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- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
This is just talking about games approved through Valve’s verification process. There are a lot of games that work that are “unverified”, not to mention the entire history of gaming available through emulation.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21835717
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It plays way more than that, I play all sorts of “unsupported” games all the time - mostly they run fine or even great (never mind all the emulators lol)
Does 29% include the 99% of switch games the deck can play?
Nope.
My wife adamantly refused to get a Steam Deck for herself, saying that she would never give up her Switch.
Cut to one year out from buying one for her, and the Switch has been in a bin almost the entire time.
The steam deck library includes the entire switch library via emulation, so Yeah Obviously. (Ik they’re not counting emulation, but my point is that the steam deck is a PC, which makes it much more versatile)
@Fubarberry My one wish is they (Valve, Nintendo, etc.) could make discovery easier and more useful. It takes a lot of effort finding new games to play that aren’t the usual major releases and obvious indie titles.
Edit: The two resources I use are https://bestofsteam.com/ and https://steam250.com/
Valve actually does a lot to make discovery easier, compared to Nintendo:
- Personalized recommended system based on played games: Interactive Recommender
- A dedicated explore list you can go through: Discovery Queue
- The numerous festivals: Steam Next Fest
- Listings for genres and other categories, examples: Action, Great on Deck, Local Multiplayer & Party
- A system where you can follow certain curators and games get recommended based on them: Steam Curators
You really can’t say Valve wouldn’t do a lot to help with discovery.
@thingsiplay I’ve only been actively using Steam for about a year and wasn’t aware of everything you mentioned. I appreciate the detailed reply. That’s all very helpful.
Guess Valve needs a discovery for the discovery tools.^^ Glad it helped.
Don’t forget about emulation. You can basically emulate anything you like, including Switch games. Ryujinx supports over 3K Switch titles.
I wanted to buy a switch for the longest time, but after Nintendo being cunts, I will buy the deck and simply emulate any and all Nintendo games. They don’t deserve any less
