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Latest Comments by elmapul
Devs are discovering the Steam Deck is good for making games too
14 Jul 2022 at 1:14 am UTC

once i tried to figure out, if it was possible to do an game that could be comercially viable up to a few years ago, recently using construct on a phone, the test?
making flappy birds.
after a few minutes, the conclusion:
yeahp, definitelly possible.

considering that flappy birds was a huge sucess in 2013 in the same year that we had ps3 on the market and just a few months before the launch of ps4...

imagine what is possible with an steam deck!
theere are always stories of poor people (or people who live in poor countries) and used a phone as their only computer, but learned to code and got an better life, imagine how many people might have steam deck as their first and only machines, but get an better life from that starting point.

System76 announce the 67% Launch Lite keyboard
13 Jul 2022 at 11:56 am UTC Likes: 1

i want some keyboard with 10+ extra keys.
not kidding.

the main issue is that i probably wont be able to afford the keyboard+importing

Denuvo announced Denuvo SecureDLC to protect DLC
4 Jul 2022 at 1:44 pm UTC Likes: 2

as they found "players can automatically generate and install programs that access downloadable content without paying for it".
in other words, mods...

Linux share on Steam hits highest peak in years thanks to Steam Deck
2 Jul 2022 at 3:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: elmapuli dont know if my math is wrong but...
1,18% of 1,557,600 is ~18379
7.58% of 18379 is ~ 1393

so the number of steam decks is just that?

what im doing wrong?
1.5 million already is the 1,18%. They're all Linux users. The whole number of active Steam users is > 100 million.
ok im blind

Linux share on Steam hits highest peak in years thanks to Steam Deck
2 Jul 2022 at 3:10 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: mphuZIt's a shame that Valve hasn't released the SteamOS desktop distribution yet.
And even the new Big Picture is missing in the beta version of Steam.
maybe that is a good thing, if people start making comparissions on unsuported hardware, steamOS may get an bad reputation

Linux share on Steam hits highest peak in years thanks to Steam Deck
2 Jul 2022 at 3:06 pm UTC

i dont know if my math is wrong but...
1,18% of 1,557,600 is ~18379
7.58% of 18379 is ~ 1393

so the number of steam decks is just that?

what im doing wrong?

GOG finally remove the false "in progress" note about GOG Galaxy for Linux
1 Jul 2022 at 1:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Leopard
Quoting: elmapulreally bad timing for then, steam deck will make linxu somewhat relevant and they will missing the hype train.
Nope.

If there is one thing Steam Deck does now, it is glorifying Steam itself.

Surely they are not limiting device in any way to handle other stores, you can even install Windows but since that is a console and most people will be opted to where out of box experience is good; it is Steam and Proton.
i know, but they would still make more money by supporting it than not supporting.
not to mention they can even enter the hardware market thenselves...maybe...
imagine an gogOS

GOG finally remove the false "in progress" note about GOG Galaxy for Linux
1 Jul 2022 at 12:03 pm UTC Likes: 6

really bad timing for then, steam deck will make linxu somewhat relevant and they will missing the hype train.

AOKZOE are the latest to attempt a Steam Deck rival with the AOKZOE A1
30 Jun 2022 at 9:46 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: Avehicle7887Also Full HD on a 8" display seems like a potential battery drain and performance killer.
How is it going to kill performance if you just set a game to 720/800p? Battery is a good question though.
in 2 ways:
1)layman customers using the native resolution without knowing they can have an better performance by limiting the resolution (or maybe thinking more = better aways)

2)the screen may draw more power than an lowres screen, but that is just my speculation.

AOKZOE are the latest to attempt a Steam Deck rival with the AOKZOE A1
29 Jun 2022 at 9:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

un professional presentation, the company appear from nowhere... and the name is quite bad.
not inspiring confidence, but i hope its a real project not an scam, for the sake of anyone puting money into that thing.