The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed — by a fork of Valve’s own experience
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An Asus ROG Ally X running Bazzite has all but replaced the Steam Deck in my life.
  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’m sure Valve loves the fact that more people are locked into the Steam store.

    Steam is great, and there’s workarounds for using other installed games/stores, but… kinda feels bad that this stuff is so integrated into the Valve/Steam experience.

    Don’t get me wrong, I use my steam deck… a lot… and I buy most of my games on Steam… I just wish GOG and Epic integration was a little more integrated, just so I don’t feel so locked in to one company. (yes, I’m aware of heroic launcher, and other options, but they’re still just hacked on extra steps that don’t always work)

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 days ago

      There’s nothing stopping epic or GOG from distributing a flatpak for their experiences/stores, the question is where are they?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      yes, I’m aware of heroic launcher, and other options, but they’re still just hacked on extra steps that don’t always work)

      I mean, this requires buying a windows powered handheld and then loading an entire OS on it.

      So I don’t think people are locked to steam with it, but I’m honestly not sure.