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tango alpha delta posted:Was going to buy a Switch but a Steamdeck is almost the same price right now as a Switch and two first party Nintendo games. They aren't even in the same league, Deck is like Switch 5.0. My Switch collected dust for a while then I gave it to my sister.
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Yeah as in it weighs five times a switch
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Jul 2, 2023 15:10
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And it's 10 times as Good
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Jul 2, 2023 15:11
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Jul 2, 2023 15:14
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The switch lives and dies by how much you care about Nintendo IPs. If you don’t there isn’t much a reason for it
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Jul 2, 2023 15:18
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It's called a switch because you switch it off and buy a deck
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RBA Starblade posted:It's called a switch because you switch it off and buy a deck
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Jul 2, 2023 15:21
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Ones a party machine with two controllers and a stand. Tons of indies and a great selection of exclusives, battery life often hits 4-5 hours without needing to plug in. Also slim and easy to bring on a trip. It has a dope OLED option. It's aging weak 6 year old guts are limiting it's future from a developer standpoint quite fast and it's online is a joke. The other is a lil PC with a library of stuff you already own but its compatibility is complicated. Emulation powerhouse! Online? Unless it needs some third party launcher or some poo poo it's a breeze. It's os is constantly getting improved with new features. See that new/old game? There is a good chance this can play it like a pro and it's developer didn't even plan on that. Rules so dang hard. Wanna stream your own game from your own more powerful computer? Good news! Battery life? Mileage will vary. Multiplayer? You're gonna need a stand and more controllers, heck bring a battery pack, gently caress it bring a dock too. Gonna need a separate backpack. Different leagues and mindsets. Complaints about joycon drift aside, I love them and on a trip joycons and a built in stand make the switch super comfy. I wanna see steamdeck 2.0 have something similar. Not to mention portable multiplayer on one system has saved a lot of layovers and family reunions. I probably forgot more issues with the switch. But the point I wanted to mention is systems be not just different tiers but mindsets.
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Jul 2, 2023 15:28
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A switch and a gaming PC is the one true way. Ergo, a switch and a deck is perfect
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Jul 2, 2023 15:29
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I'd kill for both to make whatever is next even more portable.
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I was unsure whether to buy a switch or a deck but I settled on the Deck because of the small chance it would cause me to go through my immense Steam backlog. Also because new games will probably be much cheaper most of the time. To be fair the reason I considered buying a Switch was that it would give me access to games the Deck didn't, whereas I can already play Steam games on my PC (I'm aware there are probably ways around that, but not ones I'm really interested in right now).
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Beve Stuscemi posted:A switch and a gaming PC is the one true way. Ergo, a switch and a deck is perfect Since Sony's putting all their exclusives on PC you miss out on what? Mobile games?
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Jul 2, 2023 15:31
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The deck wishes it had a screen, and games, as good as the perfect console: The Nintendo Switch OLED.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:The deck wishes it had a screen, and games, as good as the perfect console: The Sony Playstation Vita
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CharlestheHammer posted:The switch lives and dies by how much you care about Nintendo IPs. If you don’t there isn’t much a reason for it Bremen posted:Also because new games will probably be much cheaper most of the time. I'm at the point where I buy stuff on Steam "by default" now unless I know it's something my kids would play (the Switch is more of a family machine at this point). I'm probably 50/50 at the moment on actual Switch/Deck usage.
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RBA Starblade posted:It's called a switch because you switch it off and buy a deck
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Jul 2, 2023 16:02
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the steam dreck
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The aristocrats!
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Bremen posted:I was unsure whether to buy a switch or a deck but I settled on the Deck because of the small chance it would cause me to go through my immense Steam backlog. The dream is real. I've played like ten games that have been gathering dust for years because of the Deck.
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A lot of the indies that I don’t care about having mods for, like hollow knight, land on the switch for like 40% of what they are on PC. So I love it for that. But like, “plays PC games” is what the deck is designed to do so if you don’t already have a switch or want to play zeldar, I don’t know why you would buy a switch.
