I see this mostly as pre-work for supporting the Steam machine. But nevertheless it is a Big Deal for the Handheld Market because now SteamOS now becomes an even better option for most of the Handhelds available. Maybe some manufacturers might even think about shipping their devices with SteamOS.
Me personally I am very happy with the Lenovo Legion Go S on Steam OS (just bought the Windows version and replaced it with Steam OS). With the better support we can feal more comfortable to recommend SteamOS for users of other devices.
For playing Balatro on the go, I just use a tablet (Dell Latitude that is, so normal Linux desktop)
The issue with Balatro is that you or at least I need some screen estate do easily differentiate suits, and I don’t play in colorblind mode. Then the game doesn’t really benefit from joysticks, it’s rather a game where you point and click, but don’t move. So all in all just a good fit for a tablet.
I think it’s possibly the best way to play it, sure my majority of play time is on PC and it’s close but it’s way better than on the Deck, or a phone mind you. Yeah Deck has touch but Tablet is just better
I see this mostly as pre-work for supporting the Steam machine. But nevertheless it is a Big Deal for the Handheld Market because now SteamOS now becomes an even better option for most of the Handhelds available. Maybe some manufacturers might even think about shipping their devices with SteamOS.
Me personally I am very happy with the Lenovo Legion Go S on Steam OS (just bought the Windows version and replaced it with Steam OS). With the better support we can feal more comfortable to recommend SteamOS for users of other devices.
Yes. And the first one to ship something pocket sized with SteamOS and able to run Balatro is going to break the Internet.
It’s possible to play Steam (and GOG/Epic/whatever) games on phones nowadays via GameNative
For playing Balatro on the go, I just use a tablet (Dell Latitude that is, so normal Linux desktop)
The issue with Balatro is that you or at least I need some screen estate do easily differentiate suits, and I don’t play in colorblind mode. Then the game doesn’t really benefit from joysticks, it’s rather a game where you point and click, but don’t move. So all in all just a good fit for a tablet.
Ooh. I’ll have to try that. Thanks!
I think it’s possibly the best way to play it, sure my majority of play time is on PC and it’s close but it’s way better than on the Deck, or a phone mind you. Yeah Deck has touch but Tablet is just better