I have a Steam Deck, and I love it. It can handle 90% of my library, and it’s always improving.

I decided to try out a linux distro for my OS, because the biggest drawback has always been the hoops that I had to jump through to get games up and running. I went for Pop OS, since that seemed to be natively friendly with NVidia, and the lowest barrier for entry. However, in Steam, I see that there is a much more limited selection of games compatible with my system. Is there a way around that, to get the same selection as my Steam Deck? Or is it this way because the Steam Deck is a singular platform that is developed for based on specific architecture?

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I think the reason it’s opt-in is so that people don’t feel like they’ve been ripped off/lied to when they buy a game thinking they are getting a native experience

        • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No. But Apple has built an alternative, although devs need to do some work to get their games running. That said, Mac gaming is even less popular than Linux Gaming, so don’t expect a good catalogue.

    • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, makes sense. However, that could be easily solved with a popup or something when you first launch a game that says, “This title has not been verified by Valve to run properly on your platform, do you want to continue? [ x ] Don’t show this again.”

    • SatyrSack@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You can buy games for any platform regardless of your Steam Play settings. They just might not show up in your library.