Are you able to play whatever you want on your Steam Deck even without installing Windows?
Are you able to play whatever you want on your Steam Deck even without installing Windows?
Are you able to play whatever you want on your Steam Deck even without installing Windows?
Yes
No you cant play AC franchise, game over Steam cant let you play every game. Steam Deck is now misleading.
AC sucks anyway
and nothing of value was lost
He said "whatever you want," not everything.
OH NO
ANYWAY
Only if you pay for it
Yes
Yes
Yes
You can't play a lot of games that use anticheat like rust and I'm pretty sure apex legends, not sure why these guys are lying. It's Linux so check Linux game compatibility.
Apex works great. Dunno about rust, it sounds like a boring non-game.
Why do Linux users delude themselves into thinking every game they can't play is just garbage? Yea some are obviously but it's clear you've never even played rust.
Also just remembered that game pass doesn't work on it I'm pretty sure, the games themselves do but I'm pretty sure they want you to use gamepass on windows not Linux.
all video games are garbage
>it's clear you've never even played rust.
https://nitter.net/garrynewman/status/1419902242547814417?lang=en
>Why do Linux users delude themselves into thinking every game they can't play is just garbage?
Why do Windows shills fail at basic reasoning? If they really wanted to play the games that don't run on Linux, they wouldn't use Linux. Simple as. The fact that they're using Linux anyway means they don't want to play those games, at least not enough to bother with the very minor inconvenience of just using Windows which anyone can do. It's not like 1% of people just go "oh shit I accidentally installed Linux and there's no way to replace it with Windows because magic or something OH NOOOOOOOO". They install it on purpose because they decided it suits their needs, and if it doesn't suit their needs then they go back. Just like you should go back to Discord.
Windows runs like fricking shit on the deck you moron, look at what thread you are in and reread the op. It didn't even have audio when it came out. It's not an option for him to get windows, that's why he's on there, so he needs to know what games aren't payable on Linux
But its the smug looking down that he's saying he's sick of. That games they can't play are beneath them and weren't even worth playing anyway.
It's like anti-EGS gays shit talking EGS-only games like they weren't worth their time to begin with.
EGS is shit
How the frick do you expect me to play Shadow Complex?
Through steam, where you'll have a pre-made shader cache available for steam deck.
That's where I have it anyway. https://store.steampowered.com/app/385560/Shadow_Complex_Remastered/
Oh, huh...okay, that's fine. I wasn't aware they released it on Steam (I got my copy back in college, I think, which was like the late 2000s).
I played Shadow Complex the most on Xbox 360, I'd call you based for knowing about the game since I like it too, but you didn't bother to do basic research and you go to bat for EGS so I'm going to unfortunately have to rescind that sentiment.
It's the only game I own on EGS because it was free long before they started trying to swindle and strongarm people into using their platform.
But nonetheless, it's on that platform.
I was totally down to use EGS before they started doing that strongarm bullshit, but back then I was ignorant of just how bad the store was, to me it was a Unreal Tournament 4 launcher, but then they dicked that project over. Suffice to say, I no longer tolerate EGS, especially since now I know that Tim Sweeney is trying to twitter mob people into disliking other storefronts instead of trying to make their store better to the point that they don't need exclusivity deals. The fact that they thought it was more important to do that to the point that it took them 3 years to add a basic consumer oriented feature like a shopping cart tells me my game library is not safe with them in the long run and that when it comes to choosing between protecting my library and protecting themselves they'll choose themselves, meanwhile on Steam I was allowed to see how shit the game Hatred was for myself because steam didn't ultimately buckle under controversy.
just play something else
If you're EGS exclusive, then you are in early access and thus not worth playing, yeah.
Something you don't seem to understand is that my wishlist can outpace whatever bullshit inconveniences developers/publishers try to put on me. We're being genuine when we say it's not worth our time until we're catered to, because your game is so easily replaceable it's not even funny.
>That games they can't play are beneath them and weren't even worth playing anyway.
Correct, games which require me to install spyware are beneath me.
>It's like anti-EGS gays shit talking EGS-only games like they weren't worth their time to begin with.
Correct, games which require me to install chinese spyware aren't worth my time.
>Why do Linux users delude themselves into thinking every game they can't play is just garbage?
because every game that doesn't respect my freedom is garbage, simple as
Didn't Stallman say the principles of FOSS aren't entirely compatible with video games in the first place?
>Why do Linux users delude themselves into thinking every game they can't play is just garbage?
