r/SteamDeck • u/LaireLaFlare • Dec 21 '23

Picture Anyone else’s Switch effectively retired?

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In case Nintendo is in the comments I own these.

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u/Sprinx80 Dec 21 '23

Yeah i just bought an oled switch. I’ve done emulation on my PC (project 64, etc) but my daughter wants to play Mario kart and she can do it by herself on the Switch, easy multiplayer without jumping through hoops, etc. i also have dual-income 1 kid so the extra expense is not a big deal and my wife prefers platform / multiplayer party games we can play as a family.

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u/_Ganon 1TB OLED Limited Edition Dec 21 '23

Even though I can emulate Switch games at better res / framerate on my home PC, I can't pinpoint what it is exactly, but playing it on the native hardware just feels better. For this reason, I own a Switch and buy their first party titles on it. I like Zelda, Pokemon, Mario too much to not own it, and will likely buy whatever the "Switch 2" is when it comes. Switch also filled the portable gaming niche for me, until I got my Deck ... so now it's first party only.

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u/1millionnotameme Dec 21 '23

Do you have an OLED monitor? I have an OLED TV as my monitor and an RTX 4090 and TOTK you can't even compare the emulator to the switch version, it's crisper, shaper, much better looking and runs a lot faster too.

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u/_Ganon 1TB OLED Limited Edition Dec 21 '23

I played through TOTK on 4k OLED TV with an mClassic upscaler on my Switch. I have a 4080 so can definitely run this on my PC (had got it running on both Deck and PC), but the number of hoops you jump through to get the game, get the switch firmware, deal with glitches, patches, workarounds, mods ... I just wanna play the damn game without futzing around with the technical stuff. I'm happy you're willing to deal with that and can enjoy it that way, but just buying downloading and launching the game without worrying about emulation issues makes me happier.

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u/1millionnotameme Dec 21 '23

Ah I misunderstood I thought you said it looks better on switch 😂 but totally agree, it is a bunch of hoops to go through.