Update your Steam Deck! New SteamOS Beta now with KDE Plasma 6.2.5!
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/news
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social It seems to be a beta, so not now…
Due to this deviating way off topic and degrading int o flames, this thread is now locked. Frankly disappointing.
Also: remember rule 5:
Avoid comparing and/or disparaging various desktop environments, distros, and/or other FLOSS projects. This instance is for discussing the KDE community and the software it produces, and not about pointless flamewars between open source projects.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Why does a game console need a desktop environment?If I wanted a desktop, I’d use my pc. If I want to get away from the desktop, I’ll consider buying a console.
Maybe a Switch is a better choice?
I don’t feel this is a genuine question. There are literally so many reasons it would take forever to list… but sure,get a switch if you like paying too much for everything and being locked in a walled garden .
Its not that complicated: options.
You are presented with the Steam Deck UI by default. You don’t have to use the desktop.
Installing non-steam games on desktop is handy.
Some people use the steam deck as more than just a game system.
If it’s not for you, don’t use it. Simple as that.
@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social so you can use your Steam deck as a full blown PC with an external monitor, keyboard, if you want … 2 devices in one.
@lps @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
So you’re confirming that a Switch would be a better choice?@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social if you want a dedicated device that only does one thing for slightly less money, and becomes quickly obsolete… sure.
@lps @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
And if I want something better, that doesn’t turn into another day at the office?@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I think you want a Switch … go for it.
@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I’m just responding to why anyone would want a DE on a Steam Deck, which is for that reason.
I hope you realize that it’s not the UI that normal gamer users will see, ONLY if they want to use that option. It’s about power, controlling your hardware and doing the fuck you want with it.
@lps @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
I haven’t decided.For now I’m sticking with my Playstation 2, which runs the games just as well now as it did 25 years ago.
Modded? Or you have a stockpile of disk drives?
You want the steam deck and to buy games on GOG so your games work from 25 years ago like your PlayStation.
You can also play those PlayStation games on your steam deck.
Simply ignore the ability to use the desktop mode of the steam deck.
It’s easier to play my favorite Windows games on the Steam Deck than on a Switch.
You can always just not switch it into desktop mode, but hey you know what you want out of a console more than I do, it just seems odd to pick based between steamdeck and switch for that reason. Usually, I would expect people to make that choice based on the game library they want access to.
It’s a computer…
@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social It doesn’t need one, but why hide it when it has one anyway?
Most Games on Steam are not available on the Switch. That is a pretty good reason
@vamp898 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
To appeal to the console demographics rather than being associated with the “nerds who will hacksaw a PC into something that looks vaguely like a console” minority.I would think that there are more games on steam that also can be played on the Switch than there are Nintendo games that can be played on the Steam Deck, so that argument seems backwards.
@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social There are currently ~3500 Games on the Nintendo eShop and around ~45’000 Games on Steam. 18,818 of them are verified to be playable on the Steam Deck and/or Linux
@vamp898 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
That’s not what I said.@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I just checked, it says @vamp898 so yes, that is not what you said. That is what i said.
But thanks for clearing that up, i don’t want my messages to be confused with your messages
@vamp898 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Ha ha, you’re not very good at being funny.Let me rephrase, those numbers are not relevant to the numbers I was talking about.
@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I read your post a few more times and i think i get it. You should have worked at the Marketing Team at SEGA back in the Genesis Time. “This is the least relevant number, but it makes what i like look better”
Blast Processing could have come from you. Genesis does what Nintendont could have been your slogan.
But yeah, i just disagree with your opinion on the relevance of that number.
@vamp898 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Also, if you want to argue number of games, you should only count those that don’t already run on my pc, because those are the ones I’ll be playing there.@leeloo @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social If you want to play the games on your PC, play them on your PC. Why did you comment on an post about an portable console when you’re not interested in one. What is your point? What are you trying to archive?
@vamp898 @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
I’ve been considering a Switch since the Switch 1 came out, and recently the Steam Deck started to look like an interesting alternative - and I don’t like only having a single option. So when I hear something that doesn’t fit what I thought the Steam Deck is, I ask questions.Nintendo leads on games that I don’t currently have available and experience building consoles, while Valve leads on familiarity and trustworthiness. But you wanted to argue number of games.
