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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6zwvc wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

No worries. Do some research online about the deck to help you make a decision 👍 steamdeckhq.com is another good website. Also check out reviews on YouTube of the deck and how games perform on it. It's a handheld pc, so it can do more than play games too.

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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6zla5 wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

The deck has an offline mode you can use, although periodically it will need to connect to the Internet to install the latest patches and updates. Most if not all single player games can be played offline. Obviously games like mmo's will need Internet to work.

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Magmalord236 OP t1_jb6zc4w wrote

Reply to comment by Geekfest_84 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

One last question, do I have to have internet connection for most of these games? I want to use the handheld feature for road trips, is there maybe some games you could think of on steam that don’t use internet?

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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6vb1n wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

Your thinking right, you don't need a pc to put an sd card in 👍 the pc bit only applies if you want to upgrade the internal memory (the ssd) to something a bit bigger in the future.

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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6ui6d wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

Yes it can take sd cards. 64GB isn't a lot, but if you play indie games then it'll hold a fair few. AAA Games like assassins creed valhalla are 150GB in size so won't fit on the internal memory. You can upgrade the internal memory in the future though, but you'll need access to a pc to do it. Or you could obviously ask someone to do it for you.

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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6t1ru wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

Don't worry about the emulatioj for now. Why not have a look on the steam website and have a look to see if a deck is available where you live? There you can also browse the 1000's upon 1000's of games that are available. Most of them will work fine on a steam deck. A few won't. Protondb is a good website to check and see if the games you want to play have been tested on the steam deck and how well they play.

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katorce OP t1_jb6sz1j wrote

Reply to comment by SicTim in Shall I get a Wii, or a WiiU? by katorce

How is the Wii-U regarding to controllers? It is a console I got very little info, and I can see they connect to a wiimote?

The main point for the wii would be price, as a second hand wii with controllers I think it will be about 100, whilst the Wii U I think it can be around 200. And at that point, getting the switch is very tempting.

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Geekfest_84 t1_jb6qipr wrote

Reply to comment by Magmalord236 in Xbox vs Nintendo by Magmalord236

There's lots of different ways to emulate games on a steam deck, but there's one thats more popular than most. Emu deck. Regarding legality, there is questionable ethics behind it. There's no problem if you already own the games you want to emulate, for example games on old consoles. The problem stems from emulating games you don't own. That's definitely a grey area. It's Best you do some of your own research on that one.

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