• Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de
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    16 days ago

    In justifying the $450 price of the Switch 2, Nintendo executives predictably pointed to the system’s upgraded hardware specs, as well as new features like GameChat and mouse mode.

    GameChat is truly a revolution. We haven’t used voice chat for games for like 25 years, definitely not.

    Nobody asked for the mouse mode, it will probably be used by two games, made by Nintendo themselves, then just be forgotten.

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      16 days ago

      Oh. I think you’re wrong on that last point.
      You can now (on June 5th) very easily play most PC games on the Switch 2.
      Do you remember Halo Wars?
      Do you remember Starcraft 64?
      This was a clever cash grab, an attempt to tap into entire genres that just would not have translated otherwise.

      OH SHIT I JUST REALIZED MARIO PAINT IS COMING BACK

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        16 days ago

        I’m leaving this with no edit so you can screenshot it later when they announce Mario Paint 3.

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          16 days ago

          You can now (on June 5th) very easily play most PC games on the Switch 2.

          I mean, other consoles support proper KB+M, but it’s not like Paradox is rushing to get their games released on Playstation. Why would the Switch be different, with a worse mouse and no keyboard?