Valve's 64GB and 512GB Steam Deck LCD models are both less than $390 until next month
    •  Björn Tantau   ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 
      14•5 days ago

      The OLED model has slightly better performance due to a newer version of the same APU. So it’s not just the screen that is better.

      That said, I have a very early LCD model I love. The OLED is not a big enough upgrade for me to consider buying it. But if I were buying new I would get an OLED.

    •  lud   ( @lud@lemm.ee ) 
      7•5 days ago

      I own the LCD model (bought long before OLED edition existed) and it brings me joy on the train.

      Sure it would be nice with a better screen, bigger battery, and slightly lighter device. But it’s not something you absolutely need.

      Whenever it’s worth it for you is a very personal thing that depends highly on what you prioritise and how much money you have.

    •  T (they/she)   ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) 
      1•5 days ago

      No. The OLED has many improvements and the biggest of them is the battery. We have both of them and the OLED battery is almost 50% better than the LCD one. It is also lighter, which is a plus in my opinion.

    •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 
      7•5 days ago

      There are Switch owners who buy Switch games, dump (in other words backup copy) that on their PC as a ROM and then play it on the Switch Deck. Even this best case scenario is a grey area in some countries. And that is something most people won’t do.

      •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 
        5•5 days ago

        You can if you own the Mario game…

        Owning alone is not enough. You need to dump it yourself. Downloading others Roms, even if you own the game, is illegal. Because you are only allowed to play what you dumped yourself, not the backup copy of a different individual cartridge.

        •  blindsight   ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) 
          10•5 days ago

          Depends on your jurisdiction.

          As far as I know, that’s never been tried in court in Canada, and there’s reason to suspect that may not be the case here. (Although I’m not a lawyer, so I may be mistaken.)

          •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 
            2•5 days ago

            Downloading Roms from others is basically taking their copy. Its not a copy of your individual cart. And that’s the thing. You have the right to make a copy of your cart and use it. But you are not allowed to distribute the copy. One could probably get away by using Roms from others, but that is open to interpretation of law for individual countries. However the distribution itself is not allowed, in any (normal) country. And I also don’t believe (believe is not knowledge, I have no knowledge of Canadas laws) distributing personal backup copies is allowed in Canada as well.

            Using copies from libraries is something different BTW, as these are not personal backups and are meant to be used by many other people. But that can be complicated too, in example in case of Archive.org. It’s a library in the US, but not other countries in the world.

            •  blindsight   ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) 
              5•5 days ago

              Downloading content is almost definitely legal in Canada, and non-commercial digital distribution has never gone to court, so its legality hasn’t been established.

              I can’t find the source, but I recall reading speculation that sharing backup copies between owners of the media is likely legal in Canada but, again, it hasn’t been tried by courts, so its legality hasn’t been firmly established.

              Anyway, with non-commercial digital distribution not having any legal teeth in Canada, it’s effectively legal and its literal legality is unknown.

              •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 
                5•5 days ago

                https://www.laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/page-6.html#h-103344

                Assuming this is the correct source for Canada’s law about copyright. In the section about backup copies 29.24 (1):

                ( c ) the person, in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure, as defined in that section, or cause one to be circumvented; and

                ( d ) the person does not give any of the reproductions away.

                So (d) means it is not allowed to distribute the backup copy. As far as I understand. This is standard in most countries in the world. Also I cited ( c ), because this is usually also standard law. Normally, you are only allowed to make backups, if you do not circumvent any protection. Well its up to the interpretation if the Switch has such protection measure that falls into this category. But still, for our topic, (d) is relevant and seems to not allow for distribution of backup copies.

                Mind you, I am also not a lawyer. And not everything needs to go to court in order to have an understanding of the law. Off course, unless it is a bit of grey area like in the case of ROMs. But I think this is addressed in the above quote. I hope this is the correct source! So for the time being, I have to assume law regarding this is just the same as in most other countries, because there is nothing else for me to evaluate here.

                •  xthexder   ( @xthexder@l.sw0.com ) 
                  1•5 days ago

                  The key here is that distributing a copy is illegal, but receiving the copy isn’t. If you download someone else’s copy that’s identical to your own copy you purchased, you’ve done nothing wrong (the other person might have)