[HN Gopher] Valve launches Deck Verified, showing what games wil...
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       Valve launches Deck Verified, showing what games will work well on
       Steam Deck
        
       Author : jrepinc
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2021-10-19 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | kfprt wrote:
       | Valve seems to be putting far more effort into the Deck initiate
       | than they did with Steam Machines. I assume Deck compatibility
       | will be shown to all users regardless of platform much like VR.
       | Great long tail advertising. Year of the linux desktop soon?
        
         | rowanG077 wrote:
         | Valve never made steam machines. The idea was that Valve does
         | the software (SteamOS) and then OEMs would make Steam machines.
         | What I think happened is that no OEM really cared and the
         | project fizzed out. This time Valve makes the entire
         | experience.
         | 
         | I also think it might just be exactly the right time. Windows
         | 11 has just released and is trash. Proton is at a state almost
         | all games just work. Linux ecosystem has vastly improved from 6
         | years ago. There is no competitive handheld on the market. And
         | no the Switch is not a competitive handhel, you can count the
         | good games of the switch on a single hand.
        
           | echelon wrote:
           | > good games of the switch on a single hand
           | 
           | I'm not much of a gamer, but:                 - Zelda: Breath
           | of the Wild       - Smash Ultimate       - Super Mario
           | Odyssey        - Metroid Dread       - Animal Crossing New
           | Horizons
           | 
           | That's five, and I know the list keeps going.
        
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           | kfprt wrote:
           | I think it fizzled out because people bought an OEM PC, a
           | console, or built their own PC. It was just too competitive a
           | market and not running windows was a negative value.
           | 
           | I agree it's the right time and might be a success because
           | the handheld market is far less competitive.
        
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