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Some Steam Decks ship with an x2 SSD instead of an x4 SSD
1 Jul 2022 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 1
Now there are manufacturers that do have a lot of hardware with totally different specs and you don't know what you get until you buy it.
Especially in the phone market, Qualcomm still has a patent grip on the US wireless market, as the US decided to go for Qualcomm patented protocols instead of GSM standards. And with that strangle hold, they are able to force phone manufacturers to use Qualcomm.
Netgear sells a lot of access points which have a lot of hardware revisions in the same model and series. You don't know what you get until you look at openwrt.org, and make a deal with the seller that you get that or that you are free to return it if it turns out to be different.
Valve has always been the most upfront about this. So yeah: they published it, no one cared.
1 Jul 2022 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: pete910Well, obviously Valve has clearly published it. There is nothing deceptive going on.Quoting: TermyBut changing it an hoping no one will notice is bound to be perceived as deceptive and not taking the customer serious...Whilst this is an extreme it's the same principal and should be be illegal without it being WELL publicized. Especially to those that have pre ordered.
Now there are manufacturers that do have a lot of hardware with totally different specs and you don't know what you get until you buy it.
Especially in the phone market, Qualcomm still has a patent grip on the US wireless market, as the US decided to go for Qualcomm patented protocols instead of GSM standards. And with that strangle hold, they are able to force phone manufacturers to use Qualcomm.
Netgear sells a lot of access points which have a lot of hardware revisions in the same model and series. You don't know what you get until you look at openwrt.org, and make a deal with the seller that you get that or that you are free to return it if it turns out to be different.
Valve has always been the most upfront about this. So yeah: they published it, no one cared.
System Shock remake gets a brand new flashy trailer
14 Jun 2022 at 1:51 pm UTC
14 Jun 2022 at 1:51 pm UTC
They also started collecting the backerkit fee. Of course my card info was already a few years obsolete...
GOG attempt to bring customers back with a revival of Good Old Games
6 Apr 2022 at 6:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
6 Apr 2022 at 6:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
After loki left the building, and no others were to take their place, GOG came and promised to relieve the biggest hurdle on playing licensed windows titles on linux: that fucking DRM that everyone hated.
As such I bought a lot on GOG.
Then Valve got a steam client that worked on linux.
And then they got games working on linux.
And then they threw everything they had on linux.
So yeah, Valve first, GOG next.
Valve is doing good, GOG is doing good. From the 2 Valve is doing better good than GOG.
But if the gog installers embedded in chimeraos lists more games on green (about all games I have on gog are not supported in the chimeraos GOG installer), I would start accidentally buying on GOG again.
Because throwing money on GOG is not bad. Throwing money on Valve however is currently better for the near future of gaming.
I actually have original linux games that I can't play anymore because the DRM requires me to mount the original CD (Shogo MAD ported by hyperion).
Both Valve and GOG prevent that from ever happening again.
As such I bought a lot on GOG.
Then Valve got a steam client that worked on linux.
And then they got games working on linux.
And then they threw everything they had on linux.
So yeah, Valve first, GOG next.
Valve is doing good, GOG is doing good. From the 2 Valve is doing better good than GOG.
But if the gog installers embedded in chimeraos lists more games on green (about all games I have on gog are not supported in the chimeraos GOG installer), I would start accidentally buying on GOG again.
Because throwing money on GOG is not bad. Throwing money on Valve however is currently better for the near future of gaming.
I actually have original linux games that I can't play anymore because the DRM requires me to mount the original CD (Shogo MAD ported by hyperion).
Both Valve and GOG prevent that from ever happening again.
GPD are getting quite desperate against the Steam Deck
6 Apr 2022 at 12:07 pm UTC Likes: 8
6 Apr 2022 at 12:07 pm UTC Likes: 8
I can totally understand GPD though. They had a "mediocre" device with virtually no support at all in a niche market. Despite no support and mediocre (still very good though), they did good for a "small" company.
And now they will be swept away by a company that delivers way more for half the price, completely open in a way GPD can't compete. Of course they will be angry and feel backstabbed because it was their niche.
But they can't compete with Valve on 2 things:
1) The device is open. Much more open than any GPD device ever
2) Service. Selling to Europeans from Europe means european service.
