I think the Steam Deck Verified System is extremely misleading and problematic.

1) it's unclear how valve ultimately ends up at 1 of these 3 ratings,

2) Valve only tests a game once, and then usually never again, which is problematic because proton keeps getting better, but also like pointed out, DRM and anti-cheat get added to games. At the very least they should add the proton version this was tested with

3) It's totally unclear what doesn't work when a game is ''unsupported'' because the descriptions just say "valve is still working on adding support for this"

Of all the games I play, only a single one is completely unplayable, and that is Destiny 2. All the other ones either run fine or only have minor issues. And yes, I've played most unsupported titles in my library and they ran just fine even on the Deck.

Conversely, there's games in my library where I wonder why the heck valve gave it a verified rating. Like Horizon Zero Dawn. It's a total stutterfest on the deck, all over the forums people report that it's a consistently bad experience. The successor, Forbidden West, has an 'unsupported' rating exactly because of bad performance. So why is the first one verified then? I can't help but get the impression their standards when testing games are wildly different.

Honestly, I've had more issues with Verified titles than I had with unsupported ones. I don't pay attention to the rating any more. I just use protonDB which is so much more reliable

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https://steamdeckhq.com/news/valve-rockstar-fix-gta-online-steam-deck/ [External Link]
There may be some hope on the horizon after all

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Good Old Games? More like Good Delisted Games…

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Quoting: robvvThere are suggestions on the Steam forums for GTA V to simply install Windows on the Steam Deck! Oh, okay then...

Behold! Windows, the cure for all that ails y - oh wait a minute, the issue is scummy company practices. Nvm then

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Ugh, this is so stupid. It doesn't cost the devs any extra effort to have BattlEye Linux support. It's literally just a checkbox. Why would they suddenly care about cheaters now if they haven't for those past 9 years. And what's it with all those multiplayer game publishers being anxious about Linux cheating, they always portray us like we're the bad guys or something. Jesus Christ, we just want to enjoy the game like anyone else! Also, Red Dead Redemption 2 still doesn't have anticheat to this day.

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Seriously... notebook makers need to stop putting 500GB of storage into a laptop and call it a day. This is pitiful. Considering the astronomical increase in game size, you can only install 2x 150GB games before it's full. And why pair such a weak GPU with such a powerful CPU? This laptop has so many weird design choices and the price is frankly insane.

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Really? no FSR 3.1? Come on CDPR... how much more effort would it have been

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Quoting: nwildnerI see a lot of Mod/Plugin breaking in Minecraft Java then. On Bedrock for the poor peasants that still use Windows, Microsoft is already doing some tricks to avoid function mapping making mods breaking on purpose after each release.

Imagine the same hell being unleashed on Java edition making modders to have to race head by head with Minecraft often releases. This way I'll have to spend more time helping my nephew setting up his controllers by using Controlify mods because of his small hands(can't play on mouse+keyboard).

Sad they come with this bullshit to make Minecraft Java players life even more miserable.

Have you tried using Steam input instead? It allows to play any game with controller even if that only supports mouse and keyboard. It's how i play minecraft on Steam deck without any mods. There's tons of preset controller configs already available that map controller buttons to keyboard or you can make your own

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Ludusavi is amazing, I disovered this gem a few months ago. Coming from Gamesavemanager on Windows, I must say the UI/UX is so much better, and it's faster too. It even can search inside proton prefixes, which GSM isn't able to. In my opinion this tool is seriously underrated and deserves more coverage in the media😄

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The fact that they can't even do proper testing is really disappointing. And kudos to the guy who found the 'bad hack' to get it to work without dlc. The fact that you have to do manual file editing to get a game to work in multiplayer though... yikes.

Btw, Fromsoftware, where is the other promised 'hotfix' for Steam Deck users? Do you not realise that Steam Deckers make up a pretty big part of your playerbase?

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