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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It blows my mind that the greatest trick Valve ever pulled was releasing a console that relies solely on backwards compatibility. There are zero games released for the steam deck.

[–] univers3man@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

To be fair, there was 1 game released directly for the Steam Deck; Aperture Desk Job.

[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not only that, the Steam Deck actually has worse compatibility compared to a normal Windows PC, but the PC library is so extensive (and has so many emulators) that it doesn't matter. You still have access to more games than anyone on a normal console ever could, and you can play most singleplayer console games for free. I played Mario Odyssey all the way through on my PC and it ran great.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

And even better: people not valve will actually go and work to make the games that aren't compatible working. For free.

[–] 8baanknexer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's not quite strictly worse; some older games are easier to run in wine than natively. But your point still stands.