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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake will release in March 2026, according to the latest whispers⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the game was honestly boring, nostalgia takes over and we remember the sweet coastal raids and our ship, but does anyone remember the story? I think it’ll be the same here. Everyone buys, gets bored 4 hours in, and puts it down

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve says "the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home," but I feel like that's missing the point⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fine it’s not technically a fork. It just consumes code from SteamOS and puts it onto Fedora. Happy? That wasn’t really the point of my comment, my comment was encouraging the person to try it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve says "the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home," but I feel like that's missing the point⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Bazzite on my TV, fork of SteamOS, and it’s been a gamechanger. It’s so easy to just have all of my games on the TV, so I think the machine will be a great investment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve says "the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home," but I feel like that's missing the point⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is very close I think to critics and movies. Critics will always be hyper critical of movies because, well, it’s your job. You go in and watch movies all day - you’re going to pick up on small details that most average watchers won’t notice and you will be hyper critical of that.

  Similar here, if your job is to play games and review hardware I’m guessing the writer of this thinks more people than not have huge gaming setups, when in reality Valve is right, most have a modest setup. They know they’re not competing with ultra highend, those people are already in the bag. They’re going after the casual people who maybe haven’t updated their PC in 6 years and just want to play some newer games, getting them into the ecosystem. In short, it’s hard to be a critic of a system that wasn’t designed for you in mind. Hell it’s not designed for me either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Meta] This community has been renamed to Steam Hardware to include the newly annouced Steam Machine and Steam Frame⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, all it would do is fracture the existing community, with some leaving for the new and some staying here unaware. Until there is an official migration tool in Lemmy itself this is the only way to retain the community that was built

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satisfactory gets optimizations, and improved Steam Deck support in patch 1.1.1.7⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, I’ll have to check it out on my deck! Just had th x button issue myself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BioWare are "focused exclusively" on the next Mass Effect, says exec producer, along with a Krogan teaser⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who the last 5 people working there after the layoffs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Japanese association that reps publishers like Square Enix has called on OpenAI to stop training Sora on Japanese media⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh well they called for it. So it’ll stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend Battery Packs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, out of all of the reasons to do a recall, that’s a pretty good reason…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend Battery Packs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the recommendation!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend Battery Packs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend Battery Packs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which one do you have/prefer?

• Recommend Battery Packs?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Halo: Campaign Evolved announced for release in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone mentioned this idea, and it makes sense tbh. They have a team who hasn’t done unreal engine together, what better way to teach the entire team unreal than to redo an older game completely in it. The teaching time is now profitable and they have a base engine ready for the next halo, already customized for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Pass Ultimate subs don't get DLC discounts any more, Microsoft confess, amid reports about Call of Duty sales cannibalisation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No no no you don’t understand. Somehow gamers should not only pay subscriptions, but also pay for the games. That’s real capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly a third of all gaming PCs are still running Windows 10, even as Microsoft prepare to kill it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you talking about? I have an nvidia card I game on all the time. The only thing that hasn’t been supported for me is Gamescope, which is not required. It’s definitely a nice to have if you’re building a SteamOS type build where you want to boot into steam, but I’ve used it on PopOS perfectly fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’m not denying that it wasn’t a good value prop to you, but you individually one has to look back and decide did they play enough games and did they really get the value out of it then, and they will never want to play any of those games again

  So you got a good value prop out of it. Congrats. To others I don’t think it was. I don’t think as many people were as strategic with it as you were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly a third of all gaming PCs are still running Windows 10, even as Microsoft prepare to kill it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember friends, don’t just say “Switch to Linux”. Don’t be the neckbeard they all expect us to be, with a superior attitude. Offer to help them, word it like “I’ve been using an alternative to Windows that I’ve really liked, it’s like the Steam Deck, and it’s easy to try if you’d like me to show you sometime”. Give them an opening, let them come to you. Each of these moments is how we slowly claw market share away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For a year’s subscription was 180 at its best, which is 3 60 dollar games per year you could have bought instead, and still have them now to play. Instead that money is gone.

  So I’m not denying that it wasn’t a good value prop to you, but you individually one has to look back and decide did they play enough games and did they really get the value out of it then, and they will never want to play any of those games again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried telling so many people that and their answer was always either so what, or no it wont. Well, here we are. If you own a thing the price doesn’t go up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not alone. For the music I’ve rediscovered record stores. They’re great ways to fill in the gaps of your music library while also discovering new music. I buy CDs and take them home now, happy to keep them on my shelf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Eurogamer] Skate Early Access review⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember they’re using anti cheat that blocks linux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Circle / EA confirm again that skate. will not support Linux, Steam Deck or macOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I confirm that again, as a potential customer who does but games like this, will then not be purchasing their product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher season 4 premieres next month, Netflix show off recast Gerry from the River and vampiric Morpheus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely agreed.i didn’t want some assholes version who didn’t like the source. I wanted the source material, on camera, with Cavill. That’s more or less what we got with seasons 1 and 2, that’s all we wanted to continue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher season 4 premieres next month, Netflix show off recast Gerry from the River and vampiric Morpheus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it was enough to piss off Cavill it’s enough to piss off me. Netflix had something that truly could have taken on Game of Thrones and was too worried about offending someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Far Cry series will push multiplayer "more predominantly" going forwards, according to Ubisoft boss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only multiplayer I would ever want is co-op in FarCry. This is just sad, they’re so desperately trying to just make profit go up, while completely ignoring what made the series great in the first place. I played 5, and while it was fun it was so repetitive and boring that I knew unless they seriously went back to their roots I wouldn’t be going back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Atari handheld with retro controls is finally available for preorder⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing to watch corporate greed see a quality product like steamdeck and rush to make a shittier version

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair reason IMO. However, knowing that it might be a few years out, then it becomes “is it worth the wait”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you can take a device like this and compare AAA titles on it, but even if we do then I think you can only compare it to other handhelds. Right now, checking the competitors they’re mostly on par right now for AAA performance. I stand by my other comments, if you’re looking for good graphics and good performance, a handheld is not the right device for you - you need to be looking at a desktop with an actual GPU and real power.

  Those are real tradeoffs we make by going portable, we expect lower performance so we can get a longer battery life. We cannot have a long battery and great performance in a portable, they go against each other. If others are able to pull it off then yeah go with them, but every bit of performance they add means consuming more battery life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your question depends on your definition of “can it run”. To me, as a portable device I get 45 fps on the witcher on medium settings and that’s very playable. If you want to use it as a desktop and expect that the next version will rival a 5000 series GPU, that’s unrealistic.