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[–] 22 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Wait, what? The game is Steam Deck verified. How does it require Windows?

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Because Steam only uses proton on Linux AFAIK, and the guy said he's running Mac, so it it's not native it's not available to him.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Steam really doesn't have compatibility options on Windows or Mac? That's kind of silly

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Windows doesn't usually need them as most games are native, and Mac doesn't do Vulkan (in their immense wisdom Apple decided to invent Metal instead) so it can't use dxvx. Valve could still have wine there which would work most of the time, but it might be a lot of support for a janky experience at beat.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I can run Steam Deck verified games on my Mac? How? (I don't think I can, I think you just missed that I have a Mac, not a Steam Deck.)

    I didn't look for Steam Deck verification, I just looked at the OS flags above the price. They have them for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Apologies; didn't read that far when I saw it. But to be fair, your exact quote was "Requires Windows", not "Requires Windows or Linux". You're sort of the odd one out on macs.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    If it fully supported Linux, there would be a Tux (penguin) icon next to the Windows flag on the Steam page. And then I would have said "Requires Windows or Linux," or I would have worded it differently.

    Yes, I'm the odd one who put his money where his mouth was when Microsoft started to really go downhill. Not many people can say that.

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