Comment on Got a Switch today, need some recommendations.
ulkesh@beehaw.org 7 months agohugs his Switch and the many physical Switch games he owns
also hugs his Steam Deck
The two aren’t mutually exclusive nor does one random opinion on the internet a fact make.
OP asked for what specific games to get, not some anti-Nintendo rant.
Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
How regularly do you use both of those devices?
I was eyeing the steam deck for its portability but I rarely would have reason to use it so I held off. Same for the switch.
When I’m at home I play on my desktop. When I’m not at home I’m mostly actively moving about or only waiting small periods of time which are not worth it to start gaming. The only reason I would have to really use them would be during vacations.
ulkesh@beehaw.org 7 months ago
It’s a good point. I would say I don’t use them often enough to justify owning them, but I use them just enough to be okay with it. I go in spurts. I get on a Mario Maker kick and play a ton on the switch, and then I get on an emulation kick and load up a lot of retro stuff on the steam deck. But I have gone weeks or more without touching either.
Matomo@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I’m in a position where I can’t access my desktop for a few months, and my Steamdeck is absolutely great for lazy couch gaming. It runs pretty much any game I play atm, and with some tweaking per game, the controls are almost always great.
But I also use my Switch from time to time. It’s a bit more portable, it’s a kind of “just works” device where I don’t need to worry about controls or tweaks, and Tears of the Kingdom runs significantly better than it ever did on my Steamdeck, last time I tried.
It sounds like a Switch would be the best option for your use case, if you’d have to pick one. Something the Switch does very well is being able to pause any game by just putting it in standby and not worrying about it. Makes it ideal to play in between doing other stuff.