It's a contemporary American persuasion tactic. Social shaming is rarely used in appropriate contexts anymore.
The anti-cheat ones generally do tend to be FOMO trash though.
He asked for games. Not fotm.
Linux runs some Windows games better than Windows itself runs them.
Anything I'd want to play? I generally stick to lower-end and older stuff on handheld gaming PCs so I'm not trying to run shit like Battlefield V on such a thing.
>I generally stick to lower-end and older stuff
When it comes to lower end older stuff the experience is generally about the same or better.
Its really just the newest stuff with anti-cheat that plugs into the undocumented spyware functionality of the NT kernel in modern versions of Windows that causes problems. GNU/Linux can't/won't implement that sort of functionality for obvious reasons.
I don't want those games
How the frick do I know that?
how would you know I was lying?
Getting mad wintard?
I want a UMPC, not a mere handheld gaming PC. Whatever this ships with will not satisfy that.
>I want a UMPC
lol
I love my GPD Win devices for that reason. I just don't like GPD as a company any longer but it was a lot of fun to have a device I could do desktop-level tasks with my thumbs.
>GPD Win
lol enjoy your trash
The GPD Win Max was almost perfect. I kind of regret getting rid of it to buy a Win 3.
But the damage is done, I'm not going back to GPD.
Why? What happened to a Win 3? No problems with the Max at all? I have a Deck and I'm thinking of getting the Max 2.
It was my own fault but the lack of actual support I got from GPD as a result of it combined with some of their other bullshit (like shipping the wrong wifi card in some peoples' Win 3s or shipping Windows preloaded with malware and the continued supply chain issues where people with valid warranties can't get service) has made me weary of them. They're not evolving their company to be worth what they're asking you to pay in a more competitive climate.
I'm moving onto the Ayn Loki.
Addendum: this is mostly to bide my time until Steam makes a gen 2 Deck with a better form factor and better out-of-the-box Windows support. Once that happens I'm jumping to their ship and never looking back.
you want Windows. Steam OS includes a desktop mode.
Steam is already a 3rd party launcher. If anything the launchers from the games themselves or physical disc installers are 1st party.
No but that’s okay. PS5 remote play fills most of the gaps.
if you could play genshin impact on it i may consider it
if you could play genshin impact on it without getting banned i may consider it
Friendly reminder that these threads belong on Ganker
Not my fault that this video game device from Valve allows you to change the operating system it runs.
>Not my fault that
Doesn't matter. These threads belong on Ganker
>thanks, i didn't know there is a Ganker
no probs. It's actually a lot better than this shithole for talking about the deck because people there actually know linux.
I disagree, because switch has exclusive games to it, which necessitates talk of the switch when those games are discussed. The deck is just a PC, ergo it belongs on Ganker
>exclusive games to it
ok, the Deck has them too 🙂
>the deck has exclusives
name one?
what for? You may like it or not, but the Deck has the most exclusives out of all the portables out now
how's that Rimworld colony going on your Switch anon? 😉
It's just a PC and it doesn't have any exclusives.
Hardware threads belong on Ganker
cope and seethe
Aperture Desk Job.
>I disagree, because switch has exclusive games to it
So you're saying we're not allowed to discuss Xbox Series X here either?
>So you're saying we're not allowed to discuss Xbox Series X here either?
I don't think that is ever likely to happen anyway
>Doesn't matter
It's front and center a video game console handheld. Incidental talk of OSes and running programs, that will obviously include video games, is something that upsets only the switch fanboy and jealous switch marketer.... How many Japanese company marketers are all over Ganker? A shitton is the correct answer.
It's just a PC with a frontend. It's not a console. PC talk belongs on Ganker
>console
define a console
thanks, i didn't know there is a Ganker
agreed
switch threads too
No
Old 90s - 2010s japanese games that require windows OS
Games with third party launchers
Anti cheat systems
Friendly reminder that these Steam Deck threads are shill threads from steam moderators
>old 90s
dosbox?
>-2010s
wine?
I got Dohna Dohna, Holy Night Ricca, and M.U.G.E.N. to run with proton no problem. The only thing I haven't been able to run is gog's hotline miami 2 and that's been sitting on my storage drive for 5 years so who knows if that's the deck's problem.
you don't need windows, it's a garbage OS
Whatever I want? Probably. I already use Linux, voluntarily, because I can play whatever I want on it. Otherwise I wouldn't use it.
