I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.

I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.

Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.

I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.

The moment this becomes an obligation for each person, no matter what, I’ll just quit Discord. I’m tired of stuff like this.

If people want to do bad stuff, they will find a way no matter what anyway.

Yeah, no. It is not the only place to play Mario. There’s emulation and Piracy. I’m quite certain skilled people will try to hack the Switch 2 and sooner or later there will be a Switch 2 emulation (although might take a while). €80-90 euro for one single game is nuts.

The only reason I would purchase a Switch 2 is when it is capable of being hacked.

Apple has teased with making the iPhone-as-a-service, meaning you lease it instead of owning it.

I really like iPhones (more so iOS), especially with sideloading now.

But if leasing becomes norm and we can’t purchase it or get it through subscription of service (2 years with Vodafone and then the phone is yours kind of thing). I’ll just purchase an older Samsung. Then I’ll take the loss and struggle for a few months with the interface and all that.

I don’t see the problem with having both- they fill different niches.

Money. Steam Deck OLED costs in my country €700, Switch OLED €350-360 and the Switch 2 will be around the €560-600.

steam deck, I’d be really sad to not have any Mario kart, Zelda, etc…

I’m so close on purchasing a Steam Deck OLED to game in weekends or in bed after full 5 days behind a desk job. But I’m always worried that these games won’t work well with emulations. I’ve been researching like crazy but keep reading different things.

And spending €700 with uncertainty is not my favorite thing to do.

Unfortunately I don’t have knowledge about Android tweaks but I’m almost certain there is one.

Best is not to use the platform but if you do, then the best thing to do is; use a tweaked version.

One that removes the ads and gives more settings to tweak.

For iOS you can check EthMods Telegram channel and find the tweaked version and then install them through SideStore sideloading.

Seemed fun but I noped out of everything the moment, I heard the prices.

Steam Deck OLED + Emulations is the way to go.

Heavy emulator user here, the Deck made my Switch obsolete

Oh wow, that the Steam Deck had such an effect on the usage of the switch.

If you don’t mind the tinkering to get the emulators configured, the Deck is a no-brainer for me

I don’t really mind tinkering with it, already know my ways with emulation on PC. However, I have no knowledge on Linux and that’s what worries me a bit.

However, the Deck can also run every other console up until Switch/PS3/Xbox 360

So the Steam Deck can run the PS2 emulation and play these games (just as the PC can?).

Most of the games of the Switch I’d like to play are the Mario games. I can name them all if necessary but will do it later (at the moment at work).

On the Deck, ToTK can struggle to reach even 30 in many areas without community modpacks.

Can the Steam Deck run Breath of the Wild without issue?

As I’m uncertain how strict this instance is regarding sailing high seas, I’ll just mention that 95% of my games are through sailing the seas including emulating.

I’d recommend a Steam Deck

Alright! I will message you on Matrix but if it is okay, it’ll be on Saturday or Sunday due to work.

I got excited for one moment =[

Always love reading your posts!

You seem to emulate a lot on Steam Deck (right?). May I ask how smooth the emulation of Switch games goes?

I have been heavily debating between Switch OLED and the Steam Deck (and then emulate Switch games). But keep hearing different things about how smooth things run.

Steam deck going to cost €700 while Switch €550 (switch + get someone to mod it).

Also; I assumed that BlueSky can see posts from Mastodon but unfortunately can’t find you through BlueSky.

Tried the game, its alright but don’t really know what to do within the game besides making characters.

Ah, alright alright! So its quite good but a bit to long for its own good. Do the characters that you have in your team/ play have their own respective backstories and such?

Keep in mind I haven’t played a Persona game

I recommend to play Persona 5 Royal though! It’s quite long too but the calendar system, characters, jokes, battle system and dungeons (Palaces) are great.

I spent about 124 hours in it and probably if it ever goes below €20 on sale will replay the game on PC.

Anyone here played the game? Planning to purchase it once I manage to finish Persona 3 Reload. Though, still only 17 hours in P3R.

And the Enshitification begins…?

Yeah, The Division games are online. So can’t pirate them. But they very often go on sale (on Steam) for really cheap €5-10 euros. The problem is Ubisoft launcher.

I’m not sure about content being inaccessible though.

• Persona 5 Royal
• The Division 1
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

I already bought Persona 5 Royal a couple of years ago on PS4 (Royal + DLC of persona on sale). Really want to replay the game on my PC with 60FPS but refuse to pay another €25-60 euros for it, besides it has Denuvo. I might purchase it when, it’s at least €20 or below.

Similar thing with The Division 1, would like to play the game again and it’s only €5 euro on Steam right now but the Ubisoft launcher is what rubs me the wrong way. Plus also already bought the game when it was just released on PS4. Still debating for this one since it’s only €5.

For Metaphor: ReFantazio, it’s still way to pricey and it has Denuvo. So I will just wait it out until either Denuvo removed or an actual good sale happens.

Yes, I’m a pirate (you might notice due to the instance, I’m on). I know we can emulate Persona 5 Royal and there’s a way to play the full game of Metaphor: ReFantazio. But since both of them are immensely big story games, I would like to have them ‘legally’ (cloud saves, Steam wise). Plus another reason is; my backlog is quite huge, got at least 45 games still to play (with only half of the weekends to actually game)

EeveeSpotify is still working for on IOS though and I hope that it stays that way.

Similar boat. When I had just gotten new PC, the whole fiasco with their Intel chips crashing PCs happened. I was agitated that, I had gotten Intel. So if I ever get another PC, it’ll be with AMD.