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Right to Repair
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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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At this price point, I don't see why average consumer would get Switch 2 over Steam Deck. Nintendo have to release some really good Switch exclusive.
Did you know that kids sometimes play video games?
The Steam Deck is great. Im playing more PC games than I have in a decade. But every couch session starts with me walking over to turn it on, manually setting the HDMI input despite being in the Input+ slot, starting my Steam Controller, hoping it connects, hoping the bug where it loses my controller configuration doesnt happen, rebooting if if does. Then I can start any of my thousands of Steam games, and a lot of them will work.
The Nintendo that sits next to it, my 4 year old picks up her unicorn covered pro controller from the coffee table, presses the little house button, and she can play Animal Crossing in her own profile in 2 button presses. It always works. Every game always works.
To be honest, as difficult as using a Steam Deck would be for a kid, using a Switch can also be difficult.
We often have struggles about which joycon to use, how to hold it, when to activate it when wére docking the Switch.
It’s difficult to describe and it’s related to the modularity of the Switch, but a Playstation is way easier in that regard.