Whatever I want isn't the same as whatever (You) want, though. Some people in this thread are already not understanding that, so I fully expect to be accused of le sour grapes for not wanting to play some multiplayer trash.
How long did your deck get stuck in processing anons? I ordered mine yesterday and it's still processing
I ordered Monday and got it the next Wednesday.
What state?
what the frick, I ordered mine like a year ago and I still haven't gotten the email to buy the fricking thing
When exactly did you order? I think some queues are only a couple of hours in. There were something like 750k pre-orders the first day, and at the start of Q3 they'd sent out about 350k. They're doing 50k a week now, so most people who pre-ordered should get one before the end of the year.
if you live in the us and ordered a 512 in the first 4 hours you should have got one by now
image from july 7th notifications
damn I guess I waited too long?
I was originally slated for Q2 but I ended up getting pushed back to Q3
Everybody got bumped back a quarter, but Valve is progressing at the ramp up pace they expected so now if your reservation says Q3 you should get your email before October.
lol.
Order != Reserve
You reserved a year ago and haven't ordered yet
The other guy was talking about actually ordering i.e. buying because he reserved a bit earlier than you did
Ordered mine on the 7th in the AM, tracking says it'll be here on the 13th the latest. Am in NY.
Took almost a week for mine to ship.
No. Vtmb controllers dont work, split second doesnt eanna go past screen and has graphical issues, far cry 2 just force closes
No. Even modern, in-support games are plagued with issues on Linux.
You only need to look at the WINE release notes to know gaming on Linux will never be viable.
Linux gamers and console gamers are on the same inferior level to Windows gamers.
Hello sir
I accept your concession
Yeah pretty much. Even on windows I've typically avoided games with Denuvo DRM and EAC. The one EAC game I care about that won't run is Halo MCC and even that I haven't played for a while because I mostly got Halo MCC for the single player campaigns and thus have already beaten them on PC.
I don't even use linux that much and all the games I play either run just fine on proton (sometimes even better than on windows, for example Warframe has a shader caching issue on windows that is fixed on linux) or have native linux ports such as GZDoom and Splitgate.
Halo MCC singleplayer content runs flawlessly though
I am aware.
I kinda want to play Genshin Impact
I got my deck yesterday and it really surprised me. I expected it to be a lot thicker and a lot heavier than it actually is but it's just as wide as I expected. For some reason I had gamegear dimensions in mind
How do you pirate games on Steam deck?
Use virustotal and bottles/lutris
you dont. have a nice day moron
Install the sideload-friendly Microsoft Windows 11, obviously.
>sideload
it's just called loading you fricking dog
but muh LTT friendly terms like 'daily driver'
the same way you normally do, moron
just pirate them normally then run them through steam proton, EZ, you can even even add them into your library to use them through steam!
SteamOS will delete your pirate stash every update dumbasses
>uses bottles, which manages non steam games in a flatpak format
heh nothin personnel kid
I'm not poor so I just buy the video games I want to play
why would you install pirated games to root-owned system folders?
If you installed your pirate stash in the System32 folder the same thing would happen on windows you idiot.
RO filesystem doesn't mean what you think it means, moron. Only the system partition gets wiped. Userdata is untouched, that includes whatever pirated games you've installed, along with any other non-steam games.
The people making a big deal about the filesystem don't even know what the frick they're talking about.
overlayfs
No updates done it yet on mine. You guys think everything is wiped like some imaged windows install.
>using a patcher that risk having your account banned
Yeah that is a no from me. I think it's the niche cases where Valve probably needs to get dual-boot working. The main issue though really is Windows drivers which all are manual right now where they need to be added with Windows. Especially the GPU which needs to be kept constantly up to to date, that is a hassle for Valve to maintain and they really need to figure out how to let Microsoft handle the Steam Deck getting most drivers on install time and letting AMD handle the GPU side.
>patcher
clueless
Yes you need a patcher to remove the anticheat. I know the tool is called a launcher but it is actually patching out the anticheat and bypassing it on your install and it can get you banned, even though in practical terms, it has been safe.
for what game?
what the hell is your context
Oh didn't realize my initial post didn't link to
but yeah, was talking about Genshin in particular.
oh chinkshit
enjoy your rootkit and spyware
>be rude
>other guy apologizes and civil
>be dismissive and condescending after they correct themselves
have a nice day.
chink apologists deserve the rope
Well I was born in Hong Kong.
don't fall for their spyware then
What are you gonna do about it?
They need to make is so that you can get the correct version of proton immediately for the game your running.
