Yeah. If it's "new games on Proton" or "no games", I will take new games. The last ~decade has clearly shown that even a concerted push from Valve, the de facto kingmaker of PC gaming, is not enough to effect lasting change in the number of companies making Linux-native versions. It's becoming increasingly obvious that the only way we're going to get that is by increasing Linux's share of the market, and as Purple Library Guy said, that needs people—specifically gamers—to change OS, which they're not likely to do if they can't play their favorite games. And if, in the meantime while we wait for Linux market share to rise, the Proton version performs indistinguishably from a native version…well, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's good enough for me! :grin:

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleAnd the selection still seems super random. But then I keep seeing people excited to play things on Deck that I have never even heard of. So maybe not so random.

I suppose that, even though Valve keep hyping how it'll run AAA games, they have to know that not everyone is going to buy this in order to play such games, so it makes good sense to be showing off as wide a range of games as possible before release.

Quoting: denyasisI think the article from yesterday about that testing and retesting policy seemed to indicate some form of developer submission into a "que".

¿Qué? Do you mean a "queue"? :wink:

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Quoting: Projectile VomitThey had me at Gustav Holst's, Mars: Theme From The Planets as the music for this video.

I've got "Mars, Bringer of War" (as it's titled) stuck in my head now. :grin:

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Finally at a place in life where I can devote the time and energy to figuring out how to stream, seems like as good a time as ever to try out OBS Studio. :smile:

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VERIFIED: 14 games (8.59%)
PLAYABLE: 15 games (9.2%)
UNSUPPORTED: 0 games (0.0%)
UNKNOWN: 134 games (82.21%)

Up to 18% playable+, from 14% yesterday. :happy:

Valve have explicitly said they're hiring people to help with this verification process. While I'm sure they'll have some permanent employees continuing to monitor the steady trickle of games coming in into the future, for this first Herculean effort I wouldn't be at all surprised if they simply hired a few hundred contractors for a few months (using the money from TF 2 cosmetics, or some other rounding error in their budget) to get through the initial push. It's an eclectic selection of games right now, and slow, because they're testing a wide variety of things and shaking out the UI, but I've no doubt that in the next week and a half leading up to February 25 the flood gates will open and we'll see thousands of games ranked which they're probably sitting on right now.

Also by stretching it out rather than just saying "Here are 5k games that are at least playable" they encourage people to get invested and keep coming back to see if a game they want to play has been listed yet. :grin:

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I can't wait to see multiplayer speedrunning! :woot:

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I have it on the wishlist from the initial coverage, it certainly looks pretty!

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My library (thanks @pb):
VERIFIED: 11 games (6.88%)
PLAYABLE: 10 games (6.25%)
UNSUPPORTED: 0 games (0.0%)
UNKNOWN: 139 games (86.88%)

Realistically, of those unknown I'm pretty sure all but 5* will be at least playable (in the sense that they will at least start and run), since they already work on my current machine. Of course not all of them will likely work well on an 8-inch screen (Paradox games, for instance), but I'm sure I'll still have plenty.

On the "newly verified in my library" front I note with interest Strange Horticulture [External Link] (a puzzle game about identifying fictional plants and their uses as owner of a horticultural shop in a fantasy version of England), which only released on January 21.

*Those 5 include Eufloria and Q.U.B.E., both of whose original versions don't work with Proton but for both of which I also got a free copy of the refurbished edition which does, two non-game programs, and, amusingly enough, my "Steam Deck deposit". :grin:.

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Quoting: MasterSleortUbuntu 20.04 LTS with either a PS3 or PS4 controller connected via Bluetooth. Every other game works perfect like this. Even when using Steam input it gets borked.

Ah, gotcha. Definitely hope that gets fixed then! I got it from a friend showing it off to me on the Switch, and I have to admit that being able to select elements with the D-pad sounds easier than doing it via mouse and keyboard.

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although, it does look perhaps a bit overly business-like.

That's a feature, not a bug. :wink: How else to disguise bringing one's Deck along to boring business functions? :grin:

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