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Quoting: rustybroomhandleWhat specifically is wrong with its controller support?

There not being any.
it claims controllers can be enabled via Big Picture, which doesn't work

What are you talking about? I use a controller on No Mans Sky (via Proton) without issue.

Good for you. Mine doesn't and never has. Xbox 360 and DualSense, wired and wireless, Steam controller mode off and on, Big picture and standard, over multiple distros.
I try again with every major update, including this one

Steam Controller works! I played it last year with it. Although, I will admit, I preferred KB+M for the FPS portion, but the controller was really nice for the piloting portion.

Pretty sure it was the default options. No enabling/disabling anything.

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Quoting: JpxsonI feel bad for Feral, I'm guessing Proton will be selected for all their games.

Particular reason why?

The assumption is that the older ports that still remain use older opengl and wrapping technology that is less efficient than modern Wine/Proton with DXVK.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumHmm, how does this one work? Is it like a game pass?

What I mean to ask, once your subscription ends, does the DLC that was released during your active subscription remain on your account like a game pass?

Or does it get removed?

If it stays on your account, I could see it being worthwhile.

From the article, it appears once you stop paying, you lose access.
I'm conflicted a bit by it. I know the idea is to get the subscription, forget about it, and overpay in the long run. But I must admit, it might not be bad for casual pay, presuming you pay upfront to buy the base game, schedule your play time within the subscription window, and cancel it quickly when you are done playing.

I've never purchased anything "subscription" for the PC, I just can't shake the feeling it is a scam, even when it isn't. But I can't knock it for those interested in it.

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Good thing they added Deck Support. I'd say this is one of few developers doing Proton support properly and I'm glad they do.

I played the game last year. Ran great via proton, although I think I had the same problem with it that I had with Elite: Dangerous. I struggled to feel "connected" with the world. Everything felt very sterile (I'm not sure if that's the right word)?

Perhaps I had the wrong expectations. I don't think I'm the right target for a crafting type game.

It's still a nice game though. Hopefully that'll get more devs interested in the Deck and Linux in general.

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Quoting: GuestI like open source and don't like evasive DRM. That's why I like Valve because they are all in on open source and don't have hard core DRM

I didn't know Steam was open source?!


Looks like Witcher 3, STALKER, and Xcom are pretty heavily discounted. I could totally recommend them to anyone. Good games.

Thanks Valve!

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Quoting: GuerrillaSort of makes me think Valve would prefer developers to make games for Windows that just target a Proton version rather than encourage native development

Well, yes. I believe a Windows build is still required to release on Steam. No Linux exclusive releases. Perhaps with the Deck, that has changed, hopefully.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI have a suspicion they are stockpiling a fair number of games to slap into the "validated" column just as release day arrives

I'd also hazard our catalog probably doesn't have as robust controller support.

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Quoting: CybolicFor comparison, that's more than were ever released for the N64 (~300) and the Nintendo Wii U (~150) put together. Pretty nice launch already! :D

393 for N64
783 for Wii U

From Wikipedia. Not sure how comparing to a game system released in 1996 makes much sense though. Totally different eras from economics, technically, and socially. A more reasonable comparison would be a more recent console, the Switch (4337), or Playstation 5 (465).

I still agree with you. At 309 Verified, it's still a very nice starting launch.

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Quoting: OneSubtractOneI dunno if any of you have ever gamed on a laptop with a touchpad, but if you HAVE, you'll know how frustrating it is to be mid game, and hit the touchpad by mistake with your palm, and then die horribly cos your character is spinning or something.
Is this gonna be that, only intentional? Cos that would be horrific.

I literally was thinking almost the same thing!! Except instead of gaming, I was thinking of the times I've been typing a report only to realize I accidentally touched the touchpad, moved the cursor, and my last five sentences are now in the middle of a different paragraph....

It was so annoying to me, I actually bought a laptop that had the touchpad above the keyboard!

Maybe I'm being to cynical...

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Thank you for the article Samsai

It's nice to have a calm voice amidst the hyperbole.

I do wonder if a possible solution may appear: volume.

Technical concerns seem to amount to the possibility of an increase in the ratio of cheaters to players.

I can see that as being a very sensitive topic to Epic. If cheating is presumed inevitable, then the concern that anything come potentially upset that ratio and effect the "experience" is probably very real. I expect it forces them to be very conservative when looking at new platforms, especially one like the Steam Deck, where there are no usage statistics. They have nothing to really make an informed decision with and don't want to risk damage to the brand at all ( even if remote).

Now if the Deck is a huge success, I can see Epic re-evaluating. I just don't see them doing anything that could even remotely jeaopordize their cash cow.

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Quoting: JarmerI'm surprised the Steamdeck team chose KDE for the DE, and not something simpler and less resource heavy like XFCE. Being that it's a battery powered device (sometimes) I would think they'd want to squeeze every single compute cycle they could and isn't KDE the heaviest DE out there?

I used both on the same system:
XFCE on Manjaro: ~700-800 MB RAM
KDE on OpenSuse (TW): ~1 - 1.1 GB RAM

Pretty comparable, I'd say. As much as I prefer the simpler XFCE, KDE does have more modern features and support.

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