I think a SteamDeck Mini or something could be nice. Trading compatibility and performance for a smaller form factor and possibly better battery life. It could provide a good way to test compatibility instead of completely jumping to ARM for the regular Deck. And people who don't like the rather large size of the Deck might like it.

Maybe as a mid-gen release for the SteamDeck 2 similar to the OLED to keep interest up?

There are many interesting directions they could go with this.

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Does anyone know what the actual issue with the PlayStation Overlay is? I tried searching through Github issues at one point and didn't find anything.

Is it a Windows API that hasn't been implemented yet? Does it use libraries that don't work properly with Proton? Is it some sort of DRM/anti-cheat that doesn't work?

I find it odd that the overlay has been around for a while and I never even heard about what the problem is.

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The fact that it's specifically about patents instead of just copyright, does give the impression that they tried to find whatever angle to sue from, regardless of how small it is. Gonna be interesting to see what they dig up, since Palworld isn't the most unique game in terms of game mechanics.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if it's more about merch than the actual game. I know many people who would go nuts over a Chillet plushie and with Sony in tow it could actually have a noticeable impact on Pokémon merch sales in the future. Better not take chances and instead sue the company into the ground beforehand.

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At the end of the day, if developers want to block unsupported platforms, they have plenty of methods to do so. And there is no way to prevent this. The only option is to convince companies to consider Linux as a supported platform.

Which needs:

• Enough players


• An actual solution to the anti-cheat situation

I believe that 10% marketshare is definitely possible and would probably be enough for at least a consideration. But that's not gonna be enough without some solution to the second point.

I don't know how this "solution" is gonna look like. Maybe something like the TPM chip could be used to sign and lock down the kernel for SteamOS and other major distributions? Something that could be toggled at boot time?
Would suck for people using modified kernels or unsupported distros but I think it would be preferable to at least have an option to run those game in a limited environment over needing to dual boot with Windows.

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Seems like you can only use FSR upscaling with Framegen which is a shame. XeSS had too much ghosting previously but 1.3 has been fantastic. Obviously not as good as DLSS but quality is more than capable that I don't care about the difference too much.

Sadly, I can't say the same about FSR. Still feels weird to use Intel's upscaler on AMD hardware because AMD's implementation is so bad.

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Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

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Now I just need an option to record my microphone and I might actually use this. It's so close.

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From what I've heard, Wukong runs just barely good enough on the Deck. And with OLED getting over 2 hours of battery life at high TDP, 3 hours seems to be a quite believable goal. Then again, the comparison seems to be with something like the Ally in high TDP mode according to the stated battery life. This would be quite impressive indeed, given that the Z1 chips felt like "throwing more power at the problem" compared to the chip in the Deck.

Regarding the Deck 2, I think they might wait at least one more year. The fact that Wukong runs at all makes me believe that the Deck can keep up with new releases just a bit longer.

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I hope disabling recording can help with having multiple applications in gamemode.
I have to open Discord after the game which gets very annoying when switching games.

Also, hopefully we'll get the option to choose audio sources, including mic input.
Ideally being able to change it when making clips to make it really flexible.

This feature could be really good but it definitely needs to cater to more use cases.

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The spiritual successor to Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures we've all been waiting for

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