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Steam Deck might not run all of your games out of the box

Steam Deck might not run all of your games out of the box

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The Valve Steam Deck is set to exist released in December, and has thus far be shaping upwards as a portable PC for your Steam games library. Only that may not be the case after all, at least non at launch.

That'due south according to James B. Ramey, president of software development outfit CodeWeavers, a visitor that's been working aslope Valve on the Proton compatibility layer that supports the Steam Deck's Linux-based SteamOS. Ramey noted that it'south pretty unlikely that every Stream game will run on the handheld computer.

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Earlier you rush out to cancel your Steam Deck pre-order, if you were lucky plenty to get one, information technology'southward worth remembering that Proton supports a healthy 16,000 games. That's a lot, probably more you'll play in a lifetime, but it's non the entirety of the Steam library.

However, Ramey'due south comments were in response to a Valve'southward Pierre-Loup Griffais telling IGN that "all the games nosotros wanted to be playable is, really, the unabridged Steam library. We haven't really found something nosotros could throw at this device that it couldn't handle."

Taking office in the Humid Steam podcast, Ramey suggested that the words from Griffais' interview might accept been misinterpreted, leading gamers to believe that the console will run all Steam titles upon launch. Ramey further explained that although Steam Deck will be powerful hardware-wise, not every Steam game can be compatible immediately.

"I recollect he was trying to state that the device itself, the hardware specs on this device, can support any game; I don't necessarily call up he was referencing supporting that game in Proton — I think he was referencing that the device has the horsepower, the video graphics, the RAM, the difficult drive infinite to back up any game out there," Ramey stated.

Equally Rock Paper Shotgun points out, neither Ramey or CodeWeavers are directly involved in the production of the Steam Deck. But the company'south piece of work on Proton gives it an insight into compatalbity.

As such, you might observe in the early days of the Steam Deck that some of the game you want to play might not work on information technology. But then the supposedly open nature of the Steam Deck ways at that place would likely exist workarounds or fixes for whatever incompatibilities later on downward the line.

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Denise is a news writer at Tom'southward Guide covering all things tech, gaming software/hardware, streaming, and more. She regularly produces brusk-form news articles as well as long-form content, including reviews, ownership guides, how-tos, and features. When she'due south non live-streaming horror games on Twitch, she can exist institute exploring Eastward London while playing Pokemon Get. She'southward as well a part-time piano enthusiast and regularly experiments in the kitchen. You can reach her at denise.primbet@futurenet.com.

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