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The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed — by a fork of Valve’s own experience - Bazzite turns the Asus ROG Ally X into today’s best handheld while putting Windows to shame. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I'm aware, I just like to gently remind people that the stores they want to shop from, seemingly don't want their money. I view the deck as a kind of linux trojan horse for gaming, SteamOS on more devices could at least convince GOG that linux is worth supporting.

Epic has an axe to grind and I expect nothing from them.

[–] kadup 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A free game on Epic is too expensive as far as I'm concerned.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Why? I claim them all the time on my phone, and occasionally play them through Heroic. I've never installed EGS on any of my devices, but I've played a few through Steam's integration.

A free game is a free game, but I'll never buy from EGS while they're so hostile to my preferred platform: Linux. I'll occasionally buy from GOG, but honestly, their DRM-free schtick isn't nearly as valuable to me as Valve's investment in Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

So, they ignore Canada and refuse to support the people there. Greaaat.