I like Valve and they are generally good, but I usually don't really bother with reporting issues anymore, as they usually end up being ignored. They are usually good at responding to proton issues but steam issues do not seem to get looked at often. There was also those CSGO/CS2 issues that were reported and took months to fix which isn't a good look.

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I'll look into adding this for luxtorpeda. The source release I added a while back ,but this looks like it adds some nice features.

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Note that if you use luxtorpeda and were on the steam client beta, steam is launching lux at start for some odd reason. Ive pushed up a new version of the client to work around that issue

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Quoting: Vortex_Acherontic

Quoting: coryoon

Single-player games largely aren’t a problem, although some have poor performance and yet somehow still get a Playable or Verified rating, which Valve do seem to be a bit inconsistent on.

Well, yes. The other thing Valve needs to work on is clarity regarding what it actually means to be Verified or Playable. Because the reality of the situation is that to be Verified you just have to meet the not especially strict requirements of a small checklist and not much more; it was never and has never been a guarantee that a rated Verified game will run 100% perfectly at 30/60 FPS consistently on specific settings or what have you. It just means it reaches the bare minimum of what Valve consider to be playable, regardless of how well it runs or not.

I would even get a step further for the verification. A game should pass the playability test in most common configuration. Like hooked up to a tv and with external controllers and in handheld mode.

There are a few games (Halo Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike) which are verified, for a good reason but completely break if you attempt to play them docked with an external controller.

I think, as this is a valid use case for a steam deck they should include things like this as well.

Spartan Assault at least isn't verified - https://store.steampowered.com/app/277430/Halo_Spartan_Assault/?curator_clanid=4777282 [External Link]

They do have a rating box for cases where external controllers don't work, not sure why they didn't mark it, but guessing whoever tested it didn't try it.

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Quoting: Mohandevir

perhaps it’s finally time for Valve to allow developers to officially list their games as supported via Proton for Linux-based platforms

This. Maybe it could be as easy as what they did for cloud gaming and family sharing (an opt-in/opt-out option). Forcing Devs to commit: "Do you support or not Proton and/or the Steam Deck" and create an easy to see filter, in the store pages for the devs that support Proton officially. Free advertising to these devs and make them first class citizens, above and before the Steam Deck verified program.

Yeah I think that'd be a great idea, having a checkmark for "supported" steam deck, similar to the other opt-in options. Then if Valve wanted to they could have an not official supported badge for ones that are verified working (but means it could change). Especially for games that never update and the devs may be gone.

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I think a policy of no questions asked refunds (automated, not having to deal with getting rejected) if the steam deck verification changes would go a long way.

Plus some sort of thing where the steam deck verificatin freezes the version, meaning it has to be verified again each major version. That would be less popular due to delays and incompatibility for multiplayer, but would guarantee the verification was accurate

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This is also supported on luxtorpeda if you have the game on steam.

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I've added all of the original content (the new maps aren't in the steam depot, probably require a download) to be supported in luxtorpeda

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I enjoyed this game up to a point, but the QTEs ended up being a bit much. There's one further into the game I was unable to complete, where you have to keep your cursor inside this circle and it constantly moves.

I have a wrist injury so that made it basically impossible to finish. I know these sort of games are alot of qtes, but this has alot more actually gameplay, so it'd be nice if there was accessibility options.

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This makes little sense, 30% is pretty industry standard.

Keeping prices consistent makes it better for the consumer, and on that note the prices on steam are set by the developers/publishers.

Valve is the most used platform because it's basically the best, there's no monopoly here, there's many of other alternatives that people are freely able to use.

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