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The SteamOS era is imminent: Valve adds a new compatibility rating for games that’ll run on ‘any device that’s not a Steam Deck’ (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] b34k@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Give me the desktop version! I’ve got an old SFF pc ready to become my home console, since I never got an Xbox Series or PS5

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 0 points 5 days ago

I am waiting for Arch SteamOS desktop to be released before trying Linux again. Hopefully sooner than later, since I want to cleanly migrate before DOGE starts to wander the halls of Microsoft.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 117 points 1 week ago (11 children)

It's pretty awesome that the steamdeck is now basically a viable and far less limited alternative to consoles for around the same price as one.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

It's about the only affordable gaming PC right now.

As an added bonus, maybe devs will keep targeting lower end hardware because of it.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This was already true for x86 handhelds, companies like Ayaneo and GPD have been around for quite some time. However, removing Windows from the equation and the huge resource overhead it causes, and making Linux a viable alternative with their work on Proton, has absolutely shaken the industry up. It looks like Microsoft is going to try and release a hybrid Windows/Xbox OS for OEMs. I did try out Win11 on my Lenovo Legion Go for an hour or so and it was just awful compared to Bazzite (that uses the Steam Deck UI). So all up it's a pretty exciting time for handheld and low power gaming!

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ayaneo and GPD are too expensive for to be compared to consoles imo. They've been above a grand and in general similarly priced as a laptop with the same internal hardware. Edit: The Steam Deck basically halved the price for an powerful x86 handheld, and made it comparable to a Switch. This is imo the only reason it sells so well.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Finally, the year of the Linux Desktop is upon us

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago (11 children)

I'm quite worried that the quality of experiences with Linux gaming in the eyes of Joe public will go down the drain once every random crap by some Chinese factory will be seen as "a steam deck" because it runs SteamOS, just like how Samsung is dog shit and gives android a bad rep because of it's weird bloatware.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Samsungs hardware is not crap, their locked down UI might be but apple and Samsung hardware are among the best. Also fuck Samsung and Apple.

-sent from my Galaxy S23 Ultra.

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[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The same fallacy of someone buying a $200 android, complaining it sucks, then getting a $700 IPhone, to confirm in their mind that all androids are cheap crap. Ignorant consumers are gonna ignorantly consume.

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