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Looks fine as a kind of grown up Roblox, but...

Publish to Steam: Coming soon... take your game standalone on Steam, royalty-free.

Urgh. Like finding quality on Steam isn't hard enough. Christ.

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Valve is not a perfect company but at least they have an admirable approach to making hardware.

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Hell yeah, I'll be checking this out over the weekend.

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Quoting: tmtvlBecause other people have already called out good old Dungeon Siege, now I'm curious: is the second image Sacred?

yeah is sacred from gog

added games name in main post

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I played this last year using their launcher, so unless they changed anything since then, this should work a-okay under Linux. I remember it actually worked brilliantly and read that it worked day zero on Linux in the Beta tests.

Really hope Mihoyo or whatever they're called now go the Stellar Blade route and make a traditional game for once. Their teams talent and passion is immensely evident, but it's unfortunately shrouded in FOMO tactics and gambling schemes. Zenless Zone Zero is a love letter to western entertainment, japanese animation and storytelling in general, would kill for a non-FOMO version.

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“Opt-in” and “easy to remove”…
Yes, I can see how these tidbits of information were impossible to incorporate in the original press release and had to be moved to a separate damage control “clarification”. They are just too big. /s
I agree with @syylk: it is silly to observe that these two words were left out of the original release. Not that it would make any difference to me, I won’t touch their distribution with a 10-foot-pole.

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With the current situation, they daring to give a date for the SD2 would be quite crazy.

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Quoting: rustynail

Quoting: Cley_FayeUbuntu's track record of allowing fine control over some features does not bode well. We still have to jump through hoops to remove "ubuntu advantage" on systems it is irrelevant (and no, it's not "completely harmless" to leave it there).

If they go in a way that gives full control to the user, with like a checkbox/prompt before enabling something new, who cares. If they go in a way that forces things on because "it's ok, trust us bro" and "who cares, it's just a little harmless extra nail in the coffin", then no. And, well, with Canonical really liking to force things over… we'll see I guess.

I know there are alternatives out there, but the less people will care about this, the more it will become prevalent. And when every major distro decides that it's ok to do that, we're screwed.

usually I would think that on any linux system managing packages and services is so straightforward that it's hard to truly enforce anything. But then what if you have something like a snap daemon running that basically does whatever it wants on its own like windows does, and disabling it may also have consequences you don't want? hard to say but it's a bit suspicious (also I'm not really sure what people already have to do to "debloat" ubuntu cause I never really used it)

Debloating ubuntu these days is relatively trivial, and the "bloat" part is largely exaggerated. The "bloat" here is an extra package/software manager, and a nagging screen that pops up in terminal, both of which can be removed with relative ease. It's laughably little compared to a windows debloating process: snapd and his ilk can be removed with a few commands, and the ubuntu advantage can be removed by installing a fake empty package instead.

Still, the intent is there; ubuntu advantage in particular is a direct dependency of most metapackage that ensure you get a usable system, and not using these metapackages is a pain in the butt. Since we're talking open source, there's no way to make things absolutely inevitable, but Canonical sure could get very aggressive with extra layers of bullshit, which they did not do so far.

It's not ideal, but even now, I think the situation is relatively fair to everyone. KDE Neon, for example, explicitly built over Ubuntu LTE, have such an empty package to disable this part.

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Ah, snaps. PERFECT. Go for it. Woo! Go go go. Since I remove everything snap from every installation, I'm a-ok with that.

*ahem*

More seriously, if they stick to their word about opt-in, visible onboarding, and all that, there's little room to complain for. Sure, it's another piece in the "AI everywhere", but the option is likely to always have materialized somewhere; better have it with full human control.

At least, as long as they stick to their words, which is not granted.

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I find always... uhm... interesting to see how some corporations need to run to the damage control room right after announcements (that they fully know are cause for concern), and they rush to "clarify" only after the fecal matter meets the bladed air blower.

But never before that.

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I am satisfied with my GameSir Tegenaria, but I will buy one. I love the Deck's controller layout, and that's what this is.

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Quoting: Cley_FayeUbuntu's track record of allowing fine control over some features does not bode well. We still have to jump through hoops to remove "ubuntu advantage" on systems it is irrelevant (and no, it's not "completely harmless" to leave it there).

If they go in a way that gives full control to the user, with like a checkbox/prompt before enabling something new, who cares. If they go in a way that forces things on because "it's ok, trust us bro" and "who cares, it's just a little harmless extra nail in the coffin", then no. And, well, with Canonical really liking to force things over… we'll see I guess.

I know there are alternatives out there, but the less people will care about this, the more it will become prevalent. And when every major distro decides that it's ok to do that, we're screwed.

usually I would think that on any linux system managing packages and services is so straightforward that it's hard to truly enforce anything. But then what if you have something like a snap daemon running that basically does whatever it wants on its own like windows does, and disabling it may also have consequences you don't want? hard to say but it's a bit suspicious (also I'm not really sure what people already have to do to "debloat" ubuntu cause I never really used it)

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beda beda beda 🤖 👴

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Found this interview in youtube recommendations, thought someone would be interested: https://youtu.be/x1pRodt7ii8

I'm glad they're open to talking to small creators!

