Comment on Witchfire director says “everybody should attempt to support” Steam Deck as it just makes games better for everyone

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not really about working harder. Before, it just wasn’t a justifiable expense investing time into ensuring proton support or even linux support because a sub 1% OS just isn’t “worth” supporting from a financial standpoint. That changed with the steamdeck and because the steamdeck is actually just a small PC with built-in controller, things that profit the deck also profit the linux ecosystem.

  Honestly the steam deck was a genius move from valve.

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  • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Devs targeting Steam Deck Verified sets a bar for performance that ends up including other PCs with integrated graphics or those with older graphics cards (up to ~10 years)

    By extended the usable life of older gaming hardware, It’s even a win from an environmental point of view.

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    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m willing to bet that without the Deck, most AAA games would have already jumped to requiring roughly PS5-level PC hardware now that last gen consoles are effectively dead.
      UE5 on the Deck might not be pretty, but making it run at all on it lowers the minimum requirements of a game tremendously.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Read the article - this isn’t just about Linux support.

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    • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Steam Deck verified is like 90% done towards linux support

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Please try reading the article.

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    because the steamdeck is actually just a small PC

    That is very contrary to what’s the point of the article. Supporting the Steam deck also means supporting the controller and the small screen format. Things that can benefit users of Windows based handhelds too.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And people who use controllers in general. And people with small screens. And people with poor vision. And …

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        exactly

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wush!
  Way to completely miss the message. Which include how user interfaces need to be usable on the small screen, and to make optimizations for lower end hardware and not just focus on mid range and high end.

  The exception being that if you make a very high end complex game, it may be better to not support Steam Deck at all, because if it doesn’t play well, it shouldn’t pretend to work.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That … that’s the hard work.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No it’s not just hard work, it is about working differently.

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      • _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        yes, that’s the hard work they were talking about. why are you even arguing when you’re agreeing with what they say?

        Wush! Way to completely miss the message.

        Wooosh, indeed (that’s how it’s spelled, btw).

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Please believe it when a seasoned professional informs you that ingesting user feedback, implementing good UIs, and optimization are all hard work.

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      • Butterpaderp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Just about nobody out there is focusing on making a steam deck optimized game right out the gate. They build a full game, then they go through and try to optimize/update ui for smaller screens. That’s additional work, on top of an already hard task of making a good game.

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