Should Nintendo embrace Steam Deck and release their games on Steam?

[TheRealTalker]

Of course not day and date but the market is there. Most PC players don't enter the console ecosystem (but still purchase PC additions like the Steam Deck, etc...) so there is an untapped pool of cash Nintendo can dip into.

They can still sell their Switch console but also have the option for games to be sold on Steam (years after) and then have those PC users be able to play it also on the Steam Deck as well.

Therefore not killing their hybrid concept while still embracing more platforms. Maybe even Mobile as well for some less intensive games?

 

[Kazer]

I wish. Release them on PC so they can be played at a decent res and frame rate.

 

[ILikeFeet]

why, they sell more in 1 week than Steam Deck has since launch

this is just a convoluted way of saying you want their games on PC

 

[BabyDontHurtMe]

There's something called a Switch that's cheaper and easier to find, so I don't see the point of them embracing Steam Deck

 

[HOTSPUR]

Hell at this point everyone should embrace PC. Doubt it will happen anytime soon though I'd love to be wrong.

 

[NuclearCake]

I would like to play these games at higher resolution and framerates so yes but I know it won't happen. Yuzu will have to do.

 

[HOTSPUR]

why, they sell more in 1 week than Steam Deck has since launch

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Why not? They'll still sell their switches and continue to make money off of older software.

 

[BasilZero]

Dont really care much for Steam deck but I would love Nintendo games to come out on Steam.

Moreso their legacy titles.

 

[IDontBeatGames]

No, lol. There's a reason why they don't do so now, it's because they use their games to sell their consoles.

 

[Launchpad]

I mean, they should. But even in the modern era of video games where Microsoft and Sony are both releasing their games on PC and even Sony getting closer and closer to day and date. I still don't see a parallel dimension that exists in the great multiverse where Nintendo releases their games on PC.

 

[Rowsdower]

I would love if they did. Nintendo is the last holdout to put their stuff on PC, and having more choice of platforms for their games benefits everyone.

They won't though.

 

[Katmeister]

Is this a meme reaction thread? You gotta be smokin' some bad granola my friend.

 

[Smash Kirby]

The only way Nintendo is releasing games on PC is if they are forced by EU, or by their shareholders. Nintendo doesn't really see a need for releasing on PC and having to spending money and resources on making their engines work on PC.

 

[Danielsan]

Nintendo should join Sony and Microsoft and put their games on PC yes. But they'll be the last to budge, if ever.

 

[jph139]

As a consumer, yes, I would love for all games to be released in a platform-agnostic way.

If I was Nintendo, though, obviously not, because extended exclusivity is the only way I've managed to survive as long as I have.

 

[thecouncil]

Yes, of course. It makes the most sense. Nintendo is really on their last legs and have nowhere else to turn.

 

[Platy]

yes they should

not it will never happen

 

[Dougieflesh]

Thought port-begging was frowned upon.

 

[DPT120]

No, and it'll never happen

 

[TheRealTalker]

why, they sell more in 1 week than Steam Deck has since launch

this is just a convoluted way of saying you want their games on PC

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I have a Switch and I purchase Nintendo's games for generations. Though I would double dip if it was available on Steam like how I would do the same for other platforms per specific game.

Even though I'd likely maintain most of my purchases on the Nintendo platform as I like to keep my library together on the respective platforms.

This is about other consumers that Nintendo can tap into. One's that won't enter the console market.

As I stated in the OP, there is an untapped market that Nintendo can get money from and expand their audience even farther without losing their current console sales and game sales they already have.

 

[Deleted member 93062]

As a consumer, I would love it and believe they should. From a business perspective? Probably not. Nintendo is their first party games, they don't have a massive third party army that carries their platform like PlayStation/Xbox do.

 

[Indelible]

They would make tons of money if they did but it will never happen.

 

[Kingpin722]

They already put Monster Hunter Rise and Stories on it. Also Bravely Default.

 

[Uzzy]

All games should be everywhere, there'd be very few downsides, if any, for consumers.

Nintendo won't. Keeping their games exclusive on their relatively cheap/affordable hardware is of a benefit to them.

 

[Strike]

That would be nice, but they don't really need to. Their strategy has been working very, VERY well for them.

 

[PettySpirit]

All Nintendo has is their first party games. They aren't gonna put them on any other platform.

Would be cool to live in that world tho.

 

[Storminormin]

Sure I'd like it.
But it will never ever ever happen. Nintendo is the type of company that wouldn't do this, even as a last resort.

 

[SarcasticRobot]

I mean, yeah, sure. It's also more likely they stop releasing their games in the US at all and release only in Japan because they're Nintendo, than do this. But yeah, I'd prefer it.

 

[TheRealTalker]

All Nintendo has is their first party games. They aren't gonna put them on any other platform.

