Molecular0079
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- Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 8 months ago:
If anything, it’s Epic that will succumb to capitalism because they’ve been failing to innovate on their platform since the beginning. EGS is still a glorified game launcher without any platform features. Where’s the equivalent to Steam Input, Remote Play and Remote Play Together, Family Sharing, Chat, Discussion Boards, Proton, Steam Deck, etc.?
Maybe spend some of that Fortnite money on your platform instead of buying up exclusives…
- Comment on Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles 8 months ago:
That’s not where Valve makes their money from though. Their money primarily comes from store purchases, so anything to expand Steam’s reach is better for them. Plus, keeping Steam as relevant and ubiquitous as possible will in turn promote sales of the Steam Deck. The Xbox and Steam Deck cater to fundamentally different use cases anyways.
- Comment on Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles 8 months ago:
Yeah, they still haven’t fixed the slow ass scrolling performance in the client and have barely introduced any platform features to their store. It’s so bad.
- Comment on Horizon Forbidden West is now available on PC 8 months ago:
Man I feel the same way, the internet can be so negative sometimes. People just need to relax. I’ve been waiting to play ever since it came out on PS5 and I held out for the PC version. Now it’s finally here and I am super excited for it to be honest. It’s a good port by Nixxes and runs like a dream on my PC. The game looks insanely good too, so it’s a technical marvel in my book.
- Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families 8 months ago:
No kidding. This solves a major issue with the Steam Deck as well, because now someone else can be playing on the Deck while you use your main PC for another game.
- Comment on AYANEO NEXT LITE handheld announced with SteamOS Linux 11 months ago:
Yeah they aren’t your friends, but they can be the enemy of your enemy, and that’s exactly what’s happening now. Plus you have to look at the end results of their actions. Yes Valve’s Linux efforts may be self-serving, but it also benefits the community as a whole. You can’t say the same about Microsoft. That’s a big difference IMHO.
- Comment on AYANEO NEXT LITE handheld announced with SteamOS Linux 11 months ago:
Yes! I’ve been waiting for more devices to ship with SteamOS. I am tired of these unpolished handheld experiences on Windows. It always ends up being a mishmash of random vendor apps and lengthy Windows updates.
- Comment on AYANEO NEXT LITE handheld announced with SteamOS Linux 11 months ago:
Games for Windows Live hasn’t been a thing in years. You talking about Xbox Game Pass?
I think of Valve’s Linux efforts as more opening up the PC market than anything else. A ton of their efforts end up being upstreamed, which gives other vendors a chance to develop their own OSes based on Linux and have it actually be viable. More Linux and less Windows is a plus in my book.
- Comment on OLED is nice and all, but the upgrade I really want is this. 1 year ago:
Yeah the direct touchpad feedback is great. It’s the rumble emulation when you’re not directly touching the touchpads that’s lacking.
- Comment on OLED is nice and all, but the upgrade I really want is this. 1 year ago:
It’s already at 100. Still very weak for anything besides the touchpad feedback.
- Comment on OLED is nice and all, but the upgrade I really want is this. 1 year ago:
Yeah I feel the same way. The haptics are very weak on the deck, like far weaker than even the Steam controller.
- Comment on Lasse Gjertsen - Amateur 1 year ago:
Back when YouTube videos had charm and weren’t just an avenue for sponsorship money.
- Comment on AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 Now Available 1 year ago:
No, you’re probably thinking of AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames, which is similar to what HDTVs do for motion smoothing and works at the driver level. FSR 3 requires game support.
- Comment on NVIDIA's GeForce Now will cost more in Canada and Europe starting in November 1 year ago:
More and more I am just like “SELF-HOST ALL THE THINGS”. I’ve been setting up Wake-On-Lan and using Steam Remote Play to satisfy my game streaming needs and it’s better than GeForce Now in many respects. Plus there’s no game limitations.
I get that it isn’t a perfect replacement for those who don’t want to drop the insane amounts of cash on a GPU these days though.
- Comment on NVIDIA's GeForce Now will cost more in Canada and Europe starting in November 1 year ago:
Gave me a good chuckle this morning.
