Switch 2 Steam Deck - LGC #659

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Published on April 6, 2025 7:51:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KsnP8xOWao

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Will $500 Switch 2 prices help Steam Deck adoption? Wizards of the Coast DMCA'd a Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew mod, AV1 still kind of sucks, Ricochet set a new record, and everything you need to know about tactical downhill skiing.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:45 Canadian power outage
01:21 Touching hot object for science
03:03 Microdosing cornbread
04:31 The Omen in 2025
06:25 That's a bunch of magic cards
08:52 Steam speeds up downloads
10:25 Fixed additional playtime hack / workaround
11:48 April 1 tech stories
12:56 Setting the all-time player count for Ricochet
16:36 Sonic Advanced 2 decomp project
20:00 Haste: Speed minus Sonic
22:03 Skilander: SkiFree on meth
24:13 Wizards of the Coast DMCA BG2 Stardew MOD
26:32 We will never finish the Adventures of Drizzle
28:30 The Swapper: First update sin ce 2014
31:29 Decomp vs emulation
34:49 GameCube controller support
36:37 Switch 2 announcement and Silksong
38:15 $80 Mario Kart World
40:13 Pay to upgrade games
41:04 The Steam Deck competition
43:42 Does $500 change the equation?
45:00 Will the Switch 2 sell out day 1?
45:23 Release date for the Nintendo mobile phone?
45:45 Pressing the C button
46:59 Piranha plant webcam
47:38 $80 today, $100 tomorrow
48:22 Last of us 2 on Steam Deck
49:31 The slow adoption of AV1
51:41 Twitch "enhanced" boondoggle
54:44 Still wanting on Twitch
54:59 People don't care about quality
56:25 First PC games and systems
01:02:19 Something arrived from the wishlist

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