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Hello all, I was hoping to pick up a machine for 1080p gaming on a TV primarily for playing couch party games on emulators (switch, ps3, wii, etc) and was wondering if the deck would be a good fit? I've heard before that there were some problems with docks but not sure if that's been resolved. Any insight is appreciated

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[โ€“] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (5 children)

The ONLY problem I have had with this, is the controller on the system itself defaults as controller 1, so SOME games it takes a little fiddling to use different controllers. But I have done this and it works great.

I've used a handful of different USB to HDMI docks, and I haven't had any problems with any of them. I just use an anker dock that supports gigabit ethernet, 100W power passthrough, and HDMI, and it works just fine.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087QZVQJX/

You can use just about any controllers using Bluetooth, I really like the wireless XBox controllers (only supported over Bluetooth) for this. But I've also used the Switch controllers and they work fine.

It's really just a slightly expensive setup for what it is, but it's also very portable, so...

[โ€“] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Appreciate the tip and the dock suggestion! And portability is a big motivation behind this setup so glad to hear

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