Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoThey can blame the IC shortage, but PROTON is not ready and a lot of big games won't run.

My bet is on this as well.

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Quoting: t3gSeems to be under a valid license that is free software compatible:

https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/blob/master/LICENSE [External Link] and https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#Unlicense [External Link]

This doesn't mean the decompilation approach is legal.

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The first two attempts got rejected?

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Quoting: lejimsterI think it's right to temper expectations, but I do believe Valve have an internal build of Proton with DRM & Anticheat support for more titles that they haven't released yet. Once those big stumbling blocks are out of the way, we will jump almost immediately to over 90% of games supported. The focus can be then on knocking out the weird edge cases. Also expect developers/publishers to give the steam deck some love and update some of their games to work well with Proton which could really help us get closer to that "100%".

I think way too many people on here are being doom and gloom after seeing the failure of the steam machines. We are light years away from those days and I actually expect some rapid progress in compatibility and performance over the next 12 months. It's an exciting time to be a Linux gamer.

If they have an internal build with DRM & Anticheat than they should get it out for alpha/beta testing soon, imho. It's mid September already. Better test that stuff in the field.
I have a really bad feeling about reception of the Deck.
The hardware is great, I have no doubt about that.
But mind you, like with Steam Machines, there are influential people out there just waiting to goof off the Deck. And to me it looks like Valve again makes the Deck an easy target to them by raising too high expectations on what Proton can deliver.
We should see this from the POV of a non-Linux user.
For us Proton is great for what it achieves. We see the progress and what has been done already.
That's great and promising. But it's not there yet to make such bold claims as in the initial presentation of the Deck, imho.
And people outside Linux won't appreciate all those accomplishments so far, they complain until forums spill over and we'll probably see a shitstorm with no comparison.
Mind you, how many people work: It's not a small startup. It's Valve making those bold claims. And as I see, there are many people who love to see big fishes fail and *punish* them with a shitstorm.

Don't get me wrong.
I want to see that thing succeed!
The HW looks like it's a fantastic thing to get.
But I have doubts there PR as of now is helpful.

Just my 2 cents.

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Quoting: einherjarBad expectation management can kill the success of a product.
Here is a serious problem, that may kill SteamOS as a product. People will be disappointed about this shit Linux that does not run game <xyz> and install windows :dizzy:

I'm completely with you on that.

Yet, I wonder why the expectation management for Steam Machines and Steam Deck is so naive.
I mean, when it comes to HL3, Portal3, they are pretty clear and avoid anything leading to false hope. This must be two completely different strategies here.

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Never played them.

Isn't that Ron Gilbert's (Monkey Island) work?

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It's a shame, indeed.
They could've at least have a Linux and Mac build out.

Then again the free two expansion packs by Machinegames (they made the recent Wolfenstein stuff) is a really nice stuff.
*Free* by means if you already own it Steam.

I hope those expansion packs also run with a *real* Quake engine and don't make use of stuff exclusive to that Kex Engine.

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Intel has convinced so many bright heads to join this GPU project years ago,
I'm sure this will pay for them and us.
Even if not with the very first line up.

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Can someone explain what's so difficult for SDL when it comes to Wayland?
I guess there must be some major hurdles and it's not straightforward.

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Looking great.

Do they have a campaign (already)?
Pretty sure it was on their agenda.

Edit: I should've carefully read the article. ;)

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