| Chrkeller said: My kids wouldn't know how to download illegal software. I could see teenagers knowing but not kids (5 to 12 years old). Pirates need to stop justifying their actions and just accept they are breaking the law, full stop. |
Are your kids over 10? They probably know, they are either just not doing because you teach them it's wrong, not doing because they don't see the point as they can play everything they want already legally, or just doing and hiding it well from you.
Either case something being illegal or morally wrong never prevent something to happen. It's like drugs, some drugs are illegal in 90% of countries and people still using them anyway.
Back to the thread: I don't know if people who wan't to play things illegally wants to afford Steam Deck. My answer is... err not they definitely won't. Being Piracy-friendly isn't a selling point for Steam Deck. Pirates either a) Wants to play for free or b) want to play what they can't legally or c) want manipulate software to play modified versions.
Group a) are already wants to avoid higher spending, of course that includes buying less hardware
Group b) are already retro gaming wherever they can, being emulating their PCs or setting up weird modified versions of older consoles. A Steam Deck will be just another platform for them to emulate, not a replacement for Switch
Group c) these indeed I can see using Steam Deck specifically for the fun of playing Switch games better than the Switch itself. Those are tech-savy guys and I'm inclined to believe they actually already own a Switch. If they don't own them already then I can see them skipping Switch and using only Steam Deck
So, can Steam Deck play games Switch games better than Switch? Yeah
Will people use Steam Deck for this? Yeah
Is this a Steam Deck selling point? No
Will this impact Switch sales in any way? Hell no
