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Did the steam link really go nowhere? I have a physical box, and it works magically well. My understanding is it's still available, just not as a physical box.
by Blackthorn 5y ago
Did the steam link really go nowhere? I have a physical box, and it works magically well. My understanding is it's still available, just not as a physical box.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoI have one too, I got it on ridiculous clearance when they stopped making them. If they had been successful, why would Valve have needed to liquidate stock? It currently sits in a box somewhere in my house because I have never had any use for it, which I think is the case for most PC gamers, hence its failure.
- Blackthorn 5y agoRight, my understanding is it's still available but not as a physical hardware box anymore but instead as some kind of software. But it's still there and supported, no?
- rkido 5y agoThe Link hardware just wasn't necessary anymore once the software became good enough to run on any device as an app. I have Stream Link on my TV as an app now.
- evad3r 5y agoI tried Steam Link on my Android TV and it ran like hot garbage - I think the main issue I had was bluetooth input lag was very bad. My physical Steam Link still works very well with my bluetooth controller.
- ideamotor 5y agoHave you compared the input lag to an ethernet connected steam link? It’s not even close for me and my apple tv is connected via ethernet as well.
- 0-_-0 5y agoIt works, but if you have an nvidia GPU Moonlight works better.
- patrickk 5y agoParsec works great for me. Main gaming PC + Parsec macbook client via ethernet.... enables a Switch emulator running in 4K on the living room OLED! Yes please.
- lostgame 5y agoHow is Switch emulation, these days? Do any major Switch emulators natively support JoyCons the way Dolphin does WiiMotes? (Do JoyCons even use regular ol' Bluetooth the way the WiiMotes do? EDIT: quick Google says yes :) )
- patrickk 5y agoSwitch emulation is quite good, and gets better by the day. I have no experience with JoyCons unfortunately. I use an Xbox Elite controller + PS4 controllers. They map extremely well to a Switch Pro controller in Yuzu emulator. Launching Yuzu via Steam via Parsec works surprinsgly well to recognise the controllers, despite the occasional hiccup. Smash Bros and Mario Kart are a blast on the big screen.
- lostgame 5y agoI am not a Switch owner - surprisingly, I don't think I've even held one - (I am a pretty big fan of Nintendo consoles) - and I know there is some sort of motion control support in the JoyCons? I wasn't sure the extent to which the motion would be required for game play. I figure in Smash, Kart, etc; it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious how deeply the motion controls affect the gameplay on average in Switch games. :)
- Fnoord 5y agoAMD Link also works.