Quoting: CatKillerGabe Newell should probably try to avoid implying that the hardware is only for boys, though.

In case anyone thinks I'm just being random here, it was an interview with IGN [External Link], talking about the Deck and the Switch, where he said

So I think Nintendo does a great job targeting the audience they do with the content that they have. And that's going to be different. Like when you pick this up, it feels much more like the ergonomics for somebody who's used to playing with an expensive game controller, right? Because it's bigger and it's bulkier than a Switch. And if we're right, that's the right trade-off to be making for the audience that we're going after

A perfectly reasonable interpretation of his thought process here (although not the only one) is that "the Switch is for filthy casuals with their childlike and girly hands, but the Deck is for PCMR with their big manly hands."

I doubt it was a conscious thought, but biases rarely are. The Valve promo videos show girls being allowed to play, at least.

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Quoting: elmapuldigital foundry did an framerate count on some of the footage of games running on steam deck

I guess I found the wrong video, but still quite interesting:
Valve Steam Deck Spec Analysis: Can It Really Handle AAA PC Gaming? [External Link]
("Proton really needs to deliver!")

This [External Link] is the one you're after.

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They've been working on cutscenes for a while. They've implemented enough so that games no longer crash when they're trying to play something that they can't (that's what the test-screen in-game videos are about) and they're working on getting the video to appear instead. I heard a rumour that they were doing that by re-encoding every video on their end into a more sensible format, and then swapping it in as needed; I haven't investigated whether that's actually true, though.

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Quoting: subBut not communicating that openly will cause major damage to the project.

If they're sensible (which they normally are), and they're intending to be transparent (which they've given every indication they are), they'll have both SteamOS 3 and the anti-cheat (and any other) improvements squared away and released for public testing well in advance of the hardware release.

Release early, release often.

Gabe Newell should probably try to avoid implying that the hardware is only for boys, though.

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the game frequently turning vertical synchronization on and off between frames

That's insane.

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Quoting: subWhen it comes to compatibility, that Kotaku article has this interesting bit:

The parenthetical part was Kotaku editorialising.

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The allegations are that he was the kind of person to threaten people if he didn't get what he wanted, with what he wanted being, historically, allegedly, sex with co-workers and potential co-workers.

Some time after the fact, he's decided that he wants the personal details of the people that already think that he's harassed them so that he can harass them some more. And if he doesn't get what he wants, he's (publicly) threatening to get everyone put in prison for two years.

It doesn't seem that he's painting himself in the most positive light here.

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Quoting: Liam DaweOpen to suggestions.

When it's actually out, and especially if the segment takes off, having "handheld" as an option along with "desktop," "laptop," and "sofa/console PC" would make sense, along with renaming that last option; a PC plugged into the TV isn't the same as a PC that's in your hands.

Actually, wasn't there someone here that said they were already using one of the existing handheld PCs for gaming? Not as their main, as I recall, so it wouldn't have shown in the stats before now.

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Quoting: HoriAlso really nice to see an FPS Limiter built-in.

They'll probably put something in the game's Properties UI for it, but otherwise it's just gamescope -r 30 -- %command%

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In a year's time I can see there being more than the one person using SteamOS as their main Linux gaming distro.

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