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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As another user already mentioned, you only need desktop mode to install/add them as non-steam game.

Other that that yeah, it IS nitpicky and I agree Valve needs competition. It's just... if your pitch starts with misrepresenting said competition ("Steam Deck is locked to Valveverse"), promising improbable ("Fortnite on linux" when we know the Tim Sweeney hates it and already said supporting linux would be too much work), stealing content to show a proof of concept (Witcher 3 video) and have someone like McCaster as one of the members just doesn't instill confidence in me.

I really hope I'm being too cautious and cynical about this but it's on them to ease those worries, not on me to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. There's really no reason to not be cautious with any company, especially startups, so I can see where you're coming from. I guess I'm just glad to see someone else seeing market value in gaming on Linux.

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I can see how my initial reply could be read as a random rant by a Valve fanboy since, well, these people exist. I do hope I'm wrong and this turns into another major player pushing Linux to the forefront as well. Time will tell.