Rykdrew

Nintendo Switch:

• Super Mario Odyssey (180 moons), I am fighting Bowser on the moon.

Steam:

• Grid Autosport, online matches with my friends.

Too expensive for only 18 courses.

Super Mario Kart (SNES) = 20 tracks.

2025 Kirby Air Riders 2 = 9 (new) + 9 (reused) tracks, for $70 !?!?

BIG NO

1. Fatal Fury City of the Wolves (steam): trying to beat 100-fights survival achievement

2. Fire Emblem Engage (switch 1): chapter 3 only

3. Loop Hero (steam): maybe more 3 - 4 achievements this weekend

4. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch 1): i have this game since 2023 but i'm playing only now in 2025. Nice game.

Please, ACTIVISION games!
Please: ACHIEVEMENTS for each atari game
Please: Online Rankings

This $20 60 hours + game (in my country its only $11) is so much better than the $60 15 hours content Metroid Dread

@kingbk The Steam Deck is also a hybrid console. I play it on the living room TV, or on the TV in the Gamer Room, or as a portable device. Why isn't the Steam Deck considered hybrid? The Steam Deck does not need a dock to connect to the TV, and you can play with all Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation controllers. Besides that, it is compatible with all e_GPU docks. In other words, if I put my GPU (Nvidia 5080) in this dock, and connect the Steam Deck, it achieves a superior quality to the PS5. So I don't understand your statement that it is not hybrid.

I am glad I am disappointed with this game, so I don' t need to buy Switch 2.

Mario Kart is the only Nintendo game to push me to buy another console one day. But not this time.

I think i am 90% steam gamer now ( on Steam PC, TV, Ipad pro, Rog Ally X) and 10% Nintendo gamer (most for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Advance Wars 1+2)

My kids are playing nintendo switch. 150+ games to play.

Fortunatly I dont need to spend a lot of money in games anymore!

Last week and this weekend:

• Only Persona 3 Reload on Steam here. I am on January, farming XP, cards (magics) and persona fusions. I need to be stronger to fight the last boss and secret boss, cause I failed against The Reaper so bad.

Its impossible to me to have all social link - max level now. So I will play the New Game +. I have now the Persona 3 Reload expansion pass, with more 50 hours of gameplay. I think Persona 3 Reload will be my game for next 2 -3 months...

I dont play any nintendo consoles since May - 1.

My little daughter is playing Super Mario 3D World and loving it.I think she is my nintendo switch' s new owner now, cause my interest in nintendo consoles is too low now.

She will have 150+ games to play. Thats great, so I dont need to buy new games for 6 - 7 years in a row for it.

Last week and this weekend i am playing only Steam games:

* Persona 3 Reload: I am on January, farming XP and the last 5 Elizabeth´s solicitations. I am gonna fight the Reaper tonight.

* Dead or Alive 5 Last Battle: DOA 5 > DOA 6 in every single aspect. One of the greatest 3d Fighting games ever. Enjoying again (i have 600 hours playing it on old Xbox 360). Now i am playing all it again on steam.

* Granblue Fantasy Versus: only 3 achievements to go 100%. And so I will start playing Gran Blue Fantasy Versus Rising (the sequel). Average fighting game. Not a "great" game. Just good.

Only 12 tracks?

12??

Fast RMX is 36 !! And its a cheap game.

After 1 month without playing Nintendo Switch, only Steam games, i am back.

Playing Steam Games on PC / Steam Link / Rog Ally x / TV (wifi hdmi):

• Persona 3 Reload: i am on October events. Great game. 70 hours playing it.
• Granblue Fantasy Rising: playing online matches and going to 100% achievements
• Street fighter 6: as usual
• Garou Mark the Wolves: still trying the last achievement: finish hard survival dotemu version.

