Well I wasn't sure what I thought about this, but if Sweeney thinks the labels are unnecessary and pointless, they're probably a good idea.

I'm not sure I see the point of his objection, anyway. Like, PEGI-13 games are ubiquitous, guess there's no point age-rating games.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: Purple Library GuyIt's going to be really worth while to rate a game's friendliness to SteamOS per se separately from how it plays with the Deck as hardware.

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Valve have already done that:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/valve-announce-steamos-compatibility-ratings-an-extension-of-steam-deck-verified-for-more-devices/

They've also said that "Steam Machine Verified" and "Steam Frame Verified" ratings will show on those respective devices.

Ah, thanks!

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Quoting: andilooks really nice, better than Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess ?

Which reminds me: Everything I could want, Liam says. Well, what if I want Aztec Gods in my helicopter shooter, huh?

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This kind of thing makes me wonder how the rating stuff is going to work once the Steam Machine is out. Because right now, the Deck rating system doesn't differentiate between games that don't work well with the form factor or power level of the Deck on one hand, and games that don't work well with SteamOS on the other. But with the Steam Machine, there's going to be a difference--there could be games that work fine with SteamOS, and on the Steam Machine, but not so much on the Deck; like this could be one of them. At the rate things are going, there could in the end be multiple kinds of device running games on SteamOS. It's going to be really worth while to rate a game's friendliness to SteamOS per se separately from how it plays with the Deck as hardware.

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Quoting: scaineDisolver Group.

I was thinking Divester Group.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksUgh, I forgot that IBM owns Red Hat now. Even more of a reason to never touch Fedora ever again... :sick:

Hey, could be a lot worse. Could be Oracle.

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Poke your eyes out?
. . . Just how close were you planning to get?

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I'll switch when Mint does; I'm vaguely hoping that will be soon, but I haven't had any problems with X11.

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That's hilarious.

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Some people might be OK with carrying vehicles across maps, but I expect my vehicles to carry me.

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