
Valve has just lifted the lid on the Steam Deck OLED, the next iteration of its portable handheld gaming hardware. As part of this, it's now reassuring fans native dual-boot support for the system is "high on the list" of priorities.
As highlighted by The Verge, Valve designer Lawrence Yang recently told IGN it hadn't forgotten about dual-boot support, it was just that work on it had been slightly delayed due to the focus on Steam Deck OLED's development and release.
Dual-booting Windows will allow Steam Deck users to have both Microsoft Windows and SteamOS simultaneously running on Valve's handheld device. Users have been requesting official dual boot for some time, which would make services like PC Game Pass, xCloud and some Microsoft titles easier to access.
Microsoft has already shown strong support for Valve's Steam Deck, adding official Steam Deck support to many of its major first-party titles that are available through Valve's Steam service.
Any interest in the Steam Deck OLED? Looking forward to official dual-boot support? Tell us below.
[source ign.com, via theverge.com]
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They’re not being fast enough in my opinion with actually making more games compatible with the Steam Deck. Feels like it takes forever for more games to be added to the verified games list.
I really love my Steam Deck and many games that are listed as not compatible actually work. That said performance on those can be hit or miss. Atelier Ryza 3 plays bad whatever you do.
That said I have tried Windows 11 in the Deck and the experience is not good. There are issues with outdated drivers etc. Regardless of what they say Windows 11 support is not a priority, but I personally don't mind that much, I enjoy my Steam Deck.
I'd settle for eliminating the complacency publishers are taking just getting a particular game to the Yellow 'Playable' status. Target the green verified more often. A ton of great games are slaved to launchers like the EA app or Rockstar's nonsense. The Steamdeck shouldn't be piled into this necessity. Remove the always online DRM so I can finally get more like the entire Mass Effect trilogy Playable offline.
For me dual boot would be a cop out and against the whole ethos of the deck. It's a Linux machine, and with that you take all the idiosyncrasies of Linux. I'd be surprised if Valve sold out like that. If you want Windows, use something else.
Been using clover to dual boot since I got the steamdeck. Best of both worlds when you have game pass. Saying that it works far better with Linux. Valve have optimized it so well.
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