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- Comment on How good is the Steam Deck really? (Not a gamer) 3 months ago:
The funny thing is that we started buying MORE games after getting it and filtering steam for the ones that work best.
It completely replaced the Nintendo Switch as our party platform, we have been adding piles of local multi player games to it and using multiple Xbox controllers with it docked around the main TV most of the time.
I think when it comes to how many titles work it is going to depend on your gaming preferences. If you play a lot of EA games or Ubisoft games it is clunky to get their store loaders going sometimes or at a min you get prompted to sign in via onscreen keyboard which is a PITA sometimes and there is lower support.
Steam native games however are great.
- Comment on Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta 'Tenth time's the charm' fixes some real nuisances 4 months ago:
Out steamdeck gets the most use connected to an external display with us playing local multiplayer games, the blank screen sleep / resume issues being fixed will be really nice, I am tired of having to fiddle with it every few sessions.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 4 months ago:
Apple implemented a kernel API for security software and made it good enough that they forced their own tools to use the API.
I haven’t looked at the Security API in depth but I have looked at the iOS APIs… Apple gets away with their own apps having MUCH MUCH deeper access than what they give 3rd parties… I would be SHOCKED if their kernel API is all they use in their own tools.
Microsoft needs to shut up and do the work to make their kernel secure.
The EU ruling is very broad however, if it has just been security tools YES MS could have just built out the APIs and used them for defender, but the EU ruling makes it so open we have wonderful video game anti cheat and DRM drivers from all sorts of providers playing around in driver / kernel space.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 4 months ago:
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 4 months ago:
MS had this implemented originally in NT4 then started allowing more drivers.
They tried again with VISTA but McAfee and Symantec cried to the EU and forced MS to back down.
Apparently apple got away with implementing it however.
- Comment on Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games 5 months ago:
Maybe if you live in an apartment or dorm where your PC is in your living room.
- Comment on Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games 5 months ago:
I used to use Steam link with my desktop but I find the experience of docking the steam deck way more reliable.
- Comment on Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games 5 months ago:
I am surprised there aren’t more local multiplayer games on the list. The steam deck is great hooked up to a TV with multiple controllers
- Submitted 7 months ago to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz | 3 comments
- Comment on is there an alternative to joy con for steam deck? (or pc in general) 10 months ago:
You can pair switch joycons to a steam deck as Bluetooth controllers, only issue is you need to remember to power them off.
Personally the only strain I found is the joy cons are so damn small, I prefer to current xbox controllers (also Bluetooth) as I find them comfortable even though they are not separate.
We already had both types of controller in our house we just use what ever works best on our Steamdeck at the time.
- Comment on What reviews didn't say about the Steam Deck OLED 1 year ago:
Gamers Nexus They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down points out WAY more changes, they refreshed A LOT of the components. Completely new main board etc.
- Comment on Steam Deck Streaming Issue 1 year ago:
Not specific to steamdeck but I have a 21:9 ultra wide and find I need to change the desktop res to a 16:9 in advance of connecting via steam link for things to work