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Steam Deck

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

it came with some unexpected problems. The biggest one came from the feature I was most excited about: Windows.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago

With the increasing popularity of these different form factors and device types, it seems like people are finally starting to realize just how horrible Windows is… especially for gaming.

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Windows sleep mode is fundamentally broken to the point I will never consider any type of mobile device running Windows, let alone a portable game console where suspending games is half of the utility

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, as soon as I read that I stopped. The writer is an idiot

[–] zaphod@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but... think about it for a second: we're now in a world where a Linux-based OS is, in certain contexts, better for playing games built for Windows than Windows.

As a person who's been running Linux on his devices for almost 30 years now, that's incredible and I absolutely understand why folks would've initially been skeptical.

[–] hushable@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

not defending the author, but there were plenty of people with a "no windows no buy" mentality prior to the steam deck release.

It is surprising to still see them around.