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The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck. (aftermath.site)
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[โ€“] pathief@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

When the Switch 1 released there was nothing else on the market like it. Play handheld on the bus, get home, dock it, continue playing in full HD. That is amazing. I didn't get the Switch 1 because of the exclusives, it was the versatility that got me.

[โ€“] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago

I agree that Nintendo was ahead of the curve when it came to expanding portable gaming, but the only reason the switch sold so many units, and ultimately got so many games ported to it, was because of Nintendo first party titles. If you look at the best selling switch titles, the vast majority of them are Nintendo games. Without Nintendo first party titles, the switch would have been far outsold by better devices.