• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Emulating Switch 2 games on the Steam Deck would be a challenge. Even though it’s on an outdated process node, I think it’s fair to say it’s in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point).

    Deck 2, though…

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      7 hours ago

      Hardware aside, to my knowledge no one is really actively developing any of the Switch emulators due to the prior legal action that was taken.

      Now, eventually it’s possible someone might do it for the Switch 2, but I wouldn’t expect anything quick as whomever does so will very likely incur the mighty wrath of Nintendo’s legal team.

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      1 day ago

      I think it’s fair to say it’s in the same class of hardware as a Steam Deck (which is 3 years old at this point).

      The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch

      Shit, I think you could actually compare it reasonably to a PS3 from 10 years before switch launch

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        The switch was weaker than the PS4, which was the same age difference at launch

        Steam Deck’s APU maxes out at 15W while a launch PS4 does 10 times that. Not a good comparison.