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Steam Machine Verified requirements will have 'fewer constraints' than Steam Deck, says Valve
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I think it makes sense that these would be looser than those for the Deck. It doesn't have the text size or resolution constraints. Basically the only thing that matters is: is there a native version, and if not, does it run in Proton.
Tbh I think it might even make sense to reduce the visibility of this verification, because in my experience, the number of games that don't run in Proton now is vanishingly small. Big standouts are those requiring kernel-level anti-cheat, but that is not going to change. It kind of sends the wrong message to even need the verification, as opposed to supporting the assumption that most of the time "it just works".
I know a few people who until very recently still believed that you could only run Linux native games on a Steam Deck. I guess maybe these verifications are aimed to combat that.