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The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck. (aftermath.site)
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[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Do you really think the Steam Deck will have the horsepower to emulate Switch 2? I'd love too, but even Switch 1 is not in perfect level yet (like PPSSPP perfect like).

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Why not? Just because the Switch 2 can do 4k60 doesn't mean it's super powerful. Thd Switch 1 was obsolete when it launched, so a hardware upgrade over that could be literally anything. For reference, even the Raspberry Pi can do 4k60 nowadays.

Afaik, Switch 2 specs haven't been revealed (have they?) so we don't know yet what to expect, but considering it's a handheld it will likely have similar power constraints to the Deck, possibly even more to achieve longer battery life. (But tbf, the deck is relatively old by now and could itself benefit from an upgrade). As far as emulation, we at least know Nintendo considered it worth the effort to try to take down all Switch 1 emulators before even revealing fhe Switch 2, probably suggesting it's not going to be hard to emulate.

The trailer mentions that the Switch 2 can do 4k60 when docked only on some games. Just knowing Nintendo's cheap asses, I doubt you'll get that from any significant 3D title. It'll probably be limited mostly to 2D titles, simple 3D ones, or maybe some hyper-polished first party titles. I doubt you'll see that in the new Bloodborne, possibly not even 120 while in handheld either.

[-] randomname@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

The steam deck just barely emulates the switch, so I think switch 2 emulation is out of the question unless there is serious performance hacks. Ryujinx likely would have been able to emulate the switch 2 one or two years after launch just like what happened with dolphin and the Wii. but Nintendo illegally got them shut down

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

The steam deck just barely emulates the switch

Wdym? Last I tried it, Switch emulation on the Deck was nearly perfect. I played the entirety of Metroid Dread on it with zero issues, and a couple of other games (Breath of the Wild, Smash, and Odyssey)

[-] randomname@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I am pretty sensitive to stutter and 1% lows, so maybe I'm just being nit picky. what fixed it for me was downloading a complete shader cache for the games I had stutter problems with.

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