Comment on Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
Womble@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThey tried that method with the steam machines, it didnt work. A bunch of companies put out half arsed cash in versions and it went nowhere. By putting Valve’s whole weight behind one platform that they tested extensively they got a great product that has made waves. Opening it up no that it has momentum makes sense, but they absolutely made the right call making the steam deck the focus rather than making it hardware agnostic.
that_leaflet@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Even if Valve pushed their own Steam machine back then, it would have failed miserably. It simply had terrible game support because Proton didn’t exist (or integration with wine). Only the few native linux games out there would work.
But now Valve has Proton. I doubt the Steam Deck would have taken off if it wasn’t for that.