u/smeg

Hmm... well technically yes, I guess you could play a VR game which doesn't involve any movement, but all the ones I've played did. I'd say it's a pretty core part of VR!

No as in the physical amount of moving about involved in a VR game compared to sitting still with a controller

For me it was the activity level of the game!

I've not played any VR for a while, but I remember it being physically exhausting enough that I think my own battery would be empty before the Frame's

I can't speak for any gatcha games, but the appeal of roguelikes for me is that I can pick up the game, play a run, experience something new, and then be done; very handy when you don't know how long or how frequently you're going to be able to play. In-game experience is replaced by getting better at the game as you understand how it works etc. It's fine not to like that though, they're definitely not for everyone.

Hades 1 was one of the poster children for the Deck at launch so I'd expect it to have pretty good performance, but I played it before I got mine so I can't confirm. If you enjoyed 1 then you'll probably enjoy 2, it's more of what you like!

Hades 2 runs at 4K 60fps, and the only place I've seen it lag is the Crossroads (the hub area, presumably because it's larger than the actual levels)

I've got a sort of "gamer's breastfeeding pillow", basically a chunky inflatable half-hexagon which works pretty well

Most sold isn't most popular though, don't the currently-played charts always include old, free, low-requirements games like Counter Strike?

How do you define the majority of popular games though? You could probably cherry pick a definition that proved anything!

Surely it entirely depends on the game? I can get 4k/60fps on the steam deck for *some* games, others can barely get 30fps on minimum settings.

*Science isn't about "why?" it's about "why not?"*

Nice, I found the doc, thanks!

Could always just plug in an external drive via USB too, though I have no idea how slow that would be nowadays

Is it actually available in a form you can throw on any old PC yet?

I've not read the details for a few years, but I'd guess there isn't because there doesn't need to be for the vast majority of users. Even the few who use desktop mode can manage with flatpaks, the few who can't can use distrobox, etc.

Yeah that's what I meant, if you *really* want to use pacman or one of the traditional package managers then install another distro

Could be a Steam Deck running Windows just to fuck with you

Well that's not what the OS is designed for, it's designed to be simple to update and hard to break. If you really want a traditional package manager then you can just install a different OS, I guess.

Apparently distrobox come pre-installed. Also I don't think there's any rpm-ostree on steamos, that's a Fedora Atomic thing.