- Comment on How do I turn on/off Dark mode? 1 year ago:
Same issue here. The auto dark mode detection is broken with the new update it would seem. You can force light mode by going into Settings -> Theme and change it to
litely - Comment on This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller 1 year ago:
I feel like the situation is a bit different for PC no? There’s a history of backwards compatibility since forever. Yes PC game stores like Steam are all digital, but there was never a chance that the store would just close down when a generation was over, unlike in the console space.
- Comment on Resident Evil 4 remake, Resident Evil Village, Death Stranding and Assassin’s Creed Mirage coming to iPhone 15 Pro 1 year ago:
It will probably be extremely cutdown versions of those games. Yes, its a powerful chip, but it isn’t magic. You don’t need the highest quality textures or resolution when running on mobile screen sizes.
- Comment on Resident Evil 4 remake, Resident Evil Village, Death Stranding and Assassin’s Creed Mirage coming to iPhone 15 Pro 1 year ago:
I believe its just poor wording in the article. Other articles are saying that they will run natively.
- Comment on Giant Spider Has Been Australian Family's Guest For 1 Year 1 year ago:
Dude I would not be alive to make a Lemmy comment if one of those things dropped into my lap mid-drive…but that’s just me and my phobias lol.
- Comment on Starfield install size revealed, available to preload now 1 year ago:
What low TBW numbers have you seen that give you concern?
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 Review Thread 1 year ago:
While I love me some Doom and grew up with boomer shooters, I am not sure if FPS games moving on and expanding past them can be considered a mistake.
I am digging the shit out of Baldur’s Gate 3 tho. This is RPG done right. I bought it during early access years back and I literally took PTO off work to play the final release on launch day.
- Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go' 1 year ago:
Interesting take. I actually think the PC handheld market is being opened up by the Steam Deck. I think companies are seeing its admittedly early success and want a piece of the pie. Time will tell how big the market grows.
- Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go' 1 year ago:
They haven’t released the installable ISO, but there’s no reason why hardware vendors and Valve couldn’t work together to build a Steam OS image for specific devices.
- Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo is working on a Windows PC gaming handheld called the 'Legion Go' 1 year ago:
I really wish more PC handheld devices would come out with SteamOS instead of Windows. It’d make them a lot more appealing to me over the Steam Deck. The Windows experience on handhelds is a bloated and kludgy mess.
- Comment on Xbox Is Suspending Players Caught Using Emulators 1 year ago:
We’re probably 3-5 months away from Raspberry Pi 4 boards being regularly back in stock.
This is very exciting news. During the pandemic I was tearing my hair out trying to find one. Do you have any recommendations for good cases to put the RPI4 in?
- Comment on Switch 2 would arrive in the second half of 2024 and development kits are already out 1 year ago:
I hope those rumors are true! Those RDNA 3 performance gains could do wonders for the handheld PC market as well.
- Comment on Switch 2 would arrive in the second half of 2024 and development kits are already out 1 year ago:
It would be interesting if they made the jump to x86, but in addition to what you mentioned, I don’t think they’d go for it due to the extra power and thermal requirements. I think people would bash on Nintendo if the Switch 2 was way beefier in form factor compared to the Switch 1.
- Comment on Xbox Is Suspending Players Caught Using Emulators 1 year ago:
It is so annoying how companies insist on dictating what we can or cannot do with the hardware we’ve already paid for. It’s doubly annoying when you consider how it contributes to e-waste because it limits our ability to repurpose these things for other use cases. My old PS4 is just sitting in my closet gathering dust because I don’t have an old enough firmware that let’s me put Linux on it.
I guess the fact that consoles are usually loss leaders are a major contributing factor to why these devices are so locked down, but still…In this case, Microsoft is preventing emulation enthusiasts from running in retail mode and partaking in their game store! Maybe they just don’t want the legal repercussions of dealing with Nintendo or something.
If emulation is your jam, I highly recommend just building a small form factor PC or going with a mini-PC instead. More expensive in the short term, but less troubles and more flexibility in the long-term.