tbf, the Steam Deck’s hardware blows the Switch away so of course they play better
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FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Got Eden on my Steam Deck, runs so good. Nintendo could learn a thing or two tbh.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That doesn’t mean much when it comes to emulation tbh. If the emulator is shit, power won’t help.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah but you just compared 3rd party emulators to hardware. Switch isn’t running Switch games on emulator, but it’s still not surprisingl that an emulator on Steam Deck plays them better.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not sure about good. It somehow runs games a little worse than Yuzu did.
TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
tbf, eden is a new development and pretty young compared to yuzu and how mature it was. at least afaik
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I know. But I still find it odd, since Eden is a fork of Yuzu, and not something built from the ground up.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It has no trouble playing Super Mario Wonder at full speed and 1080p, that’s good enough in my books.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On my PC, sure. But I was easily playing Switch games on my Deck, which… Well… Performance is lacking.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Huh, runs totally fine on my OLED Deck with the CyroDeck enhancements.
kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
With the caveat that an emulator cannot copy any copyrighted code to use in the emulation. They try to add as much proprietary code and encryption that it’s nearly impossible to emulate without breaking the law.
It’s scummy, but people have and will continue to find ways around it. But even the smallest of copyright infringements will result in Nintendo’s wrath.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Which is why so many emulators require you to somehow acquire the console’s actual BIOS binary yourself (manually dumping it from your own hardware, of course, and by no other means at all) and dropping it into a file folder for the emulator to use.
forestbeasts@pawb.social 2 months ago
It’d be really nice if it was like Wii, where you can have the emulated console do an online system update and bang, there’s your whole OS… or failing that, the entire system is on every game disc, just in case… but nooo can’t have that.
Ghoelian@piefed.social 2 months ago
The problem is, even if you write all the code yourself and require users to dump their own BIOSes and shit, when you get sued by Nintendo, you need the money to be able to hire people to defend yourself. You actually have to prove and most likely convince a judge you’re right.