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And for Switch, Yuzu and Ryujinx work great. I don't know why anyone with a decent enough PC would play on native Switch hardware anymore, when you can get 4k 120 FPS + in many games, including the new Zelda game, Tears of the Kingdom.

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Simple: there's no softmod for my Switch and I don't want to risk a hardware mod. I can't even copy the games I own to my PC.

I have no problem downloading the ROMs of games I already own, the data is functionally identical, regardless of where I got the data from, from a physical Switch or off the internet.

Portability is a thing.

(Works swell ok Steam Deck though.)

The biggest advantage of the Switch is immersive portability. The Steam Deck is great, I own both - but the Switch is less bulky and has simpler software, making it very pick-up-and-play.

A gaming PC is incomparable on those metrics.

Portability is no longer an issue with the recent AMD Phoenix APUs. They're powerful enough to emulate the Switch in much higher quality, and in a comparable portable device with low heat output and power requirements.

Could you link such a device? It should be portable like the Switch, not the Deck.

The deck is portable like the switch.

I own both of them - the Switch is way more portable, easy to handle, and hassle-free compared to the Deck.

There are still bugs for several games, you cannot play in portable mode and you cannot play online unless you use a custom network used only by emulator users with a specific build.

Sure, but for most games, especially single player ones, which are usually what Nintendo exclusives are mainly, it works fine. I'm not sure why I'd want to play in portable mode at all, as opposed to docked mode. I am on an emulator after all, it shouldn't make a difference.

Portable mode has a reduced resolution and so potentially better performance. (on the real device at least)

Yeah but on the emulator it's negligible when I already get 4k 120 FPS+ as I mentioned. You might get a slight boost if you have a low spec machine but I just tested this on an older AMD laptop and the difference is a few FPS between portable and docked modes in either emulator.

Interested to know what your specs are for 4K 120FPS. That seems like it would require a very high end GPU, pricey kit these days! I'm getting sub 30fps with a 2060, which is still a decent mid range card.

5900x and a 3080 for me

... Switch is a 2017 device with a graphics core from 2014 with games already optimized to run fine even in the portable mode on a screen less than HalfHD.

You can already put Yuzu into portable mode, I think what they meant was literally playing portability which you can only do if you have a Steam Deck or similar handheld PC

No you can't get 4k 120 FPS in ToTK, often not even 60.

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