On Nintendo Switch 1 (i am not interested in Switch 2)

• Advance Wars 1+2: playing hard challenge story on Advance Wars 1

@jsty3105 but after 5 - 8 AAA games, Steam Deck 1tb is cheaper than Switch 2 with $70 - $80 games (the same games are $5 - $25 on Steam Store in monthly sales. And you does not need to buy a 1TB memory card. ($$$) nor new controllers, acessories, etc.. you can play on TV using switch 1 controller, xbox controller, ps4 controller, ps 5 controller, game cube controller, ps2 controller...wiimote...joycom.....any controller...

I cannot stop playing Persona 3 Reload

Playing on my Ipad Pro (using Steam link APP to play my steam games), while watching my new baby sleeping (helping the mommy to sleep a little bit)

Game Card is ok, but Switch 2 needs to have 1TB memory...like Steam Deck.

I dont play Switch games since May 1.

I am playing Steam Games only last 2 weeks.

I am playing this weekend:

• Neo Sprint: an arcade racing game from Atari. I have 31/37 achievements. I am playing all trials (difficult level). Its so hard, but i love this game. You can try this one on Switch.
• Garou: Mark the Wolves: the old SNK classic. I need 2 more achievements only. Survival (dotemu version) and max difficult survival (dotemu version). It will be so much difficult, but this game is so good that i will play till get it all.
• Persona 3 Reload: playing slowly and loving all the time with this game. Truly AAA game.

@Arawn93 i dont think so. Rog ally x has better battery than Switch Oled, and its much more powerful. Rog Ally x is near Switch 2 or the same.

Rog Ally 2 will be a monster. Most powerful handheld. And most powerful (with eGPU Dock) "console" on TV.

I am ready $$$

Why "horrendous" dpad? Its like Sega Saturn dpad. The best dpad ever. Fighting gamers (like me), enjoy!

No. I continue buying AAA games on Steam Store. Yesterday $25 for Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Playing on my Steam Deck Oled / Rog Ally X / PC / Ipad Pro / TV.

Probably i wont buy Switch 2 or any console again.

For me, steam is the biggest winner, by far.

Yesterday i paid on Steam:

$25 for Final Fantasy 7 Remake
$35 for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

I would never buy $70 or $80 for each one on Nintendo Switch 2.

Now we have our Player 4. Me and my wife had a new baby this May, 01.

So this is our game this weekend (and forever)

Curiosity:
What calmed my wife down during her labor, which took 40 hours from the start of contractions, was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Balloon Battle Mode - 24 rounds. She won: 172 balloons popped. I popped 167.

@Moistnado yes, you are right! Steam deck can play wii, GC, Wii U, play2, Switch, Dreamcast, and 17.000 Steam Store games, including PS5 and Xbox games, with online multiplayer and cloud save FOR FREE! Its wonderful!

All game generations = one only place, forever! And when you buy another hardware (Steam Deck 2, in 2026), the games will be better look, for free. You dont need to buy again the same games, for eternity.

And you can play the games on TV without any dock. But, if you want, you can buy a e-GPU Dock and put your PC GPU plugged to play with any quality you can.

Steam Deck on TV with RTX4090 is better than PS5!

And Steam Store = cheaper games.

I paid $14 - equivalent for Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam (max quality as you can) than $70 for Switch 2 version (medium quality forever).

@Jester676 My compare is: Steam Deck Oled 512GB (better screen than Switch Oled) versus Rog Ally X (the exactly same Switch 2 screen).

Obs: Steam Deck Oled 512gb version has better Oled Screen quality than Steam Deck Oled 1TB model. I know..it has non sense, but Steam Deck Oled 512gb is a truly special product.

I can see the comparison between Switch Oled, Steam Deck Oled 512gb and Rog Ally X everyday here at home.

I won´t never use it.

I even dont know where my smartphone is now. Maybe my wife is using it.

