Steam Deck User base: “This shit doesn’t play Duke 3D” toss
Sony don’t get that the entire reason I like my Deck is that it’s a swiss-army-knife for gaming.
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I honestly don’t know how this is supposed to succeed unless it’s literally a handheld PS4, and even then, the market for that over a Steam Deck is likely minuscule.
GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, you’re not everyone. I like my Deck, but emulation is generally too janky, unwieldy, and exposes bad old game design for me.
GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
New games expose bad new game design, for me, and I find them pandering and shallow most of the time, so I guess you’re right. Different strokes.
slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even if it’s a handheld PS4, if it can’t play any latest PS5 games, then Sony would need to support it with games made specifically for it, and I don’t think they give enough output to support two systems.
Steam Deck is supported by the huge steam library, so difficult to compete with it without good first party support.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If a game is low spec enough to run on a PS4, it typically has a PS4 version as far as I can tell, but maybe there are exceptions I haven’t kept up with. And in order to have a handheld PlayStation that doesn’t require its own versions of games like the Vita and PSP did in the past, the best they can really hope for is a PS4. That’s why this problem seems insurmountable unless they go the PC route like everyone else.
slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wasn’t talking about 3rd party, there are enough of them that will run on a PS4 level hardware as long as we don’t count new AAA. Problem is first party games. If there are no first party games, then on what basis can it compete with Steam Deck or upcoming Switch 2?