cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/52363

I’ve seen Doom run on calculators, an Apple Watch, hell I think some guys at MIT got it running on an abacus. There is an old meme about, “but will it run Crysis?” Turns out the Steam deck WILL run Crysis.

But not Doom (1993). Because that’s just too much to ask.

EDIT: Before you respond to this post, please read the part where I claimed Doom was run on an abacus.

This is OBVIOUSLY humor regarding the rating system Steam uses to decide if games work on the SteamDeck.

This is not a TECHNICAL indictment in any way. Stop explaining what supported and unsupported means.

Your response while right won’t be correct.

    • MrEUser@lemmy.ninjaOPEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      In the bottom right hand corner of the picture I provided, it says “Unsupported,” right? I’m guessing Steam profits by misleading their customers?

      • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        Unsupported has a very specific meaning, and is not synonymous with incompatible. By default Steam only encourages the use of Proton with titles that have proven their compatibility with flying colors. This is because Steam’s business model is predicated on the things people buy “just working”. Most other titles work flawlessly, but require you to tell steam in the settings to force-allow the use of proton with all non-linux-native titles.

      • Qwazpoi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        1 year ago

        Supported generally means that they put in some kind of effort to make it compatible. It’s up to the developer to update whether or not something gets marked as compatible.

        Nothing was done to Doom to make it compatible with steamdeck it just runs fine on it by default

        It works fine on steam deck

        • MrEUser@lemmy.ninjaOPEnglish
          14·
          1 year ago

          Ooooh Ooooh, is it my turn to talk down to you now?

          Having been in It for decades at this point, I probably have a pretty good grasp of what “supported” means there tiger. First, your inability to process humor… are you sure you’re not ChatGPT?

          But more importantly, I have no doubt that Doom runs on a SteamDeck, let me clue you in….

          Did you read the part where I claimed it ran on a damned abacus? Was that for REAL do you think? Probably not, huh?

          If STEAM says it’s not supported, who do you think you need to convince sport?

          Me or Steam?

          Since you can’t figure it out on your own and are demanding to be right (without bing correct)… Let me spell it out so that it can’t be missed…

          STEAM (not me) created a rating system. STEAM (not me) determined it is unsupported.

          So the commentary is about Steams rating system. Why have one that doesn’t actually communicate the status of a games playability? Why have a status called “Playable” and not use it to communicate that yes in fact the game can be played on a SteamDeck.

          I’m so looking forward to you explaining how right Steam and you are, I just can’t WAIT to see what you say next.

          • Qwazpoi@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            Since you can’t figure it out on your own and are demanding to be right (without bing correct)

            Your post says it won’t run Doom. It will.

            Why have one that doesn’t actually communicate the status of a games playability? Why have a status called “Playable” and not use it to communicate that yes in fact the game can be played on a SteamDeck.

            I agree completely and would have if that was what you posted, instead you said

            Turns out the Steam deck WILL run Crysis but not Doom

            • MrEUser@lemmy.ninjaOPEnglish
              15·
              1 year ago

              MY POST ALSO SAYS DOOM WILL RUN ON A DAMNED ABACUS!

              Why didn’t you correct that? Because you were in such a damned hurry to be right, you didn’t stop to consider context. TWO jokes in a row didn’t give it away.

              Learn to read in context.

              • Qwazpoi@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                Learn to read in context.

                The context of your post is that Doom will run on anything, but it won’t run on Steam Deck.

                If I take everything you say out of context then well…

                Crisis (2007) is famously unoptimized and will indeed run on Steam Deck (on high settings too) if you use a fan made launcher.

                So your example of a game that runs on Steam Deck is an unsupported game. That won’t run after a fresh install.

                The difference between Crysis and the remaster is that the remaster is actually optimized and you can probably get it running on a lower end PC, while the OG Crysis can run as a slide show on some modern systems because it’s so unoptimized. When people say “But can it run Crysis?” they aren’t talking about the remaster.

                The Steam Deck compatibility on store pages is not a comprehensive list of games that will run on Steam Deck and that’s lame, but that’s not what you posted about

                • MrEUser@lemmy.ninjaOPEnglish
                  12·
                  1 year ago

                  Wrong.

                  My first sentence includes a joke. “…Doom running on an abacus.” My second sentence includes a meme used as a joke, “…but does it run Crysis?” I have set the stage for what I wrote to be interpreted as humor, a joke, funny.

                  I then provide a comