Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
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The Plucky Squire recently came out, and used the Steam Deck to represent PC (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's a link to the game's store page

And here's a link to their X post with the animated Steam Deck art.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Look, if they're gonna use a device running Linux* instead of Windows to represent "PC," I sure as Hell ain't gonna complain about it even if it is a handheld!

(* legitimate Linux, as opposed to some bastardized and Tivoized thing like Android or what they put on TVs)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I just want to say I'm right there with you, and I was trying to make that clear while still explaining my thoughts on why the Steam Deck isn't really a "gaming PC". It could just be the old man in me, but the Deck PRESENTS itself as a console on startup, and to do anything beyond that you have to restart the device. For the general public restarting the device is a huge barrier. Again though, I'm happy the Steam Deck exists and hope that game companies in general will get their head out of their ass and start making more games run natively on Linux. Even with devices that have better performance and look like an upgrade I immediately discount them as an option the moment I see they are running Windows.