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✉²⁷ 🔇 RuPaH 📶 🔋 Aug 10, 2018 @ 3:57am
Steam on nintendo switch?
Is it possible to get steam on nintendo switch?
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Originally posted by Sapph:
Switch is neither a pc nor an straight up Android device. (although it uses a modified Android-like operating system)
So running Steam and thus pc games on it is not possible.
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MancSoulja Aug 10, 2018 @ 3:59am 
Of course not. They're rival companies.
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✉²⁷ 🔇 RuPaH 📶 🔋 Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:14am 
Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Of course not. They're rival companies.
With emulator?
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Brujeira Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:15am 
Originally posted by RupahFIN:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Of course not. They're rival companies.
With emulator?

You'd want to run WINE... on a Switch?

.....................

1. No.
2. Why?
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✉²⁷ 🔇 RuPaH 📶 🔋 Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:22am 
Originally posted by Brujeira:
Originally posted by RupahFIN:
With emulator?

You'd want to run WINE... on a Switch?

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1. No.
2. Why?
If I wanna game on a fly it would be easier to use switch than a laptop. Thx for answering.
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Sapph Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:23am 
Switch is neither a pc nor an straight up Android device. (although it uses a modified Android-like operating system)
So running Steam and thus pc games on it is not possible.
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ReBoot Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:24am 
Originally posted by RupahFIN:
Originally posted by Brujeira:

You'd want to run WINE... on a Switch?

.....................

1. No.
2. Why?
If I wanna game on a fly it would be easier to use switch than a laptop. Thx for answering.
Get a Windows tablet. Less hssle than a laptop and runs Steam.
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✉²⁷ 🔇 RuPaH 📶 🔋 Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:34am 
Originally posted by Sapph:
Switch is neither a pc nor an straight up Android device. (although it uses a modified Android-like operating system)
So running Steam and thus pc games on it is not possible.
Okey, thx
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✉²⁷ 🔇 RuPaH 📶 🔋 Aug 10, 2018 @ 4:34am 
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by RupahFIN:
If I wanna game on a fly it would be easier to use switch than a laptop. Thx for answering.
Get a Windows tablet. Less hssle than a laptop and runs Steam.
Thx for the tip
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Sandalwood42 Jul 12, 2019 @ 3:01pm 
Wouldn't you be able to put Linux on the Nintendo Switch and then put the Linux version of Steam on the Switch?
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Brujeira Jul 12, 2019 @ 3:04pm 
Originally posted by luckyboy66666666:
Wouldn't you be able to put Linux on the Nintendo Switch and then put the Linux version of Steam on the Switch?

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Still need drivers.
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Cathulhu Jul 12, 2019 @ 3:04pm 
Not that it would help much as it would still not be able to run any game. The Switch does not use an x86 architecture CPU, it uses an nVidia Tegra, which uses the ARM architecture. ARM can not run x86 code, which is something all PC games use.
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washu73 Jan 12, 2020 @ 4:52pm 
Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Not that it would help much as it would still not be able to run any game. The Switch does not use an x86 architecture CPU, it uses an nVidia Tegra, which uses the ARM architecture. ARM can not run x86 code, which is something all PC games use.


The switch uses the T214 Tegra which means it can run x86 code through an emulator , So a switch in theory could run PC games, but in practice you would get the best performance would be from games 5 years or older.
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nullable Jan 12, 2020 @ 5:43pm 
Originally posted by washu73:
Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Not that it would help much as it would still not be able to run any game. The Switch does not use an x86 architecture CPU, it uses an nVidia Tegra, which uses the ARM architecture. ARM can not run x86 code, which is something all PC games use.


The switch uses the T214 Tegra which means it can run x86 code through an emulator , So a switch in theory could run PC games, but in practice you would get the best performance would be from games 5 years or older.

Witcher 3 came out ~5 years ago and that barely runs on the Switch natively, I think you might be a little optimistic about emulation's overhead.
Last edited by nullable; Jan 12, 2020 @ 5:43pm
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ReBoot Jan 12, 2020 @ 11:04pm 
Originally posted by Brockenstein:
Originally posted by washu73:


The switch uses the T214 Tegra which means it can run x86 code through an emulator , So a switch in theory could run PC games, but in practice you would get the best performance would be from games 5 years or older.

Witcher 3 came out ~5 years ago and that barely runs on the Switch natively, I think you might be a little optimistic about emulation's overhead.
The Witcher 3 isn't emulated, it's compiled natively.
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Kargor Jan 13, 2020 @ 1:00am 
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by Brockenstein:

Witcher 3 came out ~5 years ago and that barely runs on the Switch natively, I think you might be a little optimistic about emulation's overhead.
The Witcher 3 isn't emulated, it's compiled natively.

Which is the point of his post: if it "barely runs" natively, it's not going to *improve* when it's emulated...

Emulation always comes at a price.
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