HowSwayy@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoSteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]pcgaming[email protected]
arrow-up1280arrow-down1external-linkSteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck'www.pcgamer.comHowSwayy@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]pcgaming[email protected]
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoSure, that just sounds like sleep mode, which PCs have had for decades. The important thing is for the OEM to actually implement it properly.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 months agoSleep has almost never worked with games, though. I’m not aware of any games that can survive wakeup without crashing on windows. One of the ways Valve was able to expand the OS in a manner they could never have if the steamdeck ran windows.
minus-squareDudeDudenson@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoIt’s a lot easier to make sleep work when your target system has only one (now two) possible APUs
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoSleep mode outside of SteamOS has been rough for games, because they tend to resume from sleep ungracefully and crash.
Sure, that just sounds like sleep mode, which PCs have had for decades.
The important thing is for the OEM to actually implement it properly.
Sleep has almost never worked with games, though. I’m not aware of any games that can survive wakeup without crashing on windows.
One of the ways Valve was able to expand the OS in a manner they could never have if the steamdeck ran windows.
It’s a lot easier to make sleep work when your target system has only one (now two) possible APUs
Sleep mode outside of SteamOS has been rough for games, because they tend to resume from sleep ungracefully and crash.