Steamdeck has done such good things for Linux gaming, it’s like an overnight shift in development attitudes and I love it.
The Steam Deck may not have a ton of users, but enough that developers are willing to put in a little more effort to ensure compatibility.
Maybe if Valve could work out shipping them to other regions officially we’d see more growth. I still see people lamenting that they can’t buy a Deck without going to some sketchy third-party and overpaying.
Blame the laws of the countries where that happens. The legislatures there have been captured by their own corporations.
I really hope the momentum continues. Part of me is worried that the Asus ROG Ally is eating into that momentum.
I wonder how many of those are gaming on both Steam Deck and desktop Linux versus how many have a windows PC and use Steam Deck
I would it is a higher percentage compared to the population that does not have a steam deck. Still a majority of Steam Deck + Windows PC owners though.
I’ll be joining the Linux team soon! My new parts arrive in a couple of days and I will only use Linux from here on out, except at work unfortunately.
I built a new PC with the intention of adding a second drive for Windows. It’s been two weeks of gaming and I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Might never.
if you really want windows and have it containerized, use a VM
Sadly that won’t work for all games. If I remember correctly, Rainbow Six Siege has VM detection and might ban you for that
Can’t run it on the GPU for my VR headset if it’s a VM.
A chunk of the remaining 60% is me obsessively playing Oxygen Not Included.
Not me, they sold out :(
Huh?
Just because your region still has them doesn’t mean everyone else’s does. Way to rub it in.
Oohhhhhh, I though you meant you were boycotting Valve because they “sold out”.
Nahh lol I’m a bit gutted to have missed it. At the same time, I probably shouldn’t have bought one anyway!
