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Over the last week or so, I went to Gamescom to represent SteamDeckHQ, and it was a blast. I got to see so many awesome games and talk to many developers and publishers, and the majority of them were either very receptive, optimistic, or have already started implementing Steam Deck support!

In our article, we go over some examples, as well as me being known as "The Steam Deck Guy." Though one I am happy to share is that the upcoming Epic Mickey Rebrushed will have full Steam Deck support at launch, and playing it on the Deck at Gamescom was phenomenal.

There's much more we go into detail with in the article, but in the end, it's looking very optimistic for Steam Deck support for future games.

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[โ€“] MimicJar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought the same for a long time. I had a gaming PC, I had my Switch (or earlier Nintendo consoles), I was covered. Eventually my gaming PC reached the end of the road (15+ years, minor upgrades along the way.) I was happy enough without it so I decided against building a new gaming PC.

Then Baldur's Gate 3 was announced. I knew I'd need a new gaming PC to play it. Of course alternatives like Stadia showed up at that time, but we know how that story ends, and it ends before BG3 came out.

Steam Deck truly is a savior. I can play the latest games. I can play my old games. I can emulate games.

Plus unlike Android it feels like a Linux machine underneath. I don't say that to shame Android, but I don't feel like I own the device. I can customize a lot, but I'm just a user. But the Steam Deck? I can open the hood if I like and it's a Linux machine with a built in touch screen and controller. It's my PC.

To add, it's even reached out to non-nerds. My brother, who isn't THAT tech literate picked one up and he's absolutely loving it. He hasn't had a gaming PC ever but he's getting tons of time on the Steamdeck and we've had zero issues playing games online together and using the steam voice chat.