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- steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
simple ( @simple@lemm.ee ) 35•1 month agoI’m surprised the difference isn’t much higher, but I guess there’s a ton of shovelware on the Switch.
DarkThoughts ( @DarkThoughts@fedia.io ) 35•1 month agoIt is much higher. Those are just the officially approved numbers. You can get a lot more games than that working though. Most will probably run out of the box anyway, or with just slight tinkering, assuming the performance of the Deck suffices of course. You may have to create custom control mappings though.
lengau ( @lengau@midwest.social ) 1•1 month agoYeah, a few examples from my own Deck include Rymdkapsel (works perfectly, not verified or marked as Chromebook Ready), Surviving Mars (playable, but not rated) and Turmoil (explicitly unsupported, but works fine).
Vilian ( @Vilian@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 month agoit’s linux native tho
lengau ( @lengau@midwest.social ) 2•1 month agoDoesn’t matter for how they’re measuring. None of those games are marked as either Verified or Playable by Valve, so they’re not included in these statistics, despite working fine on the Deck.
FIST_FILLET ( @FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml ) 21•1 month agorespectfully, how have you not seen the infinite rivers of shovelware on steam since they stopped vetting the store ~10 years ago?
The Octonaut ( @TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ) 3•1 month agoI’d be surprised if many of those are verified for steam deck?
Fubarberry ( @Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ) 6•1 month agoYeah. They probably work fine on the deck too, but they can only verify so many games and those are low priority.
iegod ( @iegod@lemm.ee ) 3•1 month agoThat seems to be the point being made by the person you replied to; the difference should be higher (in favor of the Steamdeck) because of the vast quantity available on Steam. The shovelware is precisely why it should be higher. I think they’re expressing surprise that the Switch even comes within the range it does, hence bringing up Switch shovelware as a possible source for this.
FIST_FILLET ( @FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month agoah, i see, you’re probably right
ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 month agoSteam is the same way
xep ( @xep@kbin.social ) 20•1 month agoIt’s quite a lot more than that if you count all the titles that work but aren’t verified, I imagine!
Norgur ( @Norgur@kbin.social ) 16•1 month agoIsn’t that comparison asinine? I mean… Yeah, no shit. One is a handheld PC and the other isn’t.
lengau ( @lengau@midwest.social ) 10•1 month agoWhile the Steam Deck is technically a handheld PC, as a Linux enthusiast who’s tried to use the desktop mode for laptoppy things… No it isn’t.
It works in a pinch (well… Not for my job, but I also don’t expect Valve to put lxd into SteamOS), but the comparison to the Switch (which I also own) is much better than comparing it to even a gaming laptop. In fact, if I were the type of person to emulate stuff (which, don’t worry Nintendo, I totally am not), I would say my Steam Deck makes a better switch than my switch. If I’d emulated a Switch to play Mario Kart (which obviously I haven’t) I’d say it was a better experience on my Steam Deck than on my switch.
Beaver ( @Beaver@lemmy.ca ) 13•1 month agoMy steam deck is also just stable as my switch now despite that not being the case when I first got mine.
JokeDeity ( @JokeDeity@lemm.ee ) 12•1 month agoMore like 129% considering I can play all the Switch games on a Deck.
kratoz29 ( @kratoz29@lemm.ee ) 10•1 month agoAs an owner of the Switch (with a huge backlog) and a dreaming owner of the Steam Deck, should I be happy or worried about the backlog?
bitfucker ( @bitfucker@programming.dev ) 1•1 month agoHey, at least your purchase is transferred!
Excel ( @excel@lemmy.megumin.org ) 8•1 month agoThat’s an embarrassingly small number of games for a PC… a PC should have access to far more games than that. I’m sure that’s just the “verified” games, but it’s pretty dumb to flaunt it like it’s something impressive.
intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 4•1 month agoUgh! We don’t want larger games! We want more games!
zipzoopaboop ( @zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ) 1•1 month agoThough both have a shit ton of shovelware garbage