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Quoting: mrdeathjrThis d7vk version in my case work ok with mesa 26.2-dev

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Because other people have already called out good old Dungeon Siege, now I'm curious: is the second image Sacred?

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I admit, that for what we're getting in this controller, I was expecting the price point to be at least $200-$250. And I was trying to keep that much in savings in anticipation. Hearing that it's $99 is a bit of a relief. I'll try to grab one day one, regardless. My old v1 could use a retirement.

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When I eventually get one, it will be the true size test. I have tiny hands.

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Quoting: Renzatic GearOh lord above, IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!

Quoting: rea987Too big for my taste.

It's actually not that big, if we go by the hands on pic in this article.

...unless he's a giant or something.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valves-new-steam-controller-aims-to-entice-a-broader-field-of-pc-players-which-i-fear-already-includes-me

We need banana for scale!

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Quoting: scaineAutomatic hate reactions for absolutely every decision that Canonical makes is completely normal. It's bizarre.

But for the first time, I'm with the haters.

It's just so strange to look at the absolute shitstorm that MS weathered recently by adding Copilot to everything in Windows and think "yep, we should do that, people obviously want more AI in their operating systems."

Are they blind? It's baffling.

I do agree with you. At the same time if Canonical take the Mozilla approach, with locally run AI features that are togglable, I think it's perfectly fine. It's really more of an evolution of algorithm driver features from years past than the intrusive AI bots that big tech is pushing. Modern computers are ready with hardware for inference workloads so might as well use the silicon for something. I don't think it's likely Canonical doing a deal with Antropic to have the Claude built into Ubuntu for example, but I suspect many of the commenters here believe just that. Can't say I blame them with the way AI is being pushed into every single product.

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AUD 149,

Hmmm, really doubt its worth that. Even $100AUD I was going to be skeptical. Will wait and see how people respond. I'm not going for a steam machine thing, AMD7600 gpu, its going to also come at a premium.

The Steam Frame certainly sounds interesting, but again, another expensive VR toy. By the time I get around to getting one its likely going to be 2030 at this rate.
I'm also not sold on old style LCD panels as they have way too much backlit bleed and incapable of producing blacks which imo is important for VR. Maybe Sony's new LCD technology can save VR LCD solutions down the road if it ever comes to them. mOLED still being too expensive and not very compatible with compact lens tech. (cuts out too much light, causes DIM image)

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I like it and I hope there's available stock to buy it. I have some games on my steam library to start with... :)

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This is quite pricey but I am getting one for sure. If there ever is a sizeable discount then I am getting another one.

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Regular users won't be able to turn it off, because "it's too hard to implement", but you can bet that the enterprise versions will have it.

Corporations always had autocratic tendencies but with AI they've ventured into the realm of the sad and pathetic and they couldn't be more proud.

I'm calling it now. As soon as Trump and his regime falls the whole AI boom will crash and burn.

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Isn't this the one that was infamous at release time for having re-sizable jiggly bits at character creation time?

Free upgrades that also improve Linux/Steam Deck support are always a plus in my book. Sounds like they also fixed their original design of having the expansion be a "separate game." I got the base game in some bundle, but it's part of the (massive) backlog; maybe it will come closer to the surface if the reviews of the update are good.

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Quoting: CaldathrasThe top picture is the original Dungeon Siege (one of my faves).

Haha, so I got this one right ! 😀

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: TimeFreezeLets hope the controller works without Steam as well.

I bet you can also run it on electricity. I mean, some people can't get coal.

The steam controller needs (or needed) steam to be any use.
The only way to get it working is/was https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller .
I would like to be linux compatible, but valve will not do it.

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Too expensive for a controller I want, but don't need

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i was hopoing this could sell a lot so developers could make games targeting it, not exclusives to it nescessary, but games designed for it like the DS games were designed for the DS... or the Wii games...

but that price, its a deal breaker for many that will prevent mass adoption.
on the other hand, i think valve can be playing their hands like this: over charge this, to have a good margir for profit that they could use elsewhere, while at the same time make the bundle with the steam machines bundle seems more enticing.

i mean, if you can purchase an steam machine without controler for, lets say 700, but with 50 dollars more get an controller priced at 99 dollars...
a lot of people will go for it.

anyway i really hope the trackpads dont get wasted as an optional feature only.

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Quoting: Liam Dawebut as of yet Valve have not supplied GamingOnLinux with one.

That's because Gaben is on his way to personally deliver a controller to you. Check your phone he's been trying to reach you all day.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyMore stuff Mint will have to rip out. Soon it might be time for them to look at making the Debian base the default.

IMO it is already preferable to install Debian with Cinnamon desktop and Mint icons. DIY Linux Mint.

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