I guess it was the Orange Box here too. I mostly bought it to appease my guilty conscience for pirating Half Life 2 some years prior.

(It was a lot easier back then to get the pirated version running in Wine).

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It's quite fun to see developers having some crazy notion for a game and going all in, making an actual product of it, no matter how short it is instead of just shelving the idea for later project that may never be.

Also, "short and somewhat disturbing"? <michael scott>That's what she said!</michael scott>

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, yeah, but specifically the games nobody cares about.

Or games people are reluctant to admit to playing? No Proton reports for titles like The Seduction of Shaqeera!? :tongue:

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyA quick google suggests that there are around 50,000 games

That's an interesting tidbit.

There's about 5000 (open and closed) game specific issues on the Proton bug tracker, and around 20 000 game reports on ProtonDB. So half the games on Steam have never been put through the ringer?

On a similar note, I have never seen anything that suggests that Valve themselves are doing any sort of large scale testing. Given that they likely sit on the worlds largest repository of Windows apps they could do regression testing on a VERY large scale. What fun that project would be to work on!

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Quoting: LinuxwarperI believe Valve will achieve a level of compatibility to make most of people's library playable, assuming anti-cheat support comes. They don't have to reach 100%, but the percentage treshold that is acceptable at launch. With developers entering the fray, Proton compatibility will accelerate much faster in 2022 than it has the years before. Media spreading FUD about compatibility isn't helping.

Yeah, I think I mentioned this before, but it will be interesting to follow media reports. Going by ProtonDB* 82% of games tested work. That's pretty good. But if you focus on the top ten, only 50% work. Is the glass half full or half empty?

Most of the top ten games with problems are most likely issues with AC/DRM so hopefully more will work on launch day, but for most users and reviewers the success of the Deck might come down to how well it runs one particular game.

Interesting times ahead!

* Not the most reliable metric, I know.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, Epic can go screw as far as I'm concerned. But I understand sometimes people want the free games.

I've been picking up the freebies thinking they might eventually go belly up and just go "Screw it, here, go redeem your games on GOG/Steam". :tongue:

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Quoting: PhiladelphusI interpreted that initial comment as saying 100% of games would work with Proton, and I was definitely skeptical of Valve pulling that off before December, unless they're sitting on a ton of improvements they haven't released yet. This interpretation makes a lot more sense. Thankfully it doesn't make a difference to me, but I can see this being a turn-off for Windows gamers. Hopefully Valves pulls off enough Proton improvements by December to get enough of the popular games working that Windows gamers are willing to wait for further improvements.

I'm not sure if this is an unpopular opinion, but I think it's smart of Valve to hedge their bets and support Windows too.

For many it will make the purchase a much safer choice. SteamOS sucks for your particular game? Install Windows and go about your business. The hardware is still great, so you recommend it to a friend. When they purchase the Deck Proton have progressed somewhat and they are happy with the OOTB SteamOS experience.

A key to the success of the Deck is to get game developers on board, and the best way to get their attention is to push units. By hook or by crook.

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Quoting: WorMzyhttps://www.steamdeck.com/en/hardware [External Link]

You can also install and use PC software, of course. Browse the web, watch streaming video, do your normal productivity stuff, install some other game stores, whatever.

Ah, right, as an open platform. As long as people doesn't read into that too much and assume Valve promises to support other stores in Proton.

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Quoting: AussieEeveeWhat I am expecting from Valve is an easy way to install these other game stores. Yes, they are competitors but Valve promised me that I could.

Where?

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Quoting: JVargasIs there a way to set up this manually?
steam settings seems to not be available on my menu for some weird reason.
!steam settings [External Link]

Family Control enabled maybe?
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/154644928861005330/ [External Link]

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