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If someone is looking for an all-in-one device, it is a valid criticism to point out.
As it stands now SteamOS can't play the big flavour of the week multiplayer games. If that really matters to you and you don't have somewhere else to play them, a steam machine isn't for you.
I dual boot for this reason but default to Linux for everything that works there.
I'm curious what kind of overlap those who care about the freedom PC gaming affords and those who are really into COD that not being able to play COD on a Linux machine is an absolute deal breaker.
Because on average, the console versions outsell the PC version by ~90%. So I am willing to bet money that those saying the SM sucks because it can't play COD7 unironically likely don't even play on PC to begin with and never planned to.
That's a security feature
I can understand that a lot of people would not want a machine that can't play their favorite game. I think it's a bad idea to simply shame them for wanting a machine that can play a game they want to play.
I think it's good to shame the developer and platform that make it so locked-in to the Microsoft ecosystem in the first place.
But if the Steam Machine works for you, as it will for my uses, then I think it's good to support it as an alternative.
Agreed. I don't blame CoD players or people who play other games that use kernel anticheat, and I don't blame Valve for using something other than Windows here; the issue is lazy corporations choosing to use a shortcut for anticheat which doesn't catch all cheaters and locks Linux out.
But the reality is that most people interested in giving this product a shot are not the people who play CoD, and if they do then they're either happy on console or on their Windows PC already. Steam Machine isn't for them, and the people interested in a Steam Machine aren't interested in these games. It's like somebody looking to buy a Corvette being told that it can't tow a boat. Yeah, cool, that's not what I'm trying to do with it, but I guess thanks for pointing that out so people who don't know any better won't try?
Doesn't matter how many times I see it, I can't get used to it. Every time I read CoD I have to think for a few seconds what game it is because my first thought always goes for some fishing game.
Did you try the new cod game? There s secret shark in it!
I can dual boot my Steam Deck with an external Windows 11 SSD. I expect I can do the same with the Steam Machine.
But why would you?
A) to see if it could be done.
B) I wanted to see if/how Destiny 2 runs on Steam Deck and it requires Windows. Running it in a compatability later gets you banned.
Maybe to play games that you can't play on Linux.
The sad thing is most the ones who would criticize it, are not the target audience. I have my gaming computer set up to be able to play to our living room when we want to. So the gabecube for me is not as good as a purchase (debating the controler though)
For someone who wants to play in their living room or about due a new gaming pc, it's going to be the best thing for them.
Exactly this! I bought a used steam deck and found that I could trust Linux nowadays. Then I wiped my laptop before Windows 10 lost security support and put PopOS on it and it worked fine. All the while, I've been loosely planning a desktop build to replace that laptop from 2015 because it's old af but just couldn't justify spending $1500 on parts when I already have a PS5. My plan was to not buy a PS6 when that comes out and just build my own Steam Machine and throw Nobara or Chimera or PopOS onto it, but now I probably won't have to!
The "Linux has no games" argument in a nutshell.
It's like saying "It won't play League of Legends!!!!1!111!!" or "It won't play Valorant! >:("
both are massive Ws
Sure to some people. Other people just prefer multiplayer games, and are unfortunate about the games they like having shitty anti-cheat.
No reason to be so high and mighty about it.
You could be playing Dota or CS2, just saying. Both without voluntarily installing a rootkit onto your computer to play a fucking video game, just begging for the proprietary kernel privileged spyware to be exploited ((:
I repeat installing a rootkit onto your computer by your own volition to play a god damned video game
GOOD!
that would be working as intended.
