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Steam Deck game library now 29% larger than that of Nintendo Switch (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ll tell you that while my modded Switch was easily my favorite system, getting a Deck completely made it obsolete for me. It’s been gathering dust ever since.

Don’t get me wrong, if you’re someone that primarily plays Nintendo exclusives then the Switch is still great. But if you mostly just use it to play your games on the go, and modded it to emulate, the Deck is an easy recommendation.

Plus it’s, imo, the best gateway into PC gaming. It’s reasonably powerful, easy to use, and lets you start building a pc library that will stay with you regardless of new game generations. Free multiplayer and sales are also a nice bonus.

If you’re interested you should look into EmuDeck.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The only aspect I think the Deck lacks is the seamless TV input, I suppose there is a dock for it, but something is telling me the games (depending on which ones) won't look as nice as they do in the handheld (opposite as how it is handled in Nintendo)

[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

You can bump the resolution, so that’s not an issue. The only problem is, depending on the game, higher resolutions will be harder to run.

So actually it’ll usually look better than the Switch. Same resolution or higher, with graphics options to make it look even better.