tormeh

@tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also wonder how much of it is RADV vs AMDGPU drivers. Wonder what the result would have been if the Deck used the AMDGPU drivers instead. Saying it is just “the magic of Linux” papers over a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s what Valve has branded their fork of Wine. It translates win32 calls to Linux ones, and DirectX to Vulkan. Probably some other stuff too idk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best of Steam 2024 - the top performing games on steam, including best sellers on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, this is pro-consumer. Showing the original price and the “X% off!” sign is price anchoring designed to make you think you’re getting a great deal and to make you feel urgency to buy it now. It’s why we all have such giant collections of unplayed games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Heroic or whatever just isn’t good enough. Joe Random doesn’t want that kind of jank on his gaming appliance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As much as I love Valve I think it’d be weird for a 3rd party handheld to boot directly into the Steam UI. I get that there aren’t any viable alternatives atm, so I guess this is where we are. Wouldn’t hurt with a more store-neutral solution, in the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t play big titles on the Deck. That’s not what it’s good at. Play Fez or Tunic or something. There’s a near infinite list of great games that are not technically demanding.