Probably only way I'll get a home to live in now (not even own). Thanks covid inflation!

Going to be like lawnmowerman!

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Quoting: missingnoThis is why I don't see Proton as a substitute for proper support. Because if they don't actually support the platform, they could break it at any time and say you're outta luck.

EAC, BE... all work via proton, it just needs a simple flag set on the AC servers.

Sure you loose kernel-level-end-user-backdoor'ing, but IMO that is such a terrible policy to have around given all the security breaches as of late.

These are just thoughtless corporations doing thoughtless things as usual.

The first thing you should do when considering any anti-cheat is
1) Will this cause any compatibility problems for customers
2) Will this open us up to legal litigation. (in case of backdoor, yes it can)

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Probably a custom lower power version of the AMD Strix Halo APU which I think is coming out soon for use.

Quoting: RandomizedKirbyTree47As to the main topic, I'm quite curious as to whether they go with ARM for the Deck 2.

ARM is probably still a few years away from being PERFORMANT under Linux. Which means it performs close to its raw hardware power levels because atm, its real crap, but yes the ARM's technically work under Linux.

As for the VR Headset, I think a ARM could work to run custom Valve software that has BAKED IN steam streaming support to PC (like real good quality) so people can play PCVR at great quality via USB or WiFi6+/7.

Not sure which ARM chips can decode and encode 4k AV1 120fps in real time. I know the Intel ARC GPU's (cheap/lowpower) can but who knows about ARM chips.... (also x264/HVEC is probably good enough since BANDWIDTH is unlikely to be a issue thanks to compression and highspeed wifi7/usb4 we have these days)

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Not really sure what the issue is since you can add non-steam games to Steam library and also run them with proton.

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Quoting: sourpuzI demand we be able to print out the source code and preserve it in book form!

Books erode, we should really write it on stone in a cave somewhere, for future generations that will 100% be living in caves. lol

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Quoting: elmapulthen, not only they dont relase here, but its just one region this time.

Doesn't Brazil have some sort of INSANE tax that Valve wouldn't be able to get around?

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Has anyone connected a steam deck to a quest-3? Should be doable, that be neat for some laid back nighttime gaming.

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All the DA4 characters look (inc animations/colour/etc) like they came from some version of Fable.

I wish this company was capable of DA:I again, obviously DAI is dated, and rusty but if it was updated with smoother mechanics and less jank, it be 100x better then DA2-3 and certainly 4.

I'll leave this series behind, let the 12yo's play it which seems to be the target audience.

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Quoting: tohurthere is NO way that can stand.

Perhaps their strategy is simply to bankrupt them in legal fees. Not to win.

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Mostly I wanted to buy direct from Valve because of warranty claim and not wanting to give the middleman that $100-200AUD or so. Also will be good if they sort this out for future hardware such as next-gen VR.

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