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Valve launches Deck Verified, showing what games will work well on Steam Deck
- kfprt 5y agoValve seems to be putting far more effort into the Deck initiate than they did with Steam Machines. I assume Deck compatibility will be shown to all users regardless of platform much like VR. Great long tail advertising. Year of the linux desktop soon?
- rowanG077 5y agoValve never made steam machines. The idea was that Valve does the software (SteamOS) and then OEMs would make Steam machines. What I think happened is that no OEM really cared and the project fizzed out. This time Valve makes the entire experience. I also think it might just be exactly the right time. Windows 11 has just released and is trash. Proton is at a state almost all games just work. Linux ecosystem has vastly improved from 6 years ago. There is no competitive handheld on the market. And no the Switch is not a competitive handhel, you can count the good games of the switch on a single hand.
- kfprt 5y agoI think it fizzled out because people bought an OEM PC, a console, or built their own PC. It was just too competitive a market and not running windows was a negative value. I agree it's the right time and might be a success because the handheld market is far less competitive.
- echelon 5y ago> good games of the switch on a single hand I'm not much of a gamer, but: - Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Smash Ultimate - Super Mario Odyssey - Metroid Dread - Animal Crossing New Horizons That's five, and I know the list keeps going.
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- belval 5y agoI always felt like Nintendo games are in a weird category of their own though. You don't buy a Switch to play PC game (I wonder how many copies of Skyrim they sold), you buy it to play the game you listed (I'd add Mario Kart). So I think the parent's point still somewhat stand that the switch isn't really targeting the same group as the deck.