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My question is mostly for games available on Steam that you would still prefer to play on Switch. I imagine performance should be better on the deck for native/proton games, but there might be something else I am missing.

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[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can just dock the Switch and connect 4 controllers, 2 of them already part of the system itself. For Steam Deck, the Dock would be a separate purchase and connecting 4 controllers more complicated than on the Switch.

[โ€“] klay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

For what it's worth, Valve has written a steam input driver for joy-cons! You can connect them over Bluetooth! ...but they're still joy-cons, so their wireless range is really bad. You basically need direct line of sight.