Valve aren't putting any exclusives on the Steam Machine because they see "the whole PC catalog as our 'launch exclusive'"

a month ago by sanitation to c/pcmasterrace

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juipeltje 21 points a month ago

How would that even work if they did make excusives since it's just a pc? Run a hardware check and stop the game from launching if it doesn't detect steam machine hardware?

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Kannushi_Link -10 points a month ago

There were some games that can be run on Steam Deck, but will not run on other Linux systems, I think they might be able to do similar stuff for the Machine.

IMO I think it is just limited the game's visibility, but ultimately it's up to the game devs. (Like tech support or "fairness" reasons)

EDIT: This list show games that only run on Steam Deck or SteamOS, but not other Linux systems https://www.gamingonlinux.com/...

It were possible but it's more on the developer side at that moment.

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toynbee 12 points a month ago

What games?

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juipeltje 4 points a month ago

I think he might be referring to infinity nikki, or at least that's what i thought of when making my original comment. Idk if it ever got bypassed though.

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Kannushi_Link 2 points a month ago

Yeah, one of the game I thought is Infinity Nikki, another one is Delta Force.

I updated my comment to include a link to the list about which games have restricted Linux system(s) support.

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