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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

why cant valve optimise their new games specifically for their ~~hardware~~ steam deck? why is that impossible?

[–] troed@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago (4 children)
[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

valve can optimize their games for a steam deck. The steam deck isnt theirs?

[–] troed@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When a games developer make a game for Switch Nintendo has a say in how it must perform before you're allowed to release it. Valve have no such requirements on games put on Steam - it's up to the developers whether to require a lot of performance or not. Thus, while Valve sells the Steam Deck that doesn't mean games on Steam necessarily run well on it.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Steam Deck can’t ever have that luxury.

Still not sure why this is the case. Have yet to hear any clear argument why it will never happen for Valve.

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