Valve's popular handheld gaming PC recently passed 14,200 officially rated games, meaning there's never been a better time to own one.

This is just talking about games approved through Valve’s verification process. There are a lot of games that work that are “unverified”, not to mention the entire history of gaming available through emulation.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21835717

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It has some value as a comparison, some people might be worried about buying a deck because they’ve heard that some games don’t work on it because of linux. But no one would think the Switch is lacking in games.

    • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      I think if you’re buying a switch in 2024 then a steam deck is not really for you. I love my deck but there’s no denying it’s a bit janky at times, especially if you jump between desktop and gaming mode a lot. It’s not a frictionless system like the switch which is much more set it and forget it (minus the atrocious digital store experience). Just the dock experience between the two is night and day.

      The deck is also not available in many countries still.

      The average steamdeck user has to be more tech savvy than than the average switch user.

      • Zoot@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        You say that, but I can keep my deck in docked/gaming mode, and my son who’s only 7 has been playing away it like its a switch.

        I think people just like to make excuses for their spending habits, which isn’t wrong at all. It just becomes disheartening when you say such blatantly wrong things.

        • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 months ago

          I own both a switch and deck and have used them for years. They simply aren’t the same re: usability.

          Have your kid swap between docked and handheld while playing a game. Good luck!

          • Zoot@reddthat.com
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            2 months ago

            Generally speaking you’re either playing docked, or sitting down. Not typically both, but I know what you mean. Even then though, any of the games he plays just automatically readjust the resolution to handheld mode and works just fine. Then when you plug it back in, it knows to stop using the steam as monitor 1 and switches the output to the TV.

            Not sure how you’re doing it, but its worked fine for me.

            • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              2 months ago

              What? Switch users constantly swap between handheld and docked. That’s one the major draws. It takes like 4 seconds to go from handheld to docked or docked to handheld.

              The steam deck simply can’t do that seamlessly. You have to save, close, just completely stop what you’re doing. If you’re lucky the screen won’t be borked during the transition forcing a restart. But like 30% of the time you have to restart or random stuff just doesn’t work.

              • Zoot@reddthat.com
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                2 months ago

                What? Didn’t realize it was such a draw, but irregardless as I said, you just unplug the screen. Its as easy as that with a hub, just like a switch. I do it daily.

                • bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  2 months ago

                  A switch doesn’t need you to unplug anything. Drop it in, take it out. 3s of interruption. I love my deck and never use my switch but even I get the appeal.