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Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple.

These devices have different use cases. Steam Deck also is digital only. If publisher decides to kill a game, they can control whether you can or can’t play the game. PS5 Pro is expensive, but so are video cards nowadays. PS5 Pro is just following a trend set years before, including the shift from physical games and cost. The only way to stop anti-consumer trends is to stop buying expensive hardware (PS5 Pro included) Also, give some love to physical games.

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techwithjake@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Saying the Steam Deck is digital only is like saying a tower computer is digital only. That’s purely false. If you can put it on a tower computer, you can put it on the Steam Deck.

All the Steam Deck, like many modern tower computers, needs for physical copies is a USB media reader.

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- ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If we can argue that Sony will stop supporting the PS5 in the future, who’s to say in the future, (without the good leadership), Steam won’t restrict what can be put on the Steam Deck? We have a lot of arguments for wanting a Steam Deck and an alternative OS to boot for gaming, but saying PS5 will be bricked in the future is not a strong one.
  
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  - techwithjake@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Because the Steam Deck is just computer hardware. I can already install whatever OS I want to and Steam won’t know that it’s a Steam Deck anymore.
    
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  - xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Take Steam Deck
    
    Wipe OS and install Bazzite/Nobara
    
    Install Heroic Launcher / Non Steam Launcher
    
    Install games from them
    
    Nuclear apocalypse happens and internet is down
    
    Get ISOs of games in a USB drive
    
    Plug it into the deck and install
    
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  - art@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Beacause, Today, I can already load another OS on the Steamdeck. Not so much on the PS5.
    
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