@iska@mk.starnix.network @matrix @LukeAlmighty a battery only lasting 3 hours is fine if it's a gaming device, but not when it's your phone and you need it to do other stuff.

the hardware of a lot of phones are better, but you need far more powerful hardware than what you're emulating does to actually emulate it.

phones don't usually have great cooling either, so if you're pushing it to the max for a long time it'll likely start throttling.

i don't wanna' play portable gamecube controller either lol, fuck that. smash ultimate was just a random example, controller be damned. i know you could just as easily get one of those controller attachment things for you phone as you could joycons.

the other thing you might be forgetting is that the switch came out in 2017. phones are just now available that can emulate it to an "okay" degree. most people who wanted a switch already have one, and most of the switch-exclusive games that have come out most people with a switch have already played (if they wanted to). the ps5 has been out for 2 years, has 5 exclusive games on it, and you can't buy it unless you pick it up from someone selling it higher than retail value. it's not really worth buying, whereas a switch technically still is (the only REAL competitor being the steam deck, but then you still have to fuck around with linux and emulation issues).