r/gaming • u/SilentNova300 • 15h ago

PlayStation’s Future Has Never Looked Bleaker

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstations-future-has-never-looked-bleaker
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u/FellowYellowNate 15h ago

It’s mostly price. If steam decks got the price down I’m sure it would do wonders. But that’s aside from Nintendo being king of IP, that is one of the things that will keep them in the game forever.

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u/D_Beats 14h ago edited 12h ago

Even when the steam deck was cheaper it was never EVER going to compete with Nintendo.

The switch 2 sold like 3 times the units in it's opening month than the steam deck had in its lifetime and that was before the price increase.

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u/vivid_dreamzzz 10h ago

Yeah anyone who thinks the Steam Deck is even remotely capable of "overtaking" the Switch simply hasn't looked at the numbers.
Contrary to how it seems online, SD is an incredibly niche console.

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u/UsernameIn3and20 6h ago

Given that the appeal of the steam deck to most people is PC gaming on a handheld, it would always remain niche as a lot of popular PC games arent exactly always controller/linux friendly.