Uh that’s not good. Steam Deck verified criteria seethe bare minimum.
Valve stress again that there'll be more Steam Machine Verified games than Steam Deck ones, with "fewer constraints" in their testing programme
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dukemirage@lemmy.world 3 days ago
theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I read a comment somewhere that the full controller support and the readability of the text on a small 720p screen, which are necessary for a Steam Deck Verified badge, are not necessary for the Steam Machine. Because it is more like a traditional PC this makes sense imo.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 days ago
Just read through article and it directly addresses this.
The reason the criteria are relaxed is because of higher hardware specs for the Machine and the fact that the Deck has a small screen. Basically, the Deck has more physical constraints. As the Deck ages, less games will remain compatible.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 days ago
How dare you mock Lord Gaben. He didn’t monopolise digital distribution and is now trying with hardware for the third time for nothing.
AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I don’t think Steam got where it is by trying to monopolize, though. They just have a long history of genuinely trying to not suck, and nobody else is willing to try at all, so they just… Win by default. It’s basically a meme now that Valve just has to do nothing and win these days.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 days ago
Clair Obscura still looks like ass on a steam deck? There was a patch that came through several months ago that increased playability. I was playing with a 10yo video card and originally had abysmal graphics. I didn’t push settings, but I was able to get to the point where terrain and people made sense.
paultimate14@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Subjective opinions are not part of the validation process.
grue@lemmy.world 3 days ago
As more variety of hardware gets released, sooner or later Valve is going to need a “compatible with SteamOS” test that has little or nothing to do with hardware specs and will basically be equivalent to a generic “this game works in [at least one distro of] Linux” statement. I look forward to that.