On Steam:

• The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - i paid $40 - equivalent on Steam, Day-1). Best. Game. Ever in my 4000+ games collection.
• Persona 3 Reload - I paid yesterday for $34 - equivalent, on Steam) - Absolute incredible massive game. AAA

On Switch:

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - i am not interested in buying Switch 2 and Mario Kart World. For now, i prefer the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe battle mode with my wife. If the Switch 2 Mario Kart does not captivate me, i won' t buy Switch 2. This is the only strong Nintendo game for me, today.

Probably I'm buying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Steam for $30 - equivalent, day-2. What masterpiece of a game....thanks for this massive AAA launch game is not a $80 Nintendo game (i would never pay this value for any game).

@KayFiOS steam deck oled has better screen than Rog Ally x (the exactly same Switch 2 screen, 120hz vrr mini led 1080p). Steam deck oled 512gb has the best handheld screen ever. Better than the Steam Deck 1tb Mate Oled screen.

When i put the Steam Deck Oled on my Oled TV, i put Steam Deck on a Dock with eGPU. So i plug my RTX 4090 and play the games better than PS5 by far.

In 2026..i can sell the 4090 and buy 5090.
In 2027 i can sell 5090 and buy the future 6090..

steam Deck Oled in dock mode can be as powerful as you want if you just have powerful GPUs in your home, like me.

But..Rog Ally x > Steam Deck Oled.

Steam Deck 2 = 2026
Rog Ally 2 = Fall 2025

You dont need to buy a dock to play Steam Deck on TV.

Probably we will have Steam Deck 2 in 2026.

We'll have a new Rog Ally fall this year.

Rog Ally x > Steam Deck Oled

But Steam Deck Oled has the best screen image. Better than 120hz vrr mini led 1080p Rog Ally x.

Steam is other thing. A think Steam > all videogames. Steam is for gamers that want the highest quality possible, paying the cheaper prices on games, and paying nothing to play the best online quality ever.

@Varkster 3. "Oblivion (remastered) is not going to include all DLC, in fact DLC packs are being released alongside it in a deluxe edition which costs above the base price."

I paid $40 - equivalent (in my country) for Deluxe version (all DLC, artbook & new exclusive content) on Steam, today ( Day 1 ). I would never pay $60 - $80 for it or any other game.

And i played 1000+ hours on Skyrim. So Oblivion will be 1000+ hours. Thanks that Oblivion is not a Nintendo game, otherwise the price would be $100 LOL (and i would never buy it, no matter what).

I'm playing on my Rog Ally x. Oh my **** god. Best. Game. Ever.

Delicious to play. Another 1000 hours +, playing another Elder Scrolls the right way: on PC/Steam Deck/ Rog Ally, with a lot of future wonderful mods.

No videogame can beat it. skyrim with mods on PC is another level. Another game. I was playing Skyrim with Elden Ring gameplay, for example, and another level graphics. Fantastic!

@Chron but on teaser, this mode looks empty...without walls..only open world. Its terrible. The walls are necessary for more strategy with items (when itens hit the walls and come back). And much more intense than open worlds.

I need to see more. Today, i did not like it.

The best way to do it is creating bigger but closed arenas.

@Willo567 i buy sony games on Steam. So much cheaper. Astrobot will go to PC, we can bet.

For me Steam > any videogame.

I play steam on tv, home cinema, pc, ipad pro, steam deck oled and rog ally x.

Steam is the way to go.

Steam + Nintendo is great for me.

But, today you can buy the PS5 Astrobot for 47,00...not Nintendo' s new forever $80.

@Oldstalk astrobot is 47.00 now on amazon.uk

$80 mario will be $80 forever..or 1 time each 3 years $65 for one week.

Thats the difference.

$80 Mario...i wont buy.

I paid $40 (1 year ago) for Mario Odyssey and i started playing yesterday.

I prefer dont play if the game is $80. No problem. My wallet is more important than any game no anxiety here

My Rog Allyx has the exactly same Switch 2 screen, 120hz vrr 1080p.

The screen is great, but...

My Steam Oled screen is much better.

I dont know if this 120hz vrr screen is a great thing. The oled still looks better here.

If i play the games, side by side, the oled screen is the winner.

On Switch

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Balloon Battle Mode with my wife
• maybe start Mario Odyssey. I have this game for 1 year but i've never played.

On Steam

• Dead or Alive 6 online matches with friends

@Pipulitoch the difference is....Forza price dropped 6 months after, while the sales was high, and i bough on sale 1 year after.

1 year after, Mario Kart will be $80..and forever....like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be forever $60...

Now, Forza is about $17 each 3 months.

4 - poor

• only 28 courses? (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was 48 courses - day one, for $60)
• i dont like free roam
• i did not like Balloon Battle mode with too huge open worlds. I prefer confined arenas, with more chaos and fast strategy and fast thinking, more intense battles. This mode is the most important for me, because i play it 95% of my Mario Kart - Time. My wife also did not like it, and i always play with her. So....
• Teaser showed 4 player split screen in 30fps only. Terrible.
• Old courses, between these only 28 courses? Really? It must be all 28 new courses, for $80.

The nice:

• camera during 4 players split screen.
• new gimmicks

Forza Horizon has a lot of more content for...hmmm...i paid $17 equivalent, on steam

Mario Kart is the only game i am interested in Switch 2. So...i can buy the deluxe version on Switch 3 and continue playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 1, the only Nintendo IP i still play...

95% of my Mario Kart 8 playtime is Balloon Battle mode.

Unfortunatly i did not like this Mario Kart World balloon battle teaser.

The arenas are huge. The arenas need to be smaller because the strategy through the chaos. Giant arenas, like Crash Team Racing and this Mario Kart World teaser, are boring.

I need to see more about this mode.

Its the "X" if i will buy Switch 2 or keep playing switch 1 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

If i dont like Mario Kart World, i wont buy Switch 2. Thats the only Nintendo game i really like.

I need to have fun. No matter if the game is new or old. I play 1999 Unreal Tournament and i have more fun than any FPS modern games. So, i dont buy modern FPS games.

@Fighting_Game_Loser i am pessimistic this week.

On Switch:

• Rogue Legacy 2: going to 4th boss. I need to kill 2 more mini bosses to fight this Boss. Great game. Insane replayability for $14, Baby. So much fun. Its better than my $60 Metroid Dread (poor game in content).

On Steam:

• Dead or Alive 6: i have 100% achievements in this one. But its so much fun. I need to finish all Nico' s Challenge. And now i have the kast 4 characters (DLC), $0,80-equivalent each one on this Steam Sale.

What? No 3 or 4 players splitscreen 60fps?

Big NO.

For a $70 game, everything will depend on the number of hours of gameplay, the replayability.

No matter how much it "entertains", there are many games that are entertaining and cost less.

So, FOR ME, the watchword now is replayability.

For $70, I need to play this game for at least 50 hours.

For comparison:

• I played Mario Odyssey for 15 hours. Because after that, it stopped entertaining me. I got Mario Odyssey for free (it was a gift).
• I played Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s about Time for 50 hours on Steam. I paid $13 equivalent in this game.

I have a 2 years old daughter, and a 1 month little boy.

I won´t never show Nintendo to them. I don´t want they spend $80+ with games on future. (i know, future inflation, etc...but i talk about value equivalence).

I will teach financial math to them early. And no matter if you have a fat wallet, you need to respect the money.

I respect my wallet.

I won´t never pay $80 for a game. I´ve never did it. I won´t never do it.

My 12 years old daughter´s most played game is Viva Pinata (xbox)

I hope it wll be the same with the little sis and little bro. GREAT cheap games.

$19 Big Little Planet on Steam - kind of game.

It doesn't have to be Nintendo games. It doesn't have to be games on launch.

There are many wonderful games for kids on Steam.

I don't want my children to be loyal to any brand of any product. I will teach them from an early age that when you are loyal to a brand, you lose bargaining power. I want them to never have a flag, and to be able to experience a little bit of everything, without being loyal to anything, except their family and wallet.

@Jester676 Why do sales matter when playing a game? For me, sales are not an order of magnitude to determine quality.

There are fewer Rolls-Royces on the streets, but they are better than a Fiat. There are more Fiats on the streets, however.

GTA V sold 210 million copies, but I think Zelda is a game with higher quality.

Just like the Rog Ally x and steam Decks sold less than the Switch 1, but they are much better.

Here is $714 equivalent.

Money is no problem for me. But i respect myself and i won´t buy.

I dont understand this anxiety to buy it as soon as possible. But...people are different! so..ok

@Chimichanga so (rumor) 2026 Steam Deck 2 will be Switch 2 killer?

Rog Ally x > Switch 2 > Steam Deck Oled.

I have Steam Deck Oled and Rog Ally x.

I have a dock with eGPU and i put my 5080 gpu and play on TV 4k in absolutely monster settings, both, Steam Deck Oled and Rog Ally x.

But...

NEW Rog Ally in 2025.
NEW Steam Deck 2026.

Let's see how long the Switch 2 can compete in the next 8 years.

The Switch 2 difference = Nintendo Games, as usual.

But the price of the games.....no comparison.

I paid $14 in Cyberpunk, not $70 - $80.
I paid $19 in Elden Ring, not $70 - $80.
I paid $14 in Street Fighter 6, not $70 - $80.

The Steam Store is the best thing that ever happened to this world.

And...

Multiplayer Online FOR FREE.
Cloud Saves FOR FREE.
and BIGGER Community to play against.

Easy Chat, easy way to share your games with non gaming-PC gamers.

I send a link to my sister. She does not have a good PC, but she has a xbox controller. She click on my link and play Soul Calubur VI with me. She does not need to install the game, have the game. Nothing. its FOR FREE.

And you can easily invite friends to play, create groups. Its just perfect. Steam is perfect.

@Sonicka Yes, I need the Battle Modes. Me and my wife play everyday mario kart 8 Deluxe battle mode and its so much fun.

If Mario Kart World has a fun split screen battle mode, so yes..i could buy switch 2 on future...

its the only Nitnendo game i really like today. I have a lot of nintendo games on Switch 1, but i play them very little.

I have 1600 hours on Binding of Isaac and 2 hours on Metroid Prime Remastered.

120 hours on Rogue Legacy 2, and only 15 hours on Mario 3d World Bowser´s Fury.

90 hours on Easy Come Easy Golf, and only 10 hours on Mario Golf...

345 hours on Undernight in-Birth Sys: Celes and only 55 hours on Smash bros...

and so on...

Switch 2 could means "Mario Kart only" for me. But i need the split screen battle modes.

Now i have Rog Ally X and the games i like are there (and cheaper / better quality / hybrid TV - Handheld /online for free / cloud save for free).

@Sonicka I respect your opinion. I have a different opinion. Mario Kart 8 has Mirror mode (which I've never played, because I don't care about reverse or mirror tracks in any racing game). Mario Kart 8 Deluxe came with 48 tracks. Many of them have different routes, but I don't consider new routes to be new tracks).

Crash Nitro Kart has 100+ characters, 30+ tracks, a lot of routes, 12 racing modes and Battle modes, a lot of more content, adventure mode, and i paid $19 for it.

Forza Horizon has so many more tracks routes, cars, game modes, and i paid $15 on sale, on Steam. (Playing on my Rog Ally X, TV and PC, multiplayer online for free, cloud save for free).

But none of this matters, because in Mario Kart I only have fun with the battle mode, which Mario Kart World hasn't shown to have yet.

I have 315 hours in Mario Kart 8 deluxe. 305 hours on Balloon Battle Mode.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy no way. 100 tracks = $80 is great deal
32 tracks = $80 not

@RupeeClock so..only 32 tracks....for $80?