Windows is Now Officially Supported on OLED Steam Deck
Windows is Now Officially Supported on OLED Steam Deck
Valve has officially released the Windows drivers for the Steam Deck OLED, making Windows OS officially supported on the device!
To be clear, while the article says this is "official support", this is only drivers provided by valve.
Per valve:
We are providing these resources as is and are unfortunately unable to offer 'Windows on Deck' support.
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Blech! Why would somebody sully such a wonderful device with a piss patty OS?
I could imagine that games with invasive anti cheats are a reason.
As someone who played a couple, i just stopped playing them.
I'm a little sad they did this, i hoped that the pressure on the game devs would rise so they support Linux, oh well.
Personally, I think this is great because I can now use my game pass subscription on the steam deck, I know I could use the cloud functionality on steamos, but it is not the same.
This limitation made be realize the vendor lock-in that game pass is, sure it provides awesome value, but forces you to have windows or buy an Xbox.
Why did you subscribe to services you couldn't use?
I only bought a steam deck recently, when I subscribed for 3 years, I mostly gamed on Windows or on my Xbox.
Getting Game Pass on steamos is pretty easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U22q9mKfW3Y
Did you actually watch the video and/or read what I said? I want to be able to play the games locally, not from the cloud.
I guess I skimmed over ur comment. I definitely watched the video tho lol
True, still a little salty I had to cancel the subscription, I genuinely liked it. But I'm not installing Windows.