1% is in line with historical averages for Linux. I was hoping it would move higher now that gaming is more accessible than ever on Linux, but I guess that's never going to happen. Too many people think they have to use Windows.

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Valve's art design is among the best in the industry. I love the visuals here. And the humor is classic Portal.

By the way, the game works perfectly with a Steam Controller.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Mountain ManCome on, man, even the Nintendo Switch can run Crysis these days. It would be pretty sad if the Deck couldn't.

Lighten up, man, it's a fun poke at the old meme.

Yes, I realized you were being humorous, as was I. I am often told I have a dry sense of humor, but I don't think that's true. I think "parched" is a more accurate description.

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Come on, man, even the Nintendo Switch can run Crysis these days. It would be pretty sad if the Deck couldn't.

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Now that Valve has some shiny new hardware that they want to promote, perhaps they'll finally get around to making Half-Life 3.

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Hmmm... doesn't really sound like the Deck will work as a primary PC, although it might be able to function as a secondary one. Granted, it was never designed for that purpose, but I was hoping its desktop mode would be a little more functional.

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Disappointing, but not surprising. Seems that porting houses will always lag behind primary developers in terms of long-term support.

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I would prefer the DLC be released as a discounted bundle as opposed to this subscription nonsense.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: CatKillerI expect that we'll get this kind of muddled language from developers for a while, where they're contemplating the Deck as a console and not thinking about Linux at all.

Because that's how Valve is marketing it. The Deck is not being presented as a Linux device but as a Steam device. You won't find the word "Linux" in any of their marketing.

To the consumer, yes. The OS should be irrelevant to the user experience.

The developer communication is very clear about it being Linux though.

Ultimately, the developers only care about a game running well enough to convince a customer to buy it, so I don't think they really care if they support Linux directly with native builds or indirectly through Proton as long as customers are willing to buy.

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Quoting: CatKillerI expect that we'll get this kind of muddled language from developers for a while, where they're contemplating the Deck as a console and not thinking about Linux at all.

Because that's how Valve is marketing it. The Deck is not being presented as a Linux device but as a Steam device. You won't find the word "Linux" in any of their marketing.

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