They are adding Linux support - but only if it detects you are running the exact model of OLED screen as Steam Deck has on SteamDeck, and blocks every other Linux device.
EDIT: There is some kind of hardware validation that can’t be easily spoofed, I vaguely remember reading it was based on the screen HW, but that’s beside the point.
You are right, edited. I remember reading somewhere that they do hardware-based whitelisting, and that it was based on the screen’s HW, but the point was that they can (and a lot of game unfortunately do) somehow whitelist Steamdeck only, while still not letting desktop Linux play.
It’s even worse.
They are adding Linux support - but only if it detects you are running
the exact model of OLED screen as Steam Deck hason SteamDeck, and blocks every other Linux device.EDIT: There is some kind of hardware validation that can’t be easily spoofed, I vaguely remember reading it was based on the screen HW, but that’s beside the point.
Infinity Nikki does this :(
This doesn’t seem accurate — what about the basic, non-oled, steam deck?
(Yes the em-dash was intentional, I like them better than hyphens for division in sentences, don’t @ me I’m not a bot)
You are right, edited. I remember reading somewhere that they do hardware-based whitelisting, and that it was based on the screen’s HW, but the point was that they can (and a lot of game unfortunately do) somehow whitelist Steamdeck only, while still not letting desktop Linux play.