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    [–] rtsuya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    if I don't own any steam games, are any of these other options better than the steam deck? or is steam deck still the way to go for non steam games?

    [–] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

    I mean it doesn't have a disc drive and the base OS is Linux, so if the game you want to play doesn't work on Linux it won't work on the Linux version of Steam Deck, if that is what you're asking. If you know how to make isos and move them over if the game requires, you can install windows on the steam deck and basically run anything that the steam deck can handle hardware wise whether its on steam or not. Ive seen people who installed windows on it or also kept the original Linux Steam OS play many non-steam games. Some of these other devices were built with Windows though from the ground up though if you don't want to reinstall anything or deal with drivers, I personally plan on getting a Steam Deck here in a few months next Christmas then replacing Linux with Windows so i know for sure my software will work as sacrilegious as it is.

    [–] Arcka@midwest.social -4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    it doesn't have a disc drive

    False. Only the least expensive model has eMMC for the built-in storage. The other models have replaceable (upgradable) NVMe SSDs.

    [–] FordPrefect@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

    Those are not discs.

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