I don’t think it’s still going strong. SteamOS 2.0, the Debian based one that was on the old steam machines has been discontinued and is no longer supported. SteamOS 3.0, on the deck, is Arch based and is not yet officially supported on anything other than a Steam Deck.
The value isn’t for existing PC gamers. It would be for people who are not tech literate, do not know how to build a PC, install an OS, or even tell if a given computer is powerful enough to run a particular game.
I think that’s the real strength (and more importantly, intent) of the Steam deck: to get people who aren’t PC gamers to become PC gamers by making it as simple as a traditional console. Steam machines could provide a similar thing if there were a Steam Machine 1 Verified flag next to games.
Only surprise for me is that Witcher 3 is so high up. In my experience it doesn’t actually run very well and needs the settings cranked down for an unstable 30 fps. Glad people are enjoying it, though.
I particularly like that it’s gained enough popularity that most of the gaming podcasts I’ll listen to will make some remark on whether or not a particular game works well on steam deck
That fits the kind of use case I would want from something in addition to the Deck. That said, I don’t know this is the form factor I’d want; what I’d love is something that could actually fit in my pocket like a Gameboy. This seems like it’d be a bit big for that.
Is that by hours played on steam deck, or hours played for games that are steam deck verified? The Witcher 3 would be a surprise for me there; it runs on the deck, but to me not well enough to be properly enjoyable
Valve’s only official said “multiple millions” and estimates are around 3 million
Nothing particularly good, some stuff for your steam profile. I’ve only used the points on the startup movies and some keyboards
Didn’t Valve release their own teardown of the Deck before its release?
Tactics Ogre and Temtem. Both good games for pausing frequently when I have other things going on
I just installed it and gave it a test run; can confirm tinkering is still required. Without it, the audio language is French and the game only shows up in a small square and doesn’t use the full screen. The game settings (which presumably fixes this) also doesn’t work
Would not recommend without tinkering
Awesome, that happened to me in KOTOR 2, will have to try it again