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I wonder how the Steam Deck does with Switch games that run notoriously poorly, like Age of Calamity.

jeroenhd 5y ago
That's perhaps the saddest part of this ordeal, the Deck struggles to keep framerates consistent in all but the easiest to run games. From what I've seen most games are playable, but there are often stutters and interruptions because of things like shader compilation that seem to make the whole experience quite frustrating. The other issue is that the manageable framerates only exist when the Deck is throwing everything it's got at the emulator. The advertised battery life of the Deck is shorter to begin with, and the chip constantly running at max power only makes that worse. I doubt anyone is going to buy a Deck instead of a Switch to run Switch games. Any fan seeing clear footage of game performance should realise that to play Switch games, you should really just get a Switch. By killing the videos, they're giving off the signal that they're afraid of emulators encroaching on their territory, which will only drive Deck sales.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
It wouldn't be any different than PC. the steam deck is essentially x86 squeezed into the format of a switch/gameboy/handheld_x
tvb12 5y ago
I'd be interested to know how it does with Breath of the Wild as well. Animal Crossing, too. We own both games, but the Switch's long load times hamper my fun. It's especially a problem in Animal Crossing. Last time I looked, it took an uncommonly powerful computer to emulate BoTW, but I haven't looked in a long time.
- causality0 5y ago
  Botw is quite easy to emulate these days. Even iGPUs like the one in my 5900H laptop can run it at 30+ fps at 1080p resolution.
  - tvb12 5y ago
    My weekend plans have changed.
    - udbhavs 5y ago
      Note that OP is probably talking about emulating it through CEMU, the Wii U emulator instead of a switch one.
    - causality0 5y ago
      Make sure you also install all the DLC and Second Wind, the fan expansion pack.

That's perhaps the saddest part of this ordeal, the Deck struggles to keep framerates consistent in all but the easiest to run games. From what I've seen most games are playable, but there are often stutters and interruptions because of things like shader compilation that seem to make the whole experience quite frustrating. The other issue is that the manageable framerates only exist when the Deck is throwing everything it's got at the emulator. The advertised battery life of the Deck is shorter to begin with, and the chip constantly running at max power only makes that worse. I doubt anyone is going to buy a Deck instead of a Switch to run Switch games. Any fan seeing clear footage of game performance should realise that to play Switch games, you should really just get a Switch. By killing the videos, they're giving off the signal that they're afraid of emulators encroaching on their territory, which will only drive Deck sales.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

It wouldn't be any different than PC. the steam deck is essentially x86 squeezed into the format of a switch/gameboy/handheld_x

tvb12 5y ago

I'd be interested to know how it does with Breath of the Wild as well. Animal Crossing, too. We own both games, but the Switch's long load times hamper my fun. It's especially a problem in Animal Crossing. Last time I looked, it took an uncommonly powerful computer to emulate BoTW, but I haven't looked in a long time.

causality0 5y ago
Botw is quite easy to emulate these days. Even iGPUs like the one in my 5900H laptop can run it at 30+ fps at 1080p resolution.
- tvb12 5y ago
  My weekend plans have changed.
  - udbhavs 5y ago
    Note that OP is probably talking about emulating it through CEMU, the Wii U emulator instead of a switch one.
  - causality0 5y ago
    Make sure you also install all the DLC and Second Wind, the fan expansion pack.