We're about to see a whole lot more people gaming on Linux, with a shiny Steam Deck arriving at the door of many people across Asia. ICYMI: Valve hit a home run with the first year of Steam Deck.
On the official OnDeck Twitter account, Valve announced "The wait is over! Steam Decks are now shipping out to customers who reserved units in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!" so it will be thoroughly interesting to see what happens from now.
That really will be a ridiculously large bump for the amount of Steam Deck gamers, and will no doubt from January / February onwards show some movement on the Steam Hardware Survey, which keeps showing a new high for the Linux user share since it uses SteamOS 3 Linux.
Additionally, Valve just recently bumped all the recent Beta changes to Stable for the Steam Deck Client (not the OS). In the announcement Valve said "We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Stable (default) channel. This update includes all the changes and improvements that have been undergoing testing in the Beta and Preview channels." and also noted these additional fixes added:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
- Fixed gamepad focus issues in Steam store.
- Fixed footer buttons sometimes not appearing in Steam store.
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Viesta2015 Dec 17, 2022
always good to see more people getting the steam deck.
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Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
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Philadelphus Dec 17, 2022
Yeah, I don't see Vietnam anywhere on that list! 
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Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
Two, of similar size, actually.
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redneckdrow Dec 18, 2022
Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
Two, of similar size, actually.
I, for one, will never consider a certain "People's Republic" to be the legitimate government of the beautiful land they currently tyrannize! I won't mention it by name, as I've seen how vindictive their hired script-kiddies can be. Not only that, but I have a family member who was a U.S. Marine stationed there after WW2.
No one should support genocide. I pray for the U's every night.
Yes, I would have preferred that SYS had lived; CKS led a very unstable government that was little better than the current one, but at least it was sort of Democratic! Far better than what they got. Not for nothing, but at least SYS was a decent Christian (bigamy aside). CKS was a devout but hypocritical one. Both are better than that imbecile currently in power.
That said, I assume most gamers from there aren't very political, so I do feel somewhat upset for them. But then, extremely few use Linux there when so many machines run warez copies of Windows, from what I understand. The deck probably isn't even on their radar.
No excuse for India though. Valve should've released it there, that's an enormous market to miss.
Last edited by redneckdrow on 30 December 2022 at 11:45 pm UTC
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Omg, silly Valve, you tell them people how they missed the two huge “release in India” and “release in China” buttons in their hardware distribution software.
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It does make sense that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (ROC) got the Deck first as they have fairly sizeable Linux community especially Taiwan.
For Hong Kong, say whatever you want but it is still the most free market capitalist region in Asia. So it make sense (and lots of cents) for Valve to sell the Deck over there.
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For Hong Kong, say whatever you want but it is still the most free market capitalist region in Asia. So it make sense (and lots of cents) for Valve to sell the Deck over there.
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Steam Deck now shipping across *Asia,*Mostly East Asia
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It does make sense that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (ROC) got the Deck first as they have fairly sizeable Linux community especially Taiwan.
I guess that most Steam Deck customers don't care for Linux though.
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Shouldn't it be possible to display the mangoHUD horizontally? I can't find the option.
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Good news! Hmmm . . .Yeap there is no Australia on that list........
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
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TheRiddick Dec 19, 2022
Isn't the Steam Deck partly made in China? seems like they should have access to it by default since that is usually how it works.
Yeah also Australia considered Oceanic, or Pacific-Oceanic to be precise (I think).
Valve really leaves this part of the world butt last even thought it wouldn't be hard to sell them here since you can rent warehouse and sell the things directly from AusPost and other companies. Nothing really blocking the sale unless stock levels are still a big problem.
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Yeah also Australia considered Oceanic, or Pacific-Oceanic to be precise (I think).
Valve really leaves this part of the world butt last even thought it wouldn't be hard to sell them here since you can rent warehouse and sell the things directly from AusPost and other companies. Nothing really blocking the sale unless stock levels are still a big problem.
Last edited by TheRiddick on 19 December 2022 at 4:29 am UTC
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rustybroomhandle Dec 19, 2022
Shouldn't it be possible to display the mangoHUD horizontally? I can't find the option.
It's only in the Preview branch for now, as far as I know.
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Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
Two, of similar size, actually.
I, for one, will never consider a certain "People's Republic" to be the legitimate government of the beautiful land they currently tyrannize! I won't mention it by name, as I've seen how vindictive their hired script-kiddies can be. Not only that, but I have a family member who was a U.S. Marine stationed there after WW2.
No one should support genocide. I pray for the U's every night.
Yes, I would have preferred that SYS had lived; CKS led a very unstable government that was little better than the current one, but at least it was sort of Democratic! Far better than what they got. Not for nothing, but at least SYS was a decent Cristian (bigamy aside). CKS was a devout but hypocritical one. Both are better than that imbecile currently in power.
That said, I assume most gamers from there aren't very political, so I do feel somewhat upset for them. But then, extremely few use Linux there when so many machines run warez copies of Windows, from what I understand. The deck probably isn't even on their radar.
No excuse for India though. Valve should've released it there, that's an enormous market to miss.
I can assure you that Valve doesn't care, and shouldn't care, about your political point of view, and that the reason they aren't selling in China yet is either logistics or technical related. Just a matter of time before they start selling there too.
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redneckdrow Dec 30, 2022
Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
Two, of similar size, actually.
