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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Not sure what it says about the current state of gaming that so many of these games are quite old

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not much? I eyeball it as about 1/4 of the games being in the last two years. That seems pretty reasonable to me.

If an actual majority were brand new games it would just tell you that PC gamers (or at least steam deck) are just chasing novelty over quality. It's OK not to play every brand new game right on release, and it's OK to play older games.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It looks like 1/4 of the games were released in the last 2 months(ish) lol:
-Baldur's Gate 3
-Dave the Diver
-Armored Core 6
-Holocure
-Remnant 2

If I'm counting it right, half of the games were released in the last 2 years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I didn't search. Just did the ones I immediately recognized as recent big budget ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

HoloCure is an exception I’d say: It was on itch.io for almost a year before the recent Steam release.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

It's the Steam Deck. Older games are gonna run better.

[–] SpacetimeMachine 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it says far more about the capabilities of the steam deck. The thing is perfect for older, less intensive titles. I wouldn't expect this list to be filled with new releases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I prefer to play more demanding games on my PC and up the graphics

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Nah last few years have released some of the best games of all time. Just this year alone we got TOTK and Baulders Gate 3. Gaming is in really good shape right now.