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Gabe hand-delivers signed Steam Decks, sounds like a Steam Deck 2 is planned
28 Feb 2022 at 1:29 pm UTC Likes: 5

Fake News! That's half the width I imagined him to have! :D

Check your Steam Library against Steam Deck compatibility easily
28 Feb 2022 at 1:04 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeI'm looking forward to see the coloured section grow. :)
14% playable+ now, rising almost every day. 4 games "Unsupported", two of which should go to at least Playable later on (Outlast and Surviving Mars).

The Steam Deck has released, here's my initial review
27 Feb 2022 at 4:29 pm UTC

Quoting: Cmdr_IrasWhile no means an expert in battery technology I do work with backup power supplies and we offer Li-ion batteries as an option, and it is pretty standard for these batteries to charge to 100% then self discharge to 80% in order to maintain longevity; in our case this happens over the course of a month but were talking about 100-250Ahr blocks here that are permanently connected to a power supply.
I guess the usual way to cope would be to... adapt the number being displayed a little bit. Like, showing "100%" when it actually dropped to 97% already.

The Steam Deck has released, here's my initial review
25 Feb 2022 at 6:18 pm UTC Likes: 2

29 pages of review. :D

Feral Interactive have no plans to update their Linux ports for Steam Deck
25 Feb 2022 at 12:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: Alm888Rest assured, I have more than I will ever be able to finish. All Linux native. Most on GOG, some on itch.io or Humble. Had not to "pirate" a game in a long time (sinse 2012 at least). Oh, and I have exactly 0 (zero) "Feral games" on my Steal library because… I have no Steam library. :tongue:
its not about the ammount of games, but the time you spend playing then, its worth?
there are tons of free games for android that, while they are free, they dont worth our time.
time is the most important thing in life, money? you can won on lotery and get rich and never need to worry about it again, but time? you cant recover that, and you only realize when its too late.
yes, i'm talking about myself.
Of course you're right that games should be worth one's time.
But I sure still have more native Linux games totally worth my time than I have actual time to play.
Four big CRPGs alone that are still unplayed, 4 * 50 hours at least, which amounts to many months for me, four new WadjetEye Games ports, four unplayed Zachtronic games, ...

ELDEN RING is out and Verified for Steam Deck
25 Feb 2022 at 8:23 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: easbarbaElden Ring is running fine with great FPS on AMD/Mesa but all enemies but bosses/sellers are invisible.

I will just wait it out.
That's a feature, to make it even more challenging...

Steam Deck - what to expect for launch tomorrow with nearly 800 titles Playable
25 Feb 2022 at 8:19 am UTC

Quoting: ArtenCouple of my natives games are unsuported. Surviveing mars for example. It run on my OS, so what is different? Only one think on my mind is gamescope...
They're working on better support for Surviving Mars e.g.

Steam Deck - what to expect for launch tomorrow with nearly 800 titles Playable
24 Feb 2022 at 3:23 pm UTC Likes: 12

When this happens, the embargo on all coverage also ends. Valve said they sent out a Steam Deck to "roughly 100 media outlets" (including yours truly).
:heart:

Valve adds official Steam Deck compatibility checker, 762 games Playable or Verified
24 Feb 2022 at 8:57 am UTC

Quoting: denyasis
Quoting: EikeI would agree, but why is Outlast, which I played through natively, appearing on my "unsupported" list?
Native (and even "Platinum on ProtonDB/AppDB") does not equate verified for the Deck.
That wasn't the question. Like, not at all.
There's not only Verified and Unsupported, but also Playable - which Outlast for sure was for me.

Quoting: denyasisI doubt many games were made with a 7"-9" screen and controller only support in mind. In fact, I'd imagine some simply will never work by design, regardless of Linux compatibility.
Playable games with readibility problems and such fall into the category Playable, not Unsupported.

Specifically, I was asking about the game Outlast, which is also on consoles, including Switch version, so we can be sure it can work with controllers and on a small screen good enough to be, well "Playable".

Quoting: SalvatosPSA: You can hover a game and click the "Steam Deck Compatibility" button to see loosely why it has the current status.
Thanks!
This shows "Valve is working on support of this game for Steam Deck".
Makes a lot more sense.

BTW, checkmydeck has the info when hovering over the right column:
https://checkmydeck.herokuapp.com [External Link]

Valve adds official Steam Deck compatibility checker, 762 games Playable or Verified
23 Feb 2022 at 3:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ST34MF0X
Quoting: jordicomaUnsupported? This has more sense than on spanish "No compatibles" (no compatible), as many of these games works on my linux, even some are native.
"Unsupported" does not mean "does not work."
They're literally saying it means "currently don't function on Steam Deck", on the page Liam linked.