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minus-squarehayes_linkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoI mean there’s a time and a place. What if someone has gamepass or a ton of free games on EGS?
minus-squareObsidianZed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoCan’t you play both of those from SteamOS?
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoUnsure about EGS, but Gamepass can only stream via xcloud on non-microsoft platforms The GP app/store for installing games locally is only available on Windows
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoEGS you definitely can with Heroic Launcher. I got Death Stranding for free on Epic and played it on Steam Deck using that.
minus-squareBatbrolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoYou can play non streamed games on steamos now? Edit: Gamepass games
minus-squareBezier@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months ago You can play non streamed games on steamos now? Non streamed? You mean just running the game on the device? You could run games on steamos since it first released in 2013.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoHe means from Gamepass. On many non-microsoft platforms, the only way to play Gamepass games is streaming via xcloud On Windows, Gamepass games can be installed locally from the GP app, but last I checked the GP app was still Windows-only
minus-squareBatbrolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoSorry, I was referring to game pass games. They’re exclusive to windows because they’re built as windows apps or something.
I mean there’s a time and a place.
What if someone has gamepass or a ton of free games on EGS?
Can’t you play both of those from SteamOS?
Unsure about EGS, but Gamepass can only stream via xcloud on non-microsoft platforms
The GP app/store for installing games locally is only available on Windows
EGS you definitely can with Heroic Launcher. I got Death Stranding for free on Epic and played it on Steam Deck using that.
You can play non streamed games on steamos now?
Edit: Gamepass games
Non streamed? You mean just running the game on the device? You could run games on steamos since it first released in 2013.
He means from Gamepass. On many non-microsoft platforms, the only way to play Gamepass games is streaming via xcloud
On Windows, Gamepass games can be installed locally from the GP app, but last I checked the GP app was still Windows-only
Sorry, I was referring to game pass games. They’re exclusive to windows because they’re built as windows apps or something.