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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 month ago (11 children)

The last straw with consoles for me was when they all started charging money regularly just to play online multiplayer games.

My Steam Deck makes for a better console-like experience than any of the major consoles, and more. I have zero interest in going back to Sony or especially Nintendo's scams.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

It blows my mind that the greatest trick Valve ever pulled was releasing a console that relies solely on backwards compatibility. There are zero games released for the steam deck.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not only that, the Steam Deck actually has worse compatibility compared to a normal Windows PC, but the PC library is so extensive (and has so many emulators) that it doesn't matter. You still have access to more games than anyone on a normal console ever could, and you can play most singleplayer console games for free. I played Mario Odyssey all the way through on my PC and it ran great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

It's not quite strictly worse; some older games are easier to run in wine than natively. But your point still stands.

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