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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I bought a game on switch for like 40 bucks that ended up being really bad, and tried to get it refunded within about two hours of purchase, after about thirty minutes of play time. Couldn't get the refund.

Ever since, I was VERY slow to buy anything, because, what if it's unexpectedly bad? I have to know I mean it, otherwise I shouldn't buy it. I want to buy a game, not flush money down the toilet.

So, now I kind of just don't want a Switch 2.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

SteamOS plus the next gen of MSI Claw or ASUS ROG ally is going to be the absolutely superior gaming and customer experience in the coming years. There's no good reason to buy a Switch unless you need Nintendo exclusives (or have kids, and then it just makes sense).

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My girlfriend accidentally bought Minecraft because she wanted to check out whether she could pay via PayPal. There are no further confirmations. Also no refund possible even though she hasn't even installed it once. If I could be bothered, I'd sue, but in Germany that wouldn't financially make sense, even though it would not be a hard case at all

[–] SirHery@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Buy it on the first day, never connect it to the internet and wait for the first jailbreak. Then you never have to pay for any game.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Been tempted to get a steam deck at some point, just not sure how much I would use it and if it would justify the cost, having all my games already makes it infinitely more appealing than the switch though.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't get how a Steam Deck is a replacement for a Switch tbh.

You buy the Switch to play Nintendo games mostly, though it's nice that you can take it with you.

You buy the Steam Deck because you can take it with you and it has a huge library - but it has no Nintendo games, so it fails to scratch that one particular itch.

[–] NukeNPave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but it has no Nintendo games

Natively? No, but it is pretty easy to emulate on the Deck. I have successfully run everything from Gameboy to Nintendo DS and Switch games on the Steam Deck.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, how's Switch piracy these days? If I'm emulating, I'm probably not going to be paying for games either since I can't have physical copies

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I play my physical switch games using my cartridge dumper

[–] dodos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I accidentally bought a game that didn't have English in the region I bought it in and they wouldn't refund me.