If GPD could have serviced my gpd's, ok.
But they can't, so I have 2 dead GPD's (a WIN and a WIN 2) that were barely used and that in total is more than twice the price of the premium deck version.
And most of the time I was waiting for replacement batteries.
If GPD can fix their support line and starts supporting steamos, then I will see them as viable again.
And now they will be swept away by a company that delivers way more for half the price, completely open in a way GPD can't compete. Of course they will be angry and feel backstabbed because it was their niche.
But they can't compete with Valve on 2 things:
1) The device is open. Much more open than any GPD device ever
2) Service. Selling to Europeans from Europe means european service.
If GPD could have serviced my gpd's, ok.
But they can't, so I have 2 dead GPD's (a WIN and a WIN 2) that were barely used and that in total is more than twice the price of the premium deck version.
And most of the time I was waiting for replacement batteries.
If GPD can fix their support line and starts supporting steamos, then I will see them as viable again.
Kickstart RT from NVIDIA makes Ray Tracing integration in games easier
25 Mar 2022 at 11:20 am UTC
25 Mar 2022 at 11:20 am UTC
Is that an open source sdk that talks to a proprietary nvidia API, or is it open source end-to-end?
Usually "open" and nvidia are usually vendor lock-in attempts to create yet another monopoly.
Usually "open" and nvidia are usually vendor lock-in attempts to create yet another monopoly.
NVIDIA 510.60.02 driver rolls out for Linux
23 Mar 2022 at 9:42 am UTC Likes: 3
23 Mar 2022 at 9:42 am UTC Likes: 3
But no old gpu support, nor opensource support for older gpus. While AMD and intel still get updates (not because they need to, but because they love to see it work).
(IMHO: NVidia is just slightly better than being the D-Link of GPU's).
(IMHO: NVidia is just slightly better than being the D-Link of GPU's).
Please Fix The Road is a gorgeous upcoming puzzle game
21 Mar 2022 at 12:28 pm UTC Likes: 3
21 Mar 2022 at 12:28 pm UTC Likes: 3
This should be free for Belgians.
(For those that don't know: Belgium is known to have the worst roads in Europe and are in a never ending project of fixing it).
(For those that don't know: Belgium is known to have the worst roads in Europe and are in a never ending project of fixing it).
X4: Foundations 5.00 patch and X4: Tides of Avarice expansion out now
18 Mar 2022 at 7:45 am UTC
18 Mar 2022 at 7:45 am UTC
I need my deck so I can fly.
Steam Deck changelogs now available, new update out now
4 Mar 2022 at 2:08 pm UTC
Second of all: that was the idea of Valve all along. They want others to adopt Steam OS.
But the hardware manufacturers are severely lagging and lacking in any initiative.
Valve does this so there can be a new market with a good baseline (not the aya neo "crap", but a lot higher with respect to controllers) in hardware and a good base software.
Nobody wants to innovate in a microsoft world.
That's why valve chooses Linux. But they really have to carry the whole thing before 3rd parties will just copy paste.
Steam os was for it's time already a significant step ahead. There was no such thing as a PC gaming console until steamos.
Due to lack of manufacturer backing valve had to take the next step. Sell hardware too.
4 Mar 2022 at 2:08 pm UTC
Quoting: thelimeydragonDoes make me interested in what the bootleggers will do.. make cheap systems but with the actual SteamOS installed?First of all: the steam deck is the cheapest system.
Second of all: that was the idea of Valve all along. They want others to adopt Steam OS.
But the hardware manufacturers are severely lagging and lacking in any initiative.
Valve does this so there can be a new market with a good baseline (not the aya neo "crap", but a lot higher with respect to controllers) in hardware and a good base software.
Nobody wants to innovate in a microsoft world.
That's why valve chooses Linux. But they really have to carry the whole thing before 3rd parties will just copy paste.
Steam os was for it's time already a significant step ahead. There was no such thing as a PC gaming console until steamos.
Due to lack of manufacturer backing valve had to take the next step. Sell hardware too.
Gabe hand-delivers signed Steam Decks, sounds like a Steam Deck 2 is planned
28 Feb 2022 at 8:36 pm UTC
28 Feb 2022 at 8:36 pm UTC
Once I have my high end deck, I will order the "cheap" deck, so I can play with my wife.