• @_stranger_
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    492 months ago

    It blows my mind that the greatest trick Valve ever pulled was releasing a console that relies solely on backwards compatibility. There are zero games released for the steam deck.

    • @univers3man
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      382 months ago

      To be fair, there was 1 game released directly for the Steam Deck; Aperture Desk Job.

    • @Ibaudia
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      222 months ago

      Not only that, the Steam Deck actually has worse compatibility compared to a normal Windows PC, but the PC library is so extensive (and has so many emulators) that it doesn’t matter. You still have access to more games than anyone on a normal console ever could, and you can play most singleplayer console games for free. I played Mario Odyssey all the way through on my PC and it ran great.

      • @redisdead
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        112 months ago

        And even better: people not valve will actually go and work to make the games that aren’t compatible working. For free.

      • @8baanknexer
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        52 months ago

        It’s not quite strictly worse; some older games are easier to run in wine than natively. But your point still stands.