Oh neat, Iris and the Giant looks right up my alley.

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Quoting: elmapulthey are even more desperate than that:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/som87v/gpd_steam_deck_is_worse_than_win_3_it_is_a_closed/ [External Link]

Ohoho man, this is really something to read. Like, this might be the first time I've seen a supposedly professional company say piracy is a "feature", but to call a linux platform "closed" is something else. At best they have a case for SteamOS's immutable file system being technically "closed" outside of flatpaks but that's fixed with a few commands in the terminal, and they're comparing a like, $1,300 handheld to a $400 one.

I can buy that this was an official response though, On a certain video game related anonymous imageboard every steam deck thread has someone shilling GPD and talking crap about the steam deck, I just didn't think it was THIS bad on their end.

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Quoting: heidi.wengerThere is a reason why Steam is so popular i think: you click "PLAY" and, well, then you play! Maybe The Dark Mod gets to Steam just like Super Tux!

TDM on Steam was in the works when Valve did the whole Greenlight thing. Don't really know why there haven't been any other efforts?

I can shed some light on this as someone who knows someone who has talked with the developers. Basically when it came time for legal certification before making it to steam, they were asked to get contractual permission from each and every single mission uploader, which just wasn't viable, as some were not able to be contacted, and others may or may not have said yes, which basically halted the steam release in its tracks.

I assume it's the same reason that Retroarch doesn't have every core available in the steam version, they have to get legal permission, even if it's free.

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