lock himself in that room for what, weeks? Months? And somehow...

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I’d add a variant on this:

Games where you spend hours unlocking death traps in tombs that haven’t been opened in 500 to 1,000 years only to find the mercenary opposition has already beaten you inside.

Looking at you Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, etc.

jordanlund,
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So… we’re never getting Hi Fi Rush, are we?

jordanlund,
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Look for single player stuff, I found the Bioshock games incredibly well paced.

jordanlund,
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How long before they cut out half the game and blame the players?

jordanlund,
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Good news! Used Switch 1 prices are about to crater…

jordanlund,
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It’s kind of like the Valve demo that’s free on the Steam Deck to go through all the features on the machine, except not as interesting.

jordanlund,
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You expect Nintendo to do MULTITASKING? ;)

jordanlund,
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“This is the stuffed crust… filled with cheese and pepperoni. It’s like calzone in a bread stick form factor!”

jordanlund,
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Or how the “Chat Button” is pay gated after the first year…

polygon.com/…/switch-2-nintendo-confirms-c-button…

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Not in Europe, so I can’t help you there.

But I’d like to add, it’s not JUST about disabling games.

Bungie released Destiny 2 in 2017, in 2020 they started “vaulting” content, locking it away from people who had paid for it.

This included ALL of the story missions, essentially rendering the game plot-less.

Half of the original planet locations in the base $60 game, and the entirety of the first two paid expansions.

It’s literally impossible to play the game as launched even though, technically, it was never disabled and is still online.

The content has never been restored and cannot be accessed, even for a court case, Bungie had to rely on YouTube recordings of the removed content:

pcgamer.com/…/bungies-lawyers-have-to-use-fan-vid…

jordanlund,
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There was a bullshit explanation, that as time went on proved to be a lie, yeah.

What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists?

I tried playing Harvest Moon on the SNES today and having played Stardew Valley for hours, I thought I'd try and see how tolerable the original Harvest Moon was in comparison. I know and understand it is unfair because there's a 20 year gap between Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, while also discrediting Harvest Moon's later...

jordanlund,
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I find it the other way around. I can’t play Vampire Survivors because of Robotron/Smash TV/Geometry Wars.

jordanlund,
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The writing was kind of on the wall for Avowed when they announced they were dumping it after the holidays.

I was like “Oh, like Forspoken? Good luck!”

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Plus $95 for a “physical edition” with no disc. :(

I was willing to buy the game… for $60. But not a digital code. I get that they want to push people to Gamepass, but $60 is 3 months and at the end I actually own nothing?

jordanlund,
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I WISH it was the default settings. I went through every calibration and firmware update I could find. Even the model specific calibrations on rtings.com. Nothing made a difference.

It appears to just be a flaw in Samsung’s implementation. After going through all the Samsung forum information, the only suggestion that’s guaranteed to work is “turn it off”.

Set #1:

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/ks8000

Calibration:

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/…/settings

Set #2:

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/q800t-8k-qled

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/…/settings

jordanlund,
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Yup, yup. Highly rated when I bought them, but in actual usage? Not so much.

jordanlund,
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See my “set 2” links above. (at the time) $3,200 8K television, “If you want the brightest image possible, use the default Dynamic Mode settings with Local Dimming set to ‘High’, as we were able to get 1666 nits in the 10% peak window test.”

HDR still trash.

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