Quoting: Purple Library GuyAll in all, I think I'll probably be sticking to previous versions--I REALLY hate the idea of not being able to do anything about Sprawl.

Just to point out, the first bit you quoted says there are ways to reduce Sprawl (just not totally mitigate its penalties). :smile:

Quoting: anewsonI'm split between thinking this is strange because it feels like a balance patch for a single player game, and thinking it's strange to dramatically reshuffle the mechanics five years after release.

Single player? This feels to me primarily like a multiplayer anti-snowballing balance patch—getting bigger is now no longer the single, degenerate, strategy for competition. (Well, in theory anyway, we'll see how it goes in practice.)

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What perfect timing, I finally got my gaming desktop delivered yesterday after four months in transit so I can finally play Stellaris again! Think I'll give this beta a try. :grin:

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Quoting: seanbutnotheardFinally, a civilized fighting game! (Seriously it looks pretty fun)

For some reason this made me think of:

"I have something here for you. Your father's Steam Deck. This is the device of a true gamer. Not as locked-down or as proprietary as a console. An elegant device for a more civilized time." :grin:

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Obviously it doesn't ultimately matter what games Valve chooses to mark verified first, but it's an interesting mix, not entirely consisting of popular AAA games. Really happy to see Noita on there, and Webbed is an interesting choice seeing as it's a relatively small game that only released last year. (It's a fantastic game, don't get me wrong, just interesting to see it in this first batch.)

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I'm curious, anyone know what those programs shown on the screens are? Some sort of diagnostics or software update or something?

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The question remains though: exactly how many will actually stick with their reservation?

From a purely selfish perspective, every person that punts means I and everyone else who actually wants one gets theirs faster! :whistle:

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A small fix for the Steam Deck screen

Not even out yet, and already getting fixes in the Linux kernel! :grin:

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Quoting: MohandevirIs there such a thing as a gamer that doesn't have a Steam account nowadays?! :grin:

There must be, or Steam wouldn't keep breaking its own total users records repeatedly. :wink:

(I personally didn't get a Steam account until 2011, after I'd moved away to college and had internet faster than dial-up and could actually do luxurious things like download an entire game :woot: in less than two weeks of tying up the landline, so who knows how many people even now are still discovering the joys of a fast internet connection? :smile:)

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Another interesting question is, how many people not currently on Steam will be buying a Steam Deck?

(Yeah, I know you need an account to pre-order it at the moment, but that might not always be the case whenever Valve is finally able to get on top of supply issues. And people could always get an account in the future after it's released and they've seen reviews/demonstrations from a friend/etc.)

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I've never played The Sims personally, only knowing about it second-hand from Let's Plays and the like, but this feels like watching it run through some sort of pixel-art retro shader. :grin:

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