Finally I can really enjoy BioShock!
Man, I waited so many years for this...!

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Quoting: jarhead_hGuys, it's VERY likely that the CCP launches an invasion of RoC(Taiwan) very soon, like before Thanksgiving or even Halloween.

I bet that this will not happen (in either time frame).

Want to wager one Linux native game?

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all games included have Native Linux versions

2015 called and wants its Humble Bundle back!

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Quoting: LamdarerBut what bugs me the most is that while SteamOS Holo has 13.69% for Linux, the AMD Custom GPU has more 13.72%. Wouldnt that mean that there is a significant portion of Deck users who installed another Linux Distro on it :huh: and even more so if you consider that the Community Holo iso which can be installed anywhere also counts toward SteamDeckOS™.

Desktop use aside, 13.69 : 13.72 = 0.9978 => 0.22 % of Steam Desk users would be installing another Linux distribution. One in 450.

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Nearly a year later, they have delivered!

So @Liam, you can put another check mark on the Kickstarter list.

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Quoting: natis1Are you boycotting Valve? If so I'm curious why...

I just don't rent/lease games there, I want to buy (and own without restrictions).

It's been said a thousand times already, but you can download many games from Steam and use them without Steam or any other restrictions. (I'm not sure if there's some list though.)

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: BlackBloodRumFor example, I accidentally dumped 70+ hours into Saints Row 2 (with mods like GoTR and proton) on the Steam Deck alone. However that game is actually tagged by Valve as incompatible with the Deck (It has the in valves testing this didn't work yadda yadda warning).

Erm, no, like most of my 17 (not really) incompatibles, it's got the "Valve is still working on it" badge [External Link].

So I got some terminology wrong big deal. Either way it says "Unsupported" - which most people would take to mean "it doesn't work".

You're right in saying that they marked it as unsupported.
But they also give reasons why they call something unsupported.

One e.g. is VR - they don't support VR on such a medium powered device.
Another one is anti-cheat which actually won't allow you to join servers in multi-player games.

The most interesting one, which is the case here, is "Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck", which does not really mean it doesn't work.

All 14 games I've got with this reason are working all fine on my desktop Linux PC, most of them natively, and I am very optimistic that they work on Steam Deck, too. (Just got the Deck today, it's laying behind me, still in it's package.)

So yes, they are not supporting it - as of now -, yes, this looks like "doesn't work" for the average user, but no, they are not saying "in valves testing this didn't work". And I already had such games moving from Unsupported to Verified (or Playable, not sure).

*edit* Just saw the text "Some or all of this game currently doesn't function on Steam Deck" in your image. This is a general explanation what "Unsupported" is supposed to mean and is unsuitable for the actual reason for this game. But yes, Valve did a bad job here, again.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumFor example, I accidentally dumped 70+ hours into Saints Row 2 (with mods like GoTR and proton) on the Steam Deck alone. However that game is actually tagged by Valve as incompatible with the Deck (It has the in valves testing this didn't work yadda yadda warning).

Erm, no, like most of my 17 (not really) incompatibles, it's got the "Valve is still working on it" badge [External Link].

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Quoting: denyasisSorry guys, didn't mean to cause any controversy.

I think it's all fine, just exchanging some experiences. YOou brought up an interesting topic IMHO.

Quoting: denyasisI know socket life used to matter to me at one time, being younger, having more money and expecting to upgrade the processor at least one during a lifetime.

There might have been technical reasons as well. Back then when CPUs actually got double the speed after two years, not only some extra cores (which many games will find hard to make additional use of).

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Quoting: NerdNoiseRadioBut for the purposes of our conversation here, the point I was trying to make is that these "I'm just along for the ride" people, sticking with Linux out of convenience rather than passion....they still help our cause of advancing gaming on Linux, even if only by complete coincidence / accident. :-)

What a success when you think about it! Keeping Linux because it's so convenient...! :-D

PS: Ok, the "it" might actually be "keeping", not "Linux", but still...

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