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The story
A post went up on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board arguing that “the Switch 2 + PC combo should be the obvious optimal answer, yet people get furious when you say so.” Some posters noted that gaming setups used to require owning every home console from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo plus a PC to be fully covered, whereas now a Switch 2 and a PC (plus a smartphone/tablet) is enough. The thread also drifted into side debates about PC heat and fan noise, worries about future price hikes, and how to treat Palworld’s early-access sales.
What people said
At the very least, this division of labor is clearly the optimal setup — the strongest combo, full stop, right?
Why's that something to get mad about?
This is exactly the kind of guy who shows up.
You can play Palworld on Xbox too — since when is it a "PC game"?
Re: #6
Just pretend you don't own a PC! You can't bash it otherwise, so go with that!
lol
It's not about being "the center of the universe" — objectively, if you've got the one company with clearly unique first-party IP and the other with a broad, accessible lineup, you can play almost every game between the two. Not sure what you're so bent out of shape about to be picking this fight.
Well, back in the day you had to buy all three home consoles from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo plus a PC just to have full coverage. Now Switch 2 + PC + smartphone/tablet does the job.
There's no denying it's the center [of gaming] in Japan, so they're pulling the "what about the rest of the world" card, lol.
Makes me wonder if everyone's just gaming in a super loud room.
If it bothers you that much, you could put it in the next room or find some other workaround.
Yeah, the room temperature definitely does go up.
Sorry, but I own a gaming PC, a PS5 Pro, AND an Xbox Series X, lol.
By then PCs will probably cost about twice as much too.
Doesn't matter anyway — PCs don't take up any shelf space from Switch.
Well, there's probably more demand for it than for Nintendo games, and the audience might fit better. What matters is the difference in audience — not many people actually want both.
Huh? Derby Stallion 2?
It's horse racing, so it's naturally a game that sells even aimed at adults. Releasing it on PC could bring in new players — there's more demand for it than for Mario Kart or Animal Crossing.
If you're an adult, buying it alongside a Switch 2 is no big deal. I've seen a few people on Twitter [X] buying both together too.
Just look at the Winning Post series — Switch is always the version that sells best.
Background and Points of Contention
In the past, many games required owning all three consoles — PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch — plus a PC to have full coverage. In recent years, though, many major titles now support both PC and Switch-family hardware, creating a situation where “two devices are enough.” What split the thread was the reasoning behind the backlash against flatly calling this combo the “optimal solution”: some argued it stems from distrust of people who publicly claim to own a PC while trashing certain genres of PC games, while others countered that this is just an unfair generalization. The back-and-forth over Palworld also touched on differing understanding of a PC-market-specific business practice — whether early-access sales should be counted together with full-release sales. Note that this article omits some posts, such as ones that lump an entire hardware fanbase together under a derogatory label.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “The Switch 2 + PC combo is the ultimate setup, yet some people get abnormally angry when you say so — what’s their deal?.”
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