I wonder if the technology behind the Steam Frame running games on ARM will ever make it’s way to turning any Android phone into a Steam machine of sorts.
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missingno@fedia.io 21 hours ago
I don't want a beefier Steam Deck 2. I want a Steam Deck Mini that fits in my pocket and runs my favorite 2D indie games.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Baggie@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
I was just thinking that, some phones are pretty beefy, there’s no reason to not do this.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I mean we can play either KOTOR game on mobile, Lego Star Wars on mobile, Red Dead Redemption is coming out on mobile.
I just looked and DRG: Survivor, TABS, Dredge, Hitman Absolution, Little Nightmares, Stardew Valley, Terraria, Limbo, Human Fall Flat, even Getting Over It are all playable on mobile.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
For sure, but those are all individually rebuilt from the ground up for that purpose of running on an arm chip. I can’t run my favourite games from 2008 on my phone, or a weird indie niche title. With technology like this, you probably could, and quite easily if done right.
It’s not just about the games either, it’s a good step towards making all programs somewhat hardware agnostic. The ARM x86 septation was pretty much set in concrete up until now, it’s a crazy advancement.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 6 hours ago
You can do a few of those on anbernic (and other) handhelds with portmaster
But what if give for a mini clamshell deck 🤩
normal_user@hexbear.net 11 hours ago
Now that Steam is experimenting with FEX to run x86 games on AMR Linux with the Steam Frame, I think there actually is a chance of smaller, more power efficient, steam deck like device that can run (lighter) desktop games.
Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 15 minutes ago
A retrofit pocket flip 2 running steam is would be pretty dope
graymess@hexbear.net 16 hours ago
Pretty sure we’ll get some smaller form factor handhelds from third parties running SteamOS in the near future.