Would be cool to live in that world tho.

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Nintendo has a ton of 3rd party support on the Switch. On top of that like with Xbox and PS, I doubt their game sales on their platform/hardware would decline if they released (old) games to PC. It is another market entirely with some overlap but not enough to diminish either platform.

Both can flourish as shown with Nintendo's competitors.

 

[SunshinePuppies]

i mean yes? obviously this is a net positive for customers

of course they won't do it anytime soon though

 

[Katmeister]

I feel like the amount of people interested in console-like approach to PC gaming but not interested in actual consoles is extremely low. So its very weird you'd specifiy "Steam Deck" when the Deck is like the only device competing device for the Switch

I think if Nintendo put games out on PC it would be through their own launcher.

 

[RochHoch]

They won't, and they have good reason not to

 

[TheRealTalker]

I feel like Nintendo isn't doing it not because it would cause a loss in their hardware/software sales but because of the necessary logistics in setting up a team that would support another platform.

Though Nintendo may eventually do so in a decade or so much like how they started doing a sub service, online, etc...

 

[MrCibb]

There's no reason I'd want my games on less platforms so I'd love it if they did sure, but I don't think there's a hope in hell of it happening. Would love to be proven wrong though.

 

[monstrousvermin]

I don't see them even thinking about the steam deck let alone embracing it.

With that said, I would love for Nintendo to build a virtual console independent of hardware. Have a service that can play on whatever console they bring out with options to play on pc or streaming.

 

[Lkr]

the same Nintendo that doesn't understand the community in general?

 

[Dolce]

As a consumer, yes, I would love for all games to be released in a platform-agnostic way.

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as a consumer, i don't, since exclusives on hardware ecosystems allow games i wouldn't get otherwise

 

[Bonfires Down]

Yes, they should. But they are extremely successful doing what they do so they won't. Maybe if their luck changes but I can't see that happening anytime soon.

 

[GooZ]

let's change up stuff here at Nintendo to have people not buy our switches and miss out on more revenue

Sounds like a bad business plan if you ask me

 

[Rndom Grenadez]

LMAO

The biggest pipe dream of all time. I think Nintendo would rather die as a company.

 

[ZeroX]

No, it's silly to suggest honestly

It's not like their games stop selling at full price and they aren't diversified like Sony and MS

the same Nintendo that doesn't understand the community in general?

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Not giving you what you want doesn't mean they don't understand, they're clearly very in touch with what gamers like. Their actions are an informed choice

 

[NinjaScooter]

it does not make a lick of sense for them.

 

[OrigamiPirate]

Would I like them to? Absolutely.

Should they, based on their business of exclusivity? Nope. Better performance on non-Nintendo devices… sales of Switches would dry up fast.

 

[TonyBaduy]

Considering their exclusive evergreen titles keep moving their consoles, why would they? If people want their software they'll buy a Switch along with MK8D, Zelda and other games, at full price (unless there is a rare discount). Basically, if their games keep selling multiple millions (or tens of millions) while pushing their hardware, they have no reason to port anything to PC. Maybe old games, like having a NSO retro games launcher for PC, but not necessarily anything put on Steam. Now, if we were talking about this during the Wii U era I believe a ton of people may have considered it'd be a good idea to port them, because the Wii U really constrained their sales' potential, but the Switch not so much, at all.

 

[Ouroboros]

why, they sell more in 1 week than Steam Deck has since launch

this is just a convoluted way of saying you want their games on PC

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Easy to outsell something that only produces 10 units per week :P

 

[Deleted member 12867]

I wish but I don't think it ever happens. They don't even do the bare minimum like releasing classics on mobile.

 

[Budi]

They should embrace PC platform sure, I don't think Steam Deck existing makes any difference to it though.

as a consumer, i don't, since exclusives on hardware ecosystems allow games i wouldn't get otherwise

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How does this work?

 

[bananas]

Nintendo: We're good. Thanks.

 

[jph139]

I feel like Nintendo isn't doing it not because it would cause a loss in their hardware/software sales but because of the necessary logistics in setting up a team that would support another platform.

Though Nintendo may eventually do so in a decade or so much like how they started doing a sub service, online, etc...

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I think if you look at the mobile strategy, Nintendo just doesn't agree.

There's a huge audience of people that would play, say, NES and Game Boy games on their phones. People who would never consider purchasing a Switch or a modern console, but would throw a lot of money at mobile copies of Pokemon or Zelda or what have you, and it'd be a relatively cheap process.

But they've been in the mobile space for half a decade and only ever produced games directly for that platform. Retro ports are a no-go. If you want Nintendo games, you buy a Nintendo platform.

 

[AaronMT]

Nintendo: We're good. Thanks.

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