I, for one, will never consider a certain "People's Republic" to be the legitimate government of the beautiful land they currently tyrannize! I won't mention it by name, as I've seen how vindictive their hired script-kiddies can be. Not only that, but I have a family member who was a U.S. Marine stationed there after WW2.
No one should support genocide. I pray for the U's every night.
Yes, I would have preferred that SYS had lived; CKS led a very unstable government that was little better than the current one, but at least it was sort of Democratic! Far better than what they got. Not for nothing, but at least SYS was a decent Cristian (bigamy aside). CKS was a devout but hypocritical one. Both are better than that imbecile currently in power.
That said, I assume most gamers from there aren't very political, so I do feel somewhat upset for them. But then, extremely few use Linux there when so many machines run warez copies of Windows, from what I understand. The deck probably isn't even on their radar.
No excuse for India though. Valve should've released it there, that's an enormous market to miss.
I can assure you that Valve doesn't care, and shouldn't care, about your political point of view, and that the reason they aren't selling in China yet is either logistics or technical related. Just a matter of time before they start selling there too.
Of course they don't! I never said anything about them caring. Didn't mean to ruffle feathers.
I just felt it needed to be said. My opinion isn't worth the price of tea in a certain place!
As my psychology teacher once said: "Opinions are like ***holes. Everyone has one, and generally, no one wants to hear about anyone else's." he was a really great guy.
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Good news! Hmmm . . .
Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan!When it comes to Asia, aren't we kind of missing an elephant here?
Two, of similar size, actually.
I, for one, will never consider a certain "People's Republic" to be the legitimate government of the beautiful land they currently tyrannize! I won't mention it by name, as I've seen how vindictive their hired script-kiddies can be. Not only that, but I have a family member who was a U.S. Marine stationed there after WW2.
No one should support genocide. I pray for the U's every night.
Yes, I would have preferred that SYS had lived; CKS led a very unstable government that was little better than the current one, but at least it was sort of Democratic! Far better than what they got. Not for nothing, but at least SYS was a decent Cristian (bigamy aside). CKS was a devout but hypocritical one. Both are better than that imbecile currently in power.
That said, I assume most gamers from there aren't very political, so I do feel somewhat upset for them. But then, extremely few use Linux there when so many machines run warez copies of Windows, from what I understand. The deck probably isn't even on their radar.
No excuse for India though. Valve should've released it there, that's an enormous market to miss.
I can assure you that Valve doesn't care, and shouldn't care, about your political point of view, and that the reason they aren't selling in China yet is either logistics or technical related. Just a matter of time before they start selling there too.
Of course they don't! I never said anything about them caring. Didn't mean to ruffle feathers.
I just felt it needed to be said. My opinion isn't worth the price of tea in a certain place!
As my psychology teacher once said: "Opinions are like ***holes. Everyone has one, and generally, no one wants to hear about anyone else's." he was a really great guy.
I know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.
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I know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.
Well, the thought is that these (western) countries cannot really do much against some "governments", but unhappy citizens might.
(I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, I don't know.)
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redneckdrow Dec 31, 2022
I know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.
Well, the thought is that these (western) countries cannot really do much against some "governments", but unhappy citizens might.
(I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, I don't know.)
I mean, hey, the only place that strategy didn't eventually work was Cuba.
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Well, and Iran, and Venezuela, and Russia, and Syria, and Iraq, and North Korea, and . . . actually, has there ever been a place where sanctions DID turn the population against the government? After all, the first move of most bad governments is to find some enemy to point to and claim all the country's problems are because of them, and so any dissent is being a quisling for the enemy. US sanctions sure make that move easy and plausible and to some extent even true.I know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.
Well, the thought is that these (western) countries cannot really do much against some "governments", but unhappy citizens might.
(I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, I don't know.)
I mean, hey, the only place that strategy didn't eventually work was Cuba.
To be fair, I don't think that's the point of US sanctions in the first place. The point of US sanctions is to crush a country and its people so bad that nobody wants to be next. Which is evil, but not pointless because I think it does work fairly well.
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Well, and Iran, and Venezuela, and Russia, and Syria, and Iraq, and North Korea, and . . . actually, has there ever been a place where sanctions DID turn the population against the government? After all, the first move of most bad governments is to find some enemy to point to and claim all the country's problems are because of them, and so any dissent is being a quisling for the enemy. US sanctions sure make that move easy and plausible and to some extent even true.I know you are just stating your opinion, and I was just telling you that your opinion is wrong. This is a gaming device, not a military equipment in order to think it should be banned on certain countries. People in the west should really quit this mentality of punishing populations for the mistakes of their governments.
Well, the thought is that these (western) countries cannot really do much against some "governments", but unhappy citizens might.
(I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, I don't know.)
I mean, hey, the only place that strategy didn't eventually work was Cuba.
To be fair, I don't think that's the point of US sanctions in the first place. The point of US sanctions is to crush a country and its people so bad that nobody wants to be next. Which is evil, but not pointless because I think it does work fairly well.
It works, but it has consequences that current US politicians ignore because they know it will eventually be someone else that needs to deal with them; the consequences of the US accumulating bad reputation around the world over the years. For example, in the middle east the US reputation has become so bad that the easiest way for a middle eastern politician to gain local popularity is by simply becoming anti-US, or just pretending to be. Granted, in the ME the US has done way more than just sanctions, but sanctions are still a big factor.
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