It’s not exactly an exorbitant price for a portable computer either though.

I really enjoy my Steam Deck. I’m jealous of the lucky bastards who will get this version of it as their first one. I really want it, but I think I’m going to have to hold off until the Version 2 comes up with more performance. I still have the regular old Switch as well, and since I assume Switch 2 is coming sometime…

Its not like steamdeck excels at those huge games tho. People are more likely to play smaller indie games with a couple of the confirmed working well “big” games. 

Off-topic, but fuck Jim Spanfeller

If there’s one constant in PC gaming, it’s that any two random players with ostensibly suitable hardware will have very different experiences with performance and bugs.

You should realize that the entire conversation has been about exclusivity when it comes to digital PC games. Including Dolphin, an emulator, as an example is just silly. Context matters.

Apparently it is relevant which is why so many people complain about EGS exclusivity and not Steam exclusivity. Nobody likes exclusivity but when that exclusivity is the direct result of the platform owner effectively bribing the developer/publisher, that makes it all the more aggravating.

You’re not going to convince me that giving people a completely optional way to make money is exploitative or bad for consumers. As I said, if you’re an artist, you have plenty of ways to make money in the gaming industry. Valve is not the only option. Don’t like their terms? Then don’t accept them. Go sell your work…

Two stores before Steam even started selling third-party games. One of those stores (Direct2Drive) had much bigger third-party titles than Steam did when it eventually started selling third-party games in 2005. Unless you consider Rag Doll Kung Fu and Darwinia to be higher profile titles than Splinter Cell: Pandora…

Are you implying that companies can only be in competition by selling the same products in the exact same way?

You’re asking if two different companies that both sell video games are in competition with each other.

I’m glad you raised Playstation, because it was originally going to be in my reply but I cut it for brevity.

Except the majority of products are not exclusive. For example, I can buy Kellogg, Post or General Mills cereal from any supermarket. The only exclusive cereals are are the ones from the company that owns the supermarket chain. Now, imagine if Walmart made an exclusivity deal with Kellogg. That would not be good for…

I do like Steam (it’s my preferred platform), but I also like GoG and just quietly some of Ubisoft’s platform features are pretty good too, so I don’t think I have any particular loyalty, let alone subservience. As for stores, I probably buy through GMG more than Steam, the AUD discounts are always pretty solid.

Unfortunately, history has shown time and time again that once the golden goose changes hands, it quickly ends up being strangled because it isn’t producing golden eggs fast enough for the new owner’s liking.

Ah, yes - GOG is famously “a gigantic company”, right? And the only way they’ve managed to compete was “to bleed cash for a long time”, right?

That already started happening a while ago. Fewer exclusives, lower profile giveaways, inferior discounts (i.e. no more repeatable $10 coupons). Their new Epic First program (100% of revenue for six months in return for exclusivity) is laughably bad and no developer or publisher with any sense would actually agree to…

Tim just keeps punching himself in the junk over and over again. He got his ass handed to him in the Apple case and Google is arguably even more open and free with their store policies than Apple is. What makes Tim think he’s going to get anywhere except another dead end and massive legal bills? As Google said, Epic…

Are you also keeping score regarding all the innocent people Israel has killed?

I mean the switch didn't...