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Do you play more than before you got your deck?

Do you play the same kinds of games, or do you play different types of games now?

Do you still play at the same times or places, or have those changed?

Are there any other significant changes to your playing habits?

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[-] OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I only bought the Steam Deck so I could play Windows games without having to give money to Microsoft, or pirate Windows. I'd much rather play games on macOS, but unfortunately, there are way too many games that don't run on macOS (or used to run, but don't anymore).

Now that Apple has their own Windows compatibility layer in the form of the Game Porting Toolkit, I don't use my Steam Deck as much as I did.

[-] Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 2 points 1 year ago

@OfficialThunderbolt @Fubarberry wait, does this work on M2 airs? How can one play windows games on the MacBook Air?

[-] OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

With Whisky. It requires macOS Sonoma, which launches next week.

[-] Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 0 points 1 year ago
[-] OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Whisky will allow you to run Windows apps, including most games, on a Mac without needing a VM or Boot Camp. It's basically a front end to Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, which requires Sonoma, so Whisky also requires Sonoma.

And while most games work well, games with a launcher will most likely fail, as will games that use kernel-level anti-cheat or some other DRM on top of Steam's. Steam works well with Whisky, but Epic's store doesn't work for some reason.

[-] Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 0 points 1 year ago

@OfficialThunderbolt have you tried running windows games on Mac? Like a typical windows game on steam or something?

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