I imagine the steam deck will be capable of emulating switch 2 titles nearly immediately, so there’s little reason to buy it. They really need to make their hardware comparable to their software (minus the notoriously awful Japan™ netcode)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Emulating Switch 2 games on the Steam Deck would be a challenge. Even though it's on an outdated process node, I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point).

Deck 2, though...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's fair to say it's in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point).

The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch

Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch

Steam Deck's APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

They’d have to sell it for $500, if it’s comparable to the steam deck. I find that unlikely, personally.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Good luck getting someone to continue emulation development. The only potential chance for development is exclusively on the under web, and the dev has said that "this was supposed to be a hobby" meaning they have an out if they don't want to continue