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Jul 2, 2023 18:55
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Lol playing Dave on my PC and it just rebooted in the middle of a run to install a loving windows update. I may just install Linux on this desktop in a total rage.
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tuyop posted:A lot of the indies that I don’t care about having mods for, like hollow knight, land on the switch for like 40% of what they are on PC. So I love it for that. But like, “plays PC games” is what the deck is designed to do so if you don’t already have a switch or want to play zeldar, I don’t know why you would buy a switch. Dude you can get games for so much cheaper on steam if you are even just a tiny bit patient than on the switch.
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Jul 2, 2023 20:01
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yeah dunno what that poster is on about. you can also use key sites on steam
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Haven't seen anyone mention Brotato in the last few pages. A better version of vampire survivors imo. Game is 5 bucks at full price and currently on sale. There are 32 unique characters that all encourage different styles of gameplay. Waves are no more than 2 minutes long so you're never far from a natural stopping point. I had over 70 hours in early access just beating it with every character on the hardest difficulty. Game just came out of early access and has 5 new characters so I'm back to it for a little bit. Anyone looking for a cheap, deck friendly, addictive, easy to pick up game should check it out.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:yeah dunno what that poster is on about. you can also use key sites on steam Like the Historical Low for Hollow Knight was 4,39 on GoG and 5,99 on Steam for instance, compared to Switch lowest 7,49 and current insane price of 14,99
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:Like the Historical Low for Hollow Knight was 4,39 on GoG and 5,99 on Steam for instance, compared to Switch lowest 7,49 and current insane price of 14,99 Insane as it is worth 50 I agree.
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Jul 2, 2023 20:33
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yeah 50 cents
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CharlestheHammer posted:The switch lives and dies by how much you care about Nintendo IPs. If you don’t there isn’t much a reason for it *cough* yuzu *cough*
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Hopper posted:Picked up Dave, too. It is very chill and charming. I refuse to use electric harpoons though, their gimmick is a super rapid stick wobble and I don't want to kill my control stick. One of the downloadable controller templates from the community turns the back paddles into macros for the joystick stuff like this electric harpoon and the poison harpoon specifically.
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So just to spice things up, I moved my gaming PC next to my TV and use Deck docked for internet browsing and youtube watching and any Desk Based Deck gaming. KDE Plasma is so good!
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CharlestheHammer posted:The switch lives and dies by how much you care about Nintendo IPs. If you don’t there isn’t much a reason for it I used to disagree with this, when I didn't have a gaming PC that was younger than 10 years old. "It's fine for 3rd party stuff. The Switch is all I'll need..." because I didn't want FOMO over all of this awesome PC stuff I was missing (most of which DID come to the Switch). Then I get a Steam Deck last October and I barely played with Switch after that, save for when Goldeneye came out. But then I just downloaded it and PD64 through an emulator and ran amazing versions of them on the Deck. That, plus enjoying super cheap games once again and jfc, I am never again leaving the Steam ecosystem. 
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RBA Starblade posted:It's called a switch because you switch it off and buy a deck
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:The deck wishes it had a screen, and games, as good as the perfect console: The Nintendo Switch OLED. The Deck has all of the Switch games. 
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Switch emulation isn’t good enough on the deck to make that claim sincerely, no matter how much you love your deck.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Switch emulation isn’t good enough on the deck to make that claim sincerely, no matter how much you love your deck. Been playing TOTK on it pretty passably
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From what I’ve seen for most games it plays about as well on the switch. Passable to not great
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I won't be able to play WarioWare: Move It! on my Deck, so for that reason alone the Switch must stay.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I won't be able to play WarioWare: Move It! on my Deck, so for that reason alone the Switch must stay. This but Splatoon 3
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What physical feature needs to come back for the next gen of handhelds I vote Gameboy SP clamshell I love a portable I can fold up and protect it's poo poo
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:I won't be able to play WarioWare: Move It! on my Deck, so for that reason alone the Switch must stay. How's Warioware Twisted
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