Quoting: alka.setzerWell, the Armello developer already had a different version just for GOG.
And in case isn't this why we have Proton? We no longer need native builds, translation overheads and coding for the one true platform (windows, x86[-64] and directx) is easier than solving platform quirks and there is no need to support anything other than Windows (and I'm not even sure if publishers/developers are required to solve problems whenever the issue is while running under Proton).

because they dont want to fix it if anything breaks on wine.
plus we have an history of harrassing developers who call their wrapper (wine/virtual programing) version an native build.

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i think we should investigade another code paradigms just like clickteam did with the games factory back in the day (the same UI that construct and gdevelop use)

something like scratch, blueprints from unreal, or something entirely new should be better on a device like this.

take dreams for playstation4, for isntance, or Toy-Con Garage from nintendo switch labo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleXxy_QJvM [External Link]

imagine something like this specific tailored for steam deck.

or... an keyboard using all the inputs (we almost have one button for each key)

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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.

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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

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

in other words, mods...

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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

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