• Mr PoopyButthole
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    8 months ago

    I love it when companies think the (often invented) number of pirated copies has any meaningful correlation to lost revenue.

    My girlfriend and I have one Nintendo Switch. We share it. But the only modern Nintendo games I play are the Legend of Zelda series. Since Breath of the Wild, when a new one came out, we’d buy it right away, and then I’d end up placing a copy on my PC to play so we could play together.

    If Nintendo thinks I’m gonna buy a game twice just to play at the same time as my partner, when we only have the one console, think again. If Nintendo thinks someone who only likes one game is gonna buy a whole second console, they’re out of their minds.

    What I do own is a Steam Deck, because Steam is a platform first and I can play my games on my fancy PC at home and on multiple devices. My Steam Deck can even play non-steam games great too!

    The second Nintendo makes a PC store that let’s me play their games on my other hardware, I’ll start buying that second copy of all our games solely for the convenience of it. Until then they can suck an egg.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Yup, if Nintendo sold their games for PC, I’d probably buy some games twice. The Switch is really good for couch MP, so I’ll still buy Mario Kart, Mario Party, etc for the Switch. It’s okay for SP games, but I honestly prefer my Steam Deck, so I almost never buy third party titles for Switch.

      I spend $100-150/year on Nintendo stuff, and I spend well more than that on Steam. If Nintendo first party games worked on PC, I’d probably double the amount I buy from Nintendo.