Gamescom has been amazing so far, but the really amazing part has been seeing just how many developers and publishers care about the Steam Deck.
Over the last week or so, I went to Gamescom to represent SteamDeckHQ, and it was a blast. I got to see so many awesome games and talk to many developers and publishers, and the majority of them were either very receptive, optimistic, or have already started implementing Steam Deck support!
In our article, we go over some examples, as well as me being known as “The Steam Deck Guy.” Though one I am happy to share is that the upcoming Epic Mickey Rebrushed will have full Steam Deck support at launch, and playing it on the Deck at Gamescom was phenomenal.
There’s much more we go into detail with in the article, but in the end, it’s looking very optimistic for Steam Deck support for future games.
I’m not surprised. The steamdeck is the only way that I game any longer. I think their approach to hardware upgrades not being frequent is a great idea. It lets devs have target hardware for the games to work on.
I couldn’t be happier with my steamdeck and will get the next one on day one.
I think the stable hardware is a bigger deal than people realize. Windows is already a moving target for devs with all of the different hardware options. Linux just compounds that with the multitude of distros. Having something that the devs can target makes their job easier, but it allows those of us who are willing to get into the guts of it something we can tweak to work on just about any distro and hardware.
I just got the OLED last week. My PC couldn’t run baldurs gate so this was my ez fix for that, and I wanted a new toy for remote play.
I’ve been really enjoying it. A few bugs (offline reboot got stuck looking for updates, and BG3 seems to have issues with controller connection?) but overall really fun. The handheld feels nice too, better than my switch.
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As a Linux user, I love the steam deck. I’ll probably never own one, but what it did for Linux gaming was amazing
The way it brought to light how viable Linux gaming is, and make it more widely adopted, has been awesome.
I’m not surprised. The steamdeck is the only way that I game any longer. I think their approach to hardware upgrades not being frequent is a great idea. It lets devs have target hardware for the games to work on.
I couldn’t be happier with my steamdeck and will get the next one on day one.
I think the stable hardware is a bigger deal than people realize. Windows is already a moving target for devs with all of the different hardware options. Linux just compounds that with the multitude of distros. Having something that the devs can target makes their job easier, but it allows those of us who are willing to get into the guts of it something we can tweak to work on just about any distro and hardware.
That’s really true. I agree 100% Valve is playing the long game and is really doing a great job bringing Linux to the average user.
I just got the OLED last week. My PC couldn’t run baldurs gate so this was my ez fix for that, and I wanted a new toy for remote play.
I’ve been really enjoying it. A few bugs (offline reboot got stuck looking for updates, and BG3 seems to have issues with controller connection?) but overall really fun. The handheld feels nice too, better than my switch.
Bg3 runs pretty good on it. There are some slowdowns, but it doesn’t really matter in this kind of game.
I got obsessed with that game, but kind of burnt out after I finished act 2.