Off topic & small talk: Gaming Corner - All about video games (Page 16)

Julian wrote on 17.07.2024 at 13:59: I bought a Steam Deck a few days ago and I'm honestly extremely excited!

Compared to the Nintendo Switch, the game selection is really huge, there is actually the possibility to install emulators, so you could "theoretically" play old PS2 / Gamecube / Gameboy classics (of course, only a friend told me )

It's great fun at the moment, and I'm already prepared for the next long flight

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Julian wrote on 17.07.2024 at 17:14:

For any game available on Steam, you can check if it's compatible with your device before installing it on Steam Deck. And there are games that display a small "warning" based on the Steam Deck community ratings, but you can always read the reasons why in detail. In most cases, it's just text that may be displayed a little too small in some parts of the game.

A warning, but I haven't read that the game has performance issues, at least not for the games in my library.

Of course, I also tried a few games out of interest to "test" the performance a little, for example GTA 5, but there were no real problems in the first few minutes. The fan is perhaps a little loud in some places, but to be honest that can happen with my Playstation 5, so under the circumstances of it being a handheld, the thing is really great.

But of course, with newer triple A games, you might want to think about at least adjusting the resolution or other graphics settings a little.

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frapi07 wrote on July 17th, 2024 at 5:29 pm:





I also have a Switch, but I know the Steam Deck or the other competitors and the Switch is a) very old (2017, so 7 years, although I would rather assume and b) already underperformed very badly back then (was already significantly worse than the ps4 and xbox one back then). The Switch can also be "hacked" and you can also put emulators on it or play Switch games (a friend also told me, I'm really good!!!). You just have to deal with it ^^ I did it with the PSP in the 2000s (called PSP flashing) and iPhones could also be jailbroken It was a cool time xD

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gamble1 wrote on 17.07.2024 at 20:22:
The performance thing bothers me a lot on the Switch! Fortnite, for example, has so many shortcomings there that almost every player is displayed as a noskin and the graphics sometimes load after 10 minutes of play and then don't even look good but more like you're playing Minecraft

There should actually be a model shortly before release with which all this will be fixed but I doubt if they will keep 07/24 now because we currently have the 07 and there is nothing to see of it haha

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frapi07 wrote on 17.07.2024 21:03:

Yes, Fortnite is just constantly being updated etc. If the hardware remains the same, then it is normal that such errors occur at some point. Fortnite is also intended for the PC ^^

It's not a model, but a completely new console. Switch 2, so to speak. It will have better hardware, but it will never be able to keep up with the current next gen consoles. Switch is also more for people.

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Julian wrote on 18.07.2024 at 09:43:

I think I saw a documentary the other day where the founders of Nintendo said that they don't care about competing with Playstation and Microsoft because they have no chance of keeping up with the consoles in terms of performance anyway.
That's why they are concentrating on a completely different market.

They focus on their brands and unique games and prefer to try to position themselves broadly in all age groups.
I think it's also successful, in percentage terms most children have a Nintendo console and I think most older people who also like to play games are more likely to have a Nintendo console than a next-gen high-performance machine.

For example, I bought the game "The Witcher" on the Switch about a year ago and the performance was so bad that I had to quit it after a few minutes.
So I'm still very unsure whether I'll buy the new Switch.
At most if a new Mario Kart is released or the classic catalog is greatly expanded again.

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Julian wrote on 18.07.2024 at 09:43:

I think I saw a documentary the other day where the founders of Nintendo said that they don't care about competing with Playstation and Microsoft because they have no chance of keeping up with the consoles in terms of performance anyway.
That's why they are concentrating on a completely different market.

They focus on their brands and unique games and prefer to try to position themselves broadly in all age groups.
I think it's also successful, in percentage terms most children have a Nintendo console and I think most older people who also like to play games are more likely to have a Nintendo console than a next-gen high-performance machine.

For example, I bought the game "The Witcher" on the Switch about a year ago and the performance was so bad that I had to quit it after a few minutes.
So I'm still very unsure whether I'll buy the new Switch.
At most if a new Mario Kart is released or the classic catalog is greatly expanded again.

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