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[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I am happy about the raise of popularity of the new handheld PC consoles, but still Windows on handheld device is a deal breaker for me.

I know Steam Deck is not perfect, but the proton compatibility layer, the OS and the console-like experience is something I would pay extra money for, if other manufacturers adopted it.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m not sure about this one, but my understanding is that steam deck is the only one that can suspend a game mid play and have the ability to resume.

If it were not for that, there would be times where I just don’t start a game because I only have 15 minutes.

Now, I can do a quick ten minute game while waiting for a zoom meeting.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Same. I love how versatile it is and suspending the games actually was a huge contributor to make a dent into my huge backlog.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another fun thing is that for playing older games that use Proton:

  • It might not run on Linux natively

  • It might not run on the current version of Windows

  • It might run on your specific hardware natively in Windows

  • But somehow, it still manages to run well in Wine/Proton (sometimes better than on Windows)

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I 100% agree, I have been an exclusive Linux gamer for a few years now. It helps that I do not really play online. Just the other day, it kind of blew my mind when I thought about how far gaming on Linux has come. I think most gamers could switch over to Linux and be just fine.

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