Kakadu18 said:
Captain_Yuri said:
It reminds me of some of the switch haters back in the day. When Nintendo moved from 3ds which was genuinely portable to the Switch, some people said it oh it's not portable enough to be a success. It's too big and heavy to appeal to the masses like the wiiU gamepad. Who wants a switch when you can have an ipad instead? Mobile gaming is the future! And the list goes on. Now I am not saying the Deck will be anywhere near as successful. Hell it's not even being sold outside of the Steam store and it's only coming out in a few regions. But some of the arm-chair expert opinions based on pictures who haven't even watch legitimate hands on previews of which there are plenty of is quite frankly, hilarious. I personally use a carrying case cause with Joycon drift, putting the switch in my pocket would probably increase the chances of that significantly. |
I don't need to see hands on previews to know that the battery life would be an issue to me and even more so the weight. It might sell one or two million units, maybe even more, but regardless there's still a ceiling to a product like this. It's not a console, it's a PC. |
The point is it isn't meant to sell handheld or console numbers it's purpose is to sell the Steam library, also regarding portability just like when the Switch came out there were those put off by it's size but also like the switch it will mostly be played at home plugged into the TV.
