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[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

I had a switch1. Enjoyed a couple games on it. On a whim, I bought mario party # whatever to play with friends, downloaded it, and discovered that we couldn't play it with the controllers I had. I wasn't about to buy even more controllers, so I decided to refund the game. Nintendo said no, as per their refund policy no game that has been downloaded can be refunded. I gave away my switch that same week. Breath of the wild runs better on my pc anyway.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago

My wife bought a Steam Deck a few months ago; she hasn't touched her Switch since then, and she's actually considering just getting rid of it.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Installed SteamOS on my ROG Ally and now it has turned into a real ally. I don’t think my Switch has been charged in weeks.

[-] lobo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is it working good? I also tried it also but it was draining the battery even when I turned it off.

Ended up installing Bazzite.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You have to install decky and the tdp plugin to get proper control of the power system. So far so good.

[-] lobo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yeah I had that, was still losing about 1% battery every hours even though it was supposed to be turned off 🤷‍♂️

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh interesting I haven’t checked standby power drain.

[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 20 points 2 days ago

There is virtually nothing the Switch can do that the Steam Deck can't. It's completely redundant if you have a Deck in my opinion.

[-] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago

The thing the switch can do is play closed garden games because nintendo refuses to release their games anywhere outside of their own consoles

I guess you could use an emulator but thats not ideal for 95% of the population

[-] RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I also abandoned my switch for a steam deck but uhhh the obvious thing it can’t do is play switch games lol

[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 16 points 2 days ago

It can, I've got several switch games on my Deck

[-] RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Plays it as well as a switch?

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The Switch hardware was year old smartphone parts at the time it was released.

Even flagship phones at the time could beat its performance.

[-] RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

You always have to account for inefficiencies when emulating vs playing on native hardware. Just because the steam deck is more powerful than a switch does not mean it will necessarily play games better. I am not saying it does not, but It’s certainly not a given

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ehh... It kinda' is, actually.

Ever since DirectX 12 and Vulkan came about (and even before), hardware has been becoming more and more PC-like by the year. These days, games come out on all consoles that don't have an exclusivity deal and PC because the hardware differences as far as programming are basically nil these days. All they have to do is support the control scheme and it's done-ish.

The Switch was so easy to dev for specifically because it's basically glorified phone hardware. That's precisely why emulators even CAN exist on PC that can do 4k, or else you might actually have had a valid point. They're all the same shit under the hood these days, sort of like x86 instructions, except for gaming, and at an ever higher level than raw hardware instructions. Ubiquity is a good thing in this case.

[-] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

It runs most switch games better than the switch. You just can't play any of them online. (At least not easily, AFAIK.)

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

You're about to enter a world of magic, my friend.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Emulator.

Its actually better than the switch too. I play at 4k.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

How do you play 4k emulators on the Deck.
And whywouldyou?

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today -4 points 2 days ago

I don't play on a deck.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

This entire conversation is about the Deck

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago

TitW

[-] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Do youwu ewen sell in Steam, Shigeru Nintendo?!

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

The only reason i still play my switch is because it's docked to the bedroom tv and we've been playing texas holdem at night. We're supposed to be playing FF12, but balatro destroyed a lot of time for us.

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