Well, not technically. At the start the number of “Verified” games was below the Switch, but recently even that surpassed it, iirc. And “Playable” has been higher for a while now.
The point was that not every game was confirmed to work. For a PC game to work on the Steamdeck, it needs to meet two criteria:
Work on Linux, either natively or through Proton.
Have controller support and/or be playable with a touchscreen.
Not every PC game meets this criteria. Some games still don’t play well in a cross-OS runtime environment like Proton or WINE. Others are designed specifically for mouse and keyboard, or keyboard alone.
One game I can definitely say is not Steamdeck compatible is SimCity 4. The UI doesn’t really work with touch screens well, the game has no native controller support, and it originally released with SecuROM so a physical copy won’t even work on modern Windows, let alone Linux.
It wasn’t guaranteed that all or even most of them would work Day 1, while most of them work well enough for us, they might not work well enough for the average person who isn’t familiar with re-configuring incompatible games to work properly. The thing that has changed is that many of the games became verified as they were tested and as Valve put out updates to fix incompatibilities.
I mean, it did day one. This is a non article.
Well, not technically. At the start the number of “Verified” games was below the Switch, but recently even that surpassed it, iirc. And “Playable” has been higher for a while now.
It plays PC games. Obviously it “has” more games than the Switch. It has more than Xbox and PS, too.
The point was that not every game was confirmed to work. For a PC game to work on the Steamdeck, it needs to meet two criteria:
Work on Linux, either natively or through Proton.
Have controller support and/or be playable with a touchscreen.
Not every PC game meets this criteria. Some games still don’t play well in a cross-OS runtime environment like Proton or WINE. Others are designed specifically for mouse and keyboard, or keyboard alone.
One game I can definitely say is not Steamdeck compatible is SimCity 4. The UI doesn’t really work with touch screens well, the game has no native controller support, and it originally released with SecuROM so a physical copy won’t even work on modern Windows, let alone Linux.
None of the games that do work were released for the steam deck. They are all PC games.
Again, you’re missing the point. Yes, they are PC games. No, not all PC games work on the Steam Deck.
Oh I get the point. You’re not understanding what I’m saying.
Well, if you’re not trying to say something along the lines of “the Steamdeck plays PC games” then what are you trying to say?
How many games have been released specifically for the Steam Deck.
Give me one game.
You can’t. Because none have been. The Steam Deck does not “have more games” than anything. This article and it’s argument is stupid.
Now down vote my comment and repeat the same thing you’ve been saying this entire time.
Does it play more PC games than the Switch, Xbox and PS? Yes.
It wasn’t guaranteed that all or even most of them would work Day 1, while most of them work well enough for us, they might not work well enough for the average person who isn’t familiar with re-configuring incompatible games to work properly. The thing that has changed is that many of the games became verified as they were tested and as Valve put out updates to fix incompatibilities.