Once you get the right version it runs flawlessly.
No, I can't play Gravity Rush 2, Medievil, Demon Souls Remake and Bloodborne 🙁
Why do these Steam Deck threads always have the lowest post/unique-ID ratio?
chink shills make up half the thread
Anyone been able to get rocksmith to work? I just have to jam on the subway for my fans. Having a portable to grab and go is just the best and its ergonomics are fantastic.
for the most part
>finally get my deck
>the dpad is shit
>keep accidentally hitting the back paddles
Shame
I wish I had one 🙁
>tfw after q3
I shall remind them. Not even my final form
Most games but not every game. You can run some non-steam games.
b a s t e
I'm trying to run Koikatsu on the deck, I have it on a thumb drive but the .exe doesn't launch
Is this is linux experience? How can I get it to run?
Add it as a non-Steam game and enable proton for it.
koikatsu runs just fine via lutris (manual entry with no tweaks needed)
use wine or non-steam game adding
yes
question: is it bad if while docked my deck slowly loses battery despite being connected to its charger? i know it's because of the extra power draw of the SSD i connected to the dock, but does this hurt the battery?
Installing non steam games is pain atm, I'll prolly switch to Win 10 once they unfrick the performance there
>once they unfrick the performance there
DON'T TELL HIM
Everything I've tried just werks for the most part. I had to do some roundabout bullshit to get FFXIV working but that's about it.
What is the roundabout bullshit
I think it's been fixed with one of the most recent version of proton experimenal, but I had to install a version of protonGE and edit an ini to change the launcher in order to get it working at the time.
once gayben provided a proper dual boot support Steam Deck will be a very interesting device
No
i'd say 90% of stuff, 100% if you use virtual machines or dualbooting and stuff like that
I am able to play whatever I want on my steam deck, yes of course, why would I not be able to play whatever I want to?
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
STOP DOING THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
No you cant, Ubisoft says no
But I don't want to play any ubisoft games?! And question was whatever I WANT.... And even if I did i CAN play as I did install several on my friends SteamDeck as he WANTED to play few.
Post Steam Deck-friendly racing games that are must-plays.
STOP POSTING ABOUT STEAM DECK. I'M NOT GETTING MINE FOR MONTHS, STOP REMINDING ME.
All I play is Doom and Serious Sam.
Where to get project zomboids Linux installer? Goggames only has windows
Yeah, everything but pic related. Can't get XNA to install correctly, or something. Anyone else here have better luck?
Your first line of attack should always be to use GE-Proton if it's a steam game or Wine-GE if it's not, if that fails, then idk
Yes
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i want to emulate pc98 games on deck
wat do
this
Neko Project II
You're going to have to reinstall glibc though pacman since Valve ripped the Japanese (ja_JP.utf8) locale out and you're probably going to need to set LANG=ja_JP.utf8.
Also, I'd recommend using lutris with a shared prefix for all RPG Maker games rather than adding games to steam directly because otherwise you're going to have to install the RTPs over and over and over and over.
>You're going to have to reinstall glibc though pacman since Valve ripped the Japanese (ja_JP.utf8) locale out and you're probably going to need to set LANG=ja_JP.utf8.
Why would they do that? Are they racist against nihonjinn?
Based on what they left behind, they ripped out every locale the SteamOS UI doesn't currently support or have translations for. Which also happens to correspond to what regions the steam deck is currently being sold in.
why can't I just emulate the locale?
You set LANG=ja_JP.utf8 to use Japanese locale per-program on Linux, anon. That said, you need to actually have a Japanese locale installed on the system.
WINE/Proton is not windows - you absolutely cannot use shit like locale emulator.
i want to play untranslated rgmaker hentai games on deck
hwat do
No
>picking a game for which ProtonDB clearly says "No reports yet on Steam Deck" and even including that in the screenshot
lol
lmao
I'm not saying it works on Steam Deck but you could have at least picked a game with Steam Deck reports confirming it. Absolutely no way I'd pay you for that post if I were your manager at Microsoft or Epic Games.
>dude you can do whatever you want
>pirates old nintendo games
fricking shit system
Most games worth playing are old. What games do you want to play?
Post your favorite game so we can laugh.
Bonus laughs if it runs on Steam Deck.
>we can laugh
Nobody thinks you are funny
Where is the best place to get ROMs for Dolphin?
Nice try Bob Nintendo
Down a bottle of bleach, should clear your mind enough to find it