I am starting to get realy nervous about the steam deck. Although, in every single marketing material, they say it's a "linux PC", I have not seen a single frame of the OS. I have not seen the terminal, and I have not heard a single line confirming, there will be an easy access to non-steam applications. (unless the OS is changed. That option had been confirmed.)

@lewdthewides
That is actually the option I am afraid of.
I don't need yet another dumb console. If the Deck is going to be just another dumb console, then why even bother?

@LukeAlmighty don't see why that would be a deal-breaker. You're buying it for the hardware

@lewdthewides
No, I already have a Switch.
The avaiable software makes all the difference.
Switch can be an amazing peace of hardware, but software is so retarded, I cannot even play online.

Same goes for switch. Amazing hardware, but can I watch movies and browse the net?

@LukeAlmighty @lewdthewides
>Same goes for switch. Amazing hardware, but can I watch movies and browse the net?
It's a video game console, it shouldn't matter.

@inorez @LukeAlmighty @lewdthewides
Watching my friend's kids get set up to play multiplayer in some Lego game on their PS4 and they had to sign in the controller on a separate account then choose the same game to launch the account into. Then the game crashed on a loading screen. Fucking astonishing.

@HitterNeverQuitter @LukeAlmighty @lewdthewides Meanwhile when I was a kid our big issue was finding enough controllers to begin with. Games always worked unless you fucked up the AV connections or you had to turn your friend's Playstation 1 upside down because reasons.
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