• Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      And I love how it’s the opposite of other console approaches.

      Everyone else: “let’s rope some devs into exclusives, and make some more in house, that’ll lock them in!”

      Valve: “let’s develop improvements to OSS publicly, so it runs better on PC for everyone (and our product)”

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        10 months ago

        Microsoft came crawling back. EA came crawling back. Ubisoft came crawling back. Square Enix came crawling back. Activision came crawling back. Most viable competitor can’t turn a profit despite third-party exclusives and free games.

        Now they’ve got handheld users and the entire Linux gaming community suctioned onto Gaben’s tits.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah i like its even open for non steam game launchers ( epic games etc… ).

        And the trackpads are my favorite, its so easy to scroll or move the cursor with them. They even have a super long charging cable. Its just valves baby, you know it when you have one.

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        10 months ago

        EPIC GAMES: Why will no one buy games from me 😭? The market is unfair!

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          10 months ago

          The steamdeck could theoretically install epic games launcher!!! So if the user wants epic games on it then do it ;D

          But because epic games doesnt have really good controller support or steam input support it is not so good. But you could just add the games to your steam library ;D

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            10 months ago

            I get all that. But if both companies will the games, then why bother with epic, steam gives a lot more than just the game. Epic is a half baked experience.

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              10 months ago

              Thats true too + epic games had some hmmmmm moments.

              The only real epic games only gmae you get is fortnite.