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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the explanation! That makes a lot of sense, and I'll have to give it some thought.

Running the games locally has been a massive experience improvement for couch coop

Can you explain this one a bit more? Can you connect multiple together, like a WLAN party, or do you mean like playing the same online game together on a couch?

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wellll you could connect multiple together like a WLAN, but I meant specifically local multiplayer on a single system. Games like KeyWe, It Takes Two, Sackboy big adventure, overcooked, etc is my main use for having my deck docked.

When streaming games with 4 bluetooth controllers going there was a lot of input delay, that problem has been totally solved by running locally on the deck. Of course I could have probably built a gaming capable HTPC or similar, the deck is just a PC after all.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm, I had been thinking about building/getting an SFF PC for streaming, but maybe this would be a good option...

I’m not sure about their response, but I’ve had success using it with a usb adapter to play couch coop on a tv without needing a dedicated console.