Come on steam deck, we need more users of you! This will drive Linux as a real contender in the gaming market and steam is driving that.
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That was probably like 75% BF6 players.
PC gaming emulation on Android and hopefully someday high end regular Linux phones are going to be a big inertial multiplier for PC gaming. Performance for games that work isn't far off from a Steam Deck from my testing on high end mobile phones. Compatibility and streamlining is still not great though. But a few more years at this rate and anyone with a phone as strong as a Snapdragon 8 gen 3 will have a pocket Steam Deck. PC gaming is going to grow a lot because of that
Makes sense, even just for playing old games it's more optimal. Be it for graphics, load times, or just multiplayer if you want to play a game from say the Xbox 360 PS3 era its probably better to just get the game on PC. Also given how much of a relative flop the current console generation has been yeah...
How many are bots?
Console gaming is so anti-consumer. Who would prefer to use a console if they are even the slightest bit savvy with a computer?
I play both. Couch gaming is simply more epic (also comfy). Glorious 7.1 surround on a couch? chefs kiss
Look at OS user numbers, most people aren’t the slightest bit savvy with a computer.
I’ve run into a few games that only have split screen on console so there’s that I suppose.
As I just found out, if you want to play any borderlands split screen, that's console only.
Borderlands with a controller? Oh boy ;p
Motion control is amazing if implemented well. Nintendo spoiled me with the WiiU.
Valve did it again with the Steam Deck. I hated first person in general with a controller. Now I prefer to play Deck over mouse.
Could run it through an emulator depending on what game in the series you are playing. I've done that for a few titles when couch co-op is happening.
That's a reasonable idea. It's just hard to fathom why this is a feature not commonly supported on PC despite being available on less powerful consoles. To play local co-op on PC, I need to buy the full series for each additional player who are then required to have their own hardware. Not economical when you just want to play with your kids.
Suddenly it seems reasonable to buy one console and one copy of the game.
I believe steam remote play and Family Sharing are both designed to accommodate that issue - although that doesn't solve the hardware problem admittedly.
I'll have to look into that. My understanding was that only one account in the family could play the same copy at a time.
For LAN/Offline play I believe there's no limitation. You can also have "multiple" copies (get the game for 5 bucks on a steam sale compared to console), for multiple user online play.
Remote play is for games that support local multiplayer to have another user "route in".
One area that I'm glad to have my console is for games that I expect the publisher to include anti-consumer bs but I still want to play. I dont gaf if they install a kernel mode anti-cheat on my ps5, but I'll never install that on my PC.
That said, I don't spend much time doing that anyways and don't have any plans to get another console in the future. And in case nintendo is listening, the switch 2 would have been an exception to that if you weren't so lawsuit happy.
You can sell it or give it to your kids?
Same with a PC lol. Hell, it probably would be more useful overall.
Can't give them your steam account.
You literally can? You can add any amounts of games to a family share and even play LAN with them
You can't transfer your steam account, eg when you die. Against terms of service.
An who's going to enforce that? No one is broadcasting to the newspaper that Someguy3 died and now their son is using their account.
It's a wink wink situation
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