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There are many reasons why people buy the Steam Deck, Valve’s new portable gaming PC. This lets them pick up beloved Steam games on the go. Others use it to get the most out of Xbox Game Pass on PC. And some people use it to run the Nintendo Switch emulator called Yuzu. Valve admitted to a recent YouTube video showing off the handheld’s very Switch-like HDMI dock.
Best Nintendo Switch Games
Nintendo has been a formative part of almost every gamer’s life. We all remember the times when we played Mario on the Super Nintendo or a Home console, and spent countless hours jumping on koopas and beating Bowser or saving Princess Peach.
But with how expensive most gaming consoles have become nowadays it doesn’t make sense to purchase each one individually, just to play a nostalgic game once or twice. This is where emulators come in, and with systems like the Steam Deck, you get to feel like you’re playing on the Switch without the bulky price tag.
Can You Even Play Switch Games On The Steam Deck?
Yes, you can! While the Steam Deck is presented as a piece of hardware that is only meant to play Steam games, you can actually just use an emulator to get the Switch games you want on it and have fun. You can do this by installing Windows on your Steam Deck and running a Nintendo Switch Emulator.
The best way to play any console-exclusive game on a PC is by using an emulator. Emulators are programs that change the internal workings of the game in question so it can run on a PC properly, or they just use magic, we’re not quite sure. Either way, an emulator is the way to go for the Steam Deck as well as you can just install programs onto it like any other PC.
Why did Valve remove the Yuzu logo from the Steam Deck video?
Video game emulation has long been controversial in the gaming world, especially with Nintendo. As far back as 2018, Nintendo announced its new stance on emulators, allowing Nintendo games to be played on a PC.
“The introduction of emulators created to play illegally copied Nintendo software represents the greatest threat to date to the intellectual property rights of video game developers,” Nintendo stated. “As is the case with any business or industry, when its products become available for free, the revenue stream supporting that industry is threatened. Such emulators have the potential to significantly damage a worldwide entertainment software industry which generates over $15 billion annually, and tens of thousands of jobs.”