We need more RISC V systems in the wild with gaming capability but for now ARM is a step in the right direction. It still is proprietary architecture though.
I've been running Steam on ARM with an old phone I converted to gaming handheld for my kid. It runs about half the games we want it to which is better than I expected but not good enough. Support grows so rapidly that I have seen massivd performance and support gains there month over month.
TLDR: arm, obviously.
To me? Nothing, because there is games with anticheat who only works on Windows. Some games are working in fixing this to work on Linux, but still, there is many games who can't run on linux.
And the cool thing is, Proton (Windows to Linux compatibility layer) and FEX (x86 to ARM emulator) can be used without Steam. Even SteamOS can be used without Steam (although it is preinstalled, but you can boot into Desktop mode and use other stores instead). It's not just optional, its free of charge and Open Source and not locked to a specific eco system.
Just fangirling here. Sorry. :D
I think the cube is gonna be a huge win for the console crowd when it releases. With PS6 likely costing around $2000 and xbox committing suicide, the field is wide open for a new competitor.
No mention of DroidDeck or Apple? There are a lot of things converging to make Steam on ARM more feasible.
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