Comment on Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2

missingno@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I wonder if the technology behind the Steam Frame running games on ARM will ever make it’s way to turning any Android phone into a Steam machine of sorts.

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  • Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was just thinking that, some phones are pretty beefy, there’s no reason to not do this.

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I mean we can play either KOTOR game on mobile, Lego Star Wars on mobile, Red Dead Redemption is coming out on mobile.

      I just looked and DRG: Survivor, TABS, Dredge, Hitman Absolution, Little Nightmares, Stardew Valley, Terraria, Limbo, Human Fall Flat, even Getting Over It are all playable on mobile.

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      • Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        For sure, but those are all individually rebuilt from the ground up for that purpose of running on an arm chip. I can’t run my favourite games from 2008 on my phone, or a weird indie niche title. With technology like this, you probably could, and quite easily if done right.

        It’s not just about the games either, it’s a good step towards making all programs somewhat hardware agnostic. The ARM x86 septation was pretty much set in concrete up until now, it’s a crazy advancement.

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• graymess@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Pretty sure we’ll get some smaller form factor handhelds from third parties running SteamOS in the near future.

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• normal_user@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Now that Steam is experimenting with FEX to run x86 games on AMR Linux with the Steam Frame, I think there actually is a chance of smaller, more power efficient, steam deck like device that can run (lighter) desktop games.

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  • Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A retrofit pocket flip 2 running steam is would be pretty dope

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• GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You can do a few of those on anbernic (and other) handhelds with portmaster

  But what if give for a mini clamshell deck 🤩

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