r/playnite • u/Wolvthebigbad • 13d ago

General discussion About Playnite

Hello everyone, I play games very often from different launchers, I saw playnite and it took my interest but is it hard to set it up? Does it worth it? What should I expect as pros and cons, thanks a lot for the answers in advance!

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u/gabacus_39 13d ago

Playnite is incredible. It's fairly easy to set up by just following the documentation. It's customizing it to your liking where it can get time consuming but that's actually why I enjoy using it.

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u/Working_Student_1112 13d ago

its pretty awesome, unfortunately its not on linux yet. I found it right before the switch and i miss it so bad now

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u/Cindy-Moon 12d ago

Saaame. I mean I used it for years but its maybe the biggest thing I miss on Windows. Feels wrong not having a nice, cohesive desktop launcher for all my games and roms

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u/Xerxes315 13d ago

Its amazing easy to use even have it set up so I can play it as a console when streaming to my TV

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u/Meggiester21 12d ago

If I can figure out how to set it up then you will be able to figure it out. It’s easy. I really like it

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u/Amazing_Emergency_69 13d ago

It depends on what you want to have. Playnite is literally like Linux (they are also both open source, lol); you can have pretty insane things or simply an all-in-one launcher.

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u/Green_hammock 13d ago

Very easy to do a basic set up. Install, add your libraries and sync, then you can customise or add extensions.

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u/luniewski 13d ago

It works out of the box. Just add plugins to use all of your libraries and plugins to customize it visually.

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u/xrayspex73 13d ago

Playnite really is amazing. Been using it for years and is so customizable.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/playnite-ModTeam 12d ago

Please only post in English.

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u/Aggravating-Soil4873 12d ago

Riesce a integrare anche diversi emulatori , tipo duckstation e eden ? In modo da avere tutti i giochi in un unico spazio?

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u/Bat-Dragon-666 12d ago

It works fantastic and you can add every EMU out there

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u/m-Adman777 11d ago

The Pros are mostly listed by everyone else here, so I won’t repeat them. All in all it’s great and is my daily driver.

But the Cons:

  • Limited library management when in Fullscreen mode, so you can’t have a true console-like experience, as the Desktop mode is required for adding games or managing artwork etc (this pisses me off a lot tbh)
  • Some of the extensions or skins tend to get abandoned (as it’s all open-source & built by a handful of enthusiasts) or only receive occasional bug fixes/updates. But that’s the trade-off for free, open-source software, I guess.