Quoting: STiATFor that to happen Gabe needs to learn to count to 3.

Not very likely to happen.

Cough cough... SteamOS v3.0

Reading these comments reinforces my perspective that people are not aware of how Valve is fundamentally different from your average wall-street company in that

[1] They are privately owned, no stock is traded, meaning they can make business decisions about their [a] reputation and [b] long-term goals not just [c] quarterly profits for wall-street (In other words... capitalism done right where income is balanced against long-term objectives)

[2] Their structure is a bee-hive as pointed out a decade ago in their employee handbook ( https://archive.org/details/ValveEmployeeHandbook/page/n29/mode/2up [External Link] ).

If Erik Wolpaw wants to write Portal 3 (or should I say Portal 2 as 2 was really just a prequel) -- there's nothing stopping him. If he can get a handful of people to join his "committee" the work can be done and stored in internal ValveNET Wiki or whatever until it's time to bring in additional Human Resources to begin the construction phase.

The same place where the Half-Life 3 seed exists and has been planted but hasn't grown just yet.

Valve will always make good things because not only do the customers want Valve games, but because nothing gets done at Valve unless there is passion enough willpower from within.

For example, I knew once Valve Index committee wrapped up, all those hardware and software guys would have freetime to start a new project and Steam Machines v2 (or Steam Deck as it's called) would be inevitable.

Next up is the Valve Index 2 which will likely be a standalone device incorporating all they have learned in Steam Deck.

Will we see Half Life 3 and a new Portal? Likely at some point. Valve Time cooks slowly though, so don't hold your breath for 5 or 10 years.

Also, while Portal 2 dwarfs Portal 1 in popularity and review score, I am one of the few holding fast that Portal 1 was superior. If they do undertake a Portal 3 I would like for them to return to the calculated cold mechanical sociopathic GlaDOS inspired by System Shock's Shodan instead of the Portal 2 one which just "called you fat" and used other low-blow humor. Everything else about Portal 2 was phenomenal except they got the personality profile on GlaDOS slightly wrong. Wrong enough to hit a nerve.

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Congratulations and many thanks to everyone who has been a part of this community over the years to get to this point. Also, thanks to Vovo, Gaben, Wine, DXVK people, and countless others.

We did it! Be Excellent to Eachother, and Party on Dudes!



Bonus Meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19kvVIn_Fo [External Link]

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I really love the system shock vibe of this game & the video showing the mechanics. This has been on my watchlist for months, I'm very excited -- few games capture that "fun" feeling -- but I get lots of good vibes from this and have high hopes.

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I go to download this on Desktop and it's 81GB, is the SteamDeck version slimmer?

Im still going to try it, it looks really fun but IMA need to free up some space first o_O

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Studies show that 99% of cheaters in Destiny use Microsoft Windows platforms, therefore it is logical to remove 99% of cheaters to remove platform support for Windows.

/what-i-did-there

Bungie's Strawman defenses are pretty pathetic and low-effort low-IQ.

By their own logic they should never leave the comfort and safety of Consoles.

This is just discrimination and lazyness + excuses.

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All Aboard!!!! Were going to Tux Town Noot Noot

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We've already received massive benefits from Steam Deck in the form of Proton working well on all our desktop games, and countless improvements to our platform.

As always, hats off to Valve. This is going to be fun.

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Always exciting to see what 0AD is doing. As usual, I'm looking forward to each update.

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w00t w00t

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We already know from ProtonDB.com [External Link] that the overwhelming majority of games are running on Desktop Linux (Save multiplayer infested with DRM Anticheat)

I'm sure the Approved list will grow fast since it's mostly just a UI Mod & Full Controller support and I look forward to having more consistency so my games can be fully managed without keeb and mouse.

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