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  • Heavy emulator user here, the Deck made my Switch obsolete

    Oh wow, that the Steam Deck had such an effect on the usage of the switch.

    If you don’t mind the tinkering to get the emulators configured, the Deck is a no-brainer for me

    I don’t really mind tinkering with it, already know my ways with emulation on PC. However, I have no knowledge on Linux and that’s what worries me a bit.

    However, the Deck can also run every other console up until Switch/PS3/Xbox 360

    So the Steam Deck can run the PS2 emulation and play these games (just as the PC can?).

    Most of the games of the Switch I’d like to play are the Mario games. I can name them all if necessary but will do it later (at the moment at work).

    On the Deck, ToTK can struggle to reach even 30 in many areas without community modpacks.

    Can the Steam Deck run Breath of the Wild without issue?




  • Always love reading your posts!

    You seem to emulate a lot on Steam Deck (right?). May I ask how smooth the emulation of Switch games goes?

    I have been heavily debating between Switch OLED and the Steam Deck (and then emulate Switch games). But keep hearing different things about how smooth things run.

    Steam deck going to cost €700 while Switch €550 (switch + get someone to mod it).

    Also; I assumed that BlueSky can see posts from Mastodon but unfortunately can’t find you through BlueSky.









    • Persona 5 Royal
    • The Division 1
    • Metaphor: ReFantazio

    I already bought Persona 5 Royal a couple of years ago on PS4 (Royal + DLC of persona on sale). Really want to replay the game on my PC with 60FPS but refuse to pay another €25-60 euros for it, besides it has Denuvo. I might purchase it when, it’s at least €20 or below.

    Similar thing with The Division 1, would like to play the game again and it’s only €5 euro on Steam right now but the Ubisoft launcher is what rubs me the wrong way. Plus also already bought the game when it was just released on PS4. Still debating for this one since it’s only €5.

    For Metaphor: ReFantazio, it’s still way to pricey and it has Denuvo. So I will just wait it out until either Denuvo removed or an actual good sale happens.

    Yes, I’m a pirate (you might notice due to the instance, I’m on). I know we can emulate Persona 5 Royal and there’s a way to play the full game of Metaphor: ReFantazio. But since both of them are immensely big story games, I would like to have them ‘legally’ (cloud saves, Steam wise). Plus another reason is; my backlog is quite huge, got at least 45 games still to play (with only half of the weekends to actually game)







  • Thanks for the response!

    You are right that the Steam Deck is hard to beat due to availability of games, platform and emulation (though considering the instance I’m in, I’ll acquire games a different way).

    I’m uncertain due to the fact there’s a lot of uncertainty about the emulation of the Switch 2 games.

    Tried getting the original switch but, I’m a sucker for OLED screen (if I can afford it, I want it hah).