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After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal
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Because Lemmings are completely disconnected from the real world.
I feel on every single social media platform I have ever been on I will see the comment
I never know how seriously to take this. I always want to automatically dismiss it because it seems like a "everyone here is delusional" type of comment and if I have had a majority of pleasant, reasonable-seeming interactions there I will really not like the idea that these seemingly nice people who had a civil, reasonable discussion with me are actually delusional, and by extension I probably am delusional too. And since I have seen it everywhere it basically seems to say nowhere online has (a decent amount of) people in touch with reality. But setting that aside for a moment…
Obviously every platform will attract different types of people, probably not a fully representative sample of the population, a skew towards this or that type of person… but how far skewed from the "normal" experience is each platform on average? What is normal? If one platform has a wild skew towards one type of person, but that type of person makes up most of what I'll see in real life due to my environment (like who my friends and family are, what my workplace is like), does its distance from normal matter if it's no different from my real life normal? How much? Given that a lot of people spend a lot of time online, in which they often express opinions they truly hold that they would not vocalize in real life, would you say people who eschew social media have their own disconnect from reality in some way? What social media platform is closest to the average real life normal, which is the least "disconnected from the real world"?
Let's preface by making clear that when I say Lemmings are disconnected from reality, I don't mean they're delusional. I mean they're so immersed in their unix-like free-as-in-freedom open-source technobubble that they've forgotten what regular people want.
As for the rest of your comment, yes, every social media will attract its own niche of people but not every platform is equally as disconnected from the real world. For example, nobody in Fragrantica (perfume social media) would recommend a regular person to buy a perfume that smells like cocaine and magazines, even though its one of the most popular fragrances among people who like perfumes. Meanwhile, on Lemmy, people love to pretend the SteamDeck is an actual alternative to the Switch.
Obligatory xkcd.
I agree. Stupid lemmings not understanding that 400 usd switch 2, plus 70 dollar switch games that nintendo says you are allowed to play, plus paying for internet again is way cheaper than 400 usd steam deck that will get you around 20 or so games for the price of a single nintendo game off humble bundle.
Wait, that can't be right...
Every comment you guys make just cements how disconnected from reality you really are. There's also cheap games for the Switch.
No, it's just straight up misinformation, or at least a disingenuous oversimplification.
The base model steam deck is $400 (and you can get steam-certified refurbished ones for even cheaper), and we don't know the price of the Switch 2 yet. If it comes with even some of the hardware upgrades that have been leaked, I very much doubt it'll retail for as low as $350.
The base SteamDeck doesn't have an OLED screen and is still more expensive than the Switch OLED. As for the price of the Switch 2, it's a well-known and documented practice that console manufacturers sell them at a loss and make back the profits in games. If anything, you're the one spewing misinformation.
The base steam deck blows the OLED switch out of the water specs-wise on everything other than the screen. Nothing I've said is untrue, the relevant top comment is pure speculation at best.
What does the oled matter? I have both and it is not a big deal. Id rather have lcd deck than OLED switch with free access to every nintendo game.
You're insufferable. You're wrong about be price thing, just fucking admit it.
Did you respond to the wrong comment
See? This is what I mean by disconnected from the real world. Next you're gonna tell me how open source allows you to unlock the full potential of the Steamdeck's hardware.
Brother, you literally said the Switch 2 is not gonna be around 350 USD. You have exactly as much evidence of that as the relevant top comment has that it will be. The difference is that only your comment was serious.
Dawg you gotta be a troll if you think I'm "disconnected from the real world" just because I know that better specs is why the steam deck can handle modern games and the switch can't. Also I said that we don't know what the switch 2 will cost, and that I'd be surprised if it was that low. Don't put words in my mouth.
Nope, you're disconnected from the real world because you don't understand the average user doesn't care about specs they can't see. You walking back your words now doesn't mean you didn't say them. Nobody is putting anything in your mouth.
K agree to disagree