Nintendo is in its own category in which the other competitor is also Valve. For now Nintendo is winning there.

SchemaLoad 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They have enough first party games which only release on their hardware that people are willing to buy a Switch for nintendo games, and another gaming device for everything else.

	▲	throwaway17_17 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sad part is that I would be willing to pay a substantial mark up to be able to play some of those first party titles on my PC, but since my kids have a Switch I just settle for using it. So even if I don’t think I’d buy a console just for their games, I’m gonna end up buying it anyway and Nintendo still wins.
	▲	throw4847285 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Or the many people like myself who are willing to buy a Switch for Nintendo games and that's their only console.

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lawlessone 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I love great graphics but , Nintendo carved a nice big niche out for themselves by recognizing the constant drive for best graphics is a bit of rat race.

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esseph 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Nintendo has a tiny library.

Steam does not.

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throwaway17_17 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Starfox, Pokémon, and a few other less super famous and internationally known IP franchises. The core games and their spinoffs make more games than most children can reasonably expected to play through childhood and early adolescence. That the machine then collects dust doesn’t hurt Nintendo because they already sold it.

Yes Steam has huge library (my ‘want to play’ list is over 100 titles at this point) full of games of all genres, qualities, and niches. But Nintendo has more than enough to do what they have done for years, i.e. sit tight on their beloved IP and dole it out at varying levels of quality on strictly low end hardware and watch their earning go up.

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neighbour 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Steam Deck has a tiny install base.

Switch 2 does not.

I'm mostly a PC gamer but let's be real here.

	▲	taeric an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Though, to be fair, my kids steal my Steam Deck from me more often than I try to get the Switch from them. The family share features of the Switch leave a lot to be desired.