I’ve been heavily debating between Steam Deck OLED and Switch OLED. My initial thought was getting a Switch OLED, let someone mod it and then download games on it (I don’t care about Nintendo’s Online).

Then I got told it might be better to get Steam Deck OLED and use emulation on it for switch games.

Now I’ve been a bit of researching on both and it seems that Steam Deck runs Linux and that the emulation isn’t really as good as it is on the PC. I don’t have any knowledge on Linux either, plus most of my games are pirated (thus Steam Library isn’t really a thing for me).

Getting the Switch OLED modded going to cost me about €150 but then I’ve been reading that the games are mostly 30FPS locked and that using cheats and/ or mods is a bit of a hassle (similar thing with getting games on it through piracy).

Price wise; Steam Deck OLED going to cost me at least €680 while Switch OLED will cost me €350 (and when Switch 2 comes it might be on sale).

I was wondering what the opinions are on Piracy community here. Which one do you recommend out of the two and why, how true are the things of what I’ve been told and read?

Note; Yes, I would like to get the Switch 2 but since it’ll take a while before it can get hacked/ modded - I don’t want to get it. I refuse to pay €60-70 for each game while they’re like 7 years old.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ve been heavily debating between Steam Deck OLED and Switch OLED

    I mean you’re going to get a lot of the same opinions around here but I don’t think there’s any debate to be had. If you can’t afford the OLED, you can get the LCD for roughly the same price.

    Consoles are just fancy DRM machines. The chip in the Switch is 10 years old and wasn’t even fast when the Switch was brand new.

    Steam Deck is an incredibly versatile and customizable machine.

    it seems that Steam Deck runs Linux and that the emulation isn’t really as good as it is on the PC.

    Well first of all the Steam Deck is a PC. Secondly, no, quite the opposite. There’s a bunch of software written specifically for the Steam Deck for emulation and it’s pretty widely considered the penultimate emulation machine.

    but then I’ve been reading that the games are mostly 30FPS locked

    I’m not really even sure what that’s supposed to mean but I’ve never played a game that was locked at 30FPS. Lots of them are software locked at 60 but that’s nothing to do with the Deck or Linux. And you’re certainly not getting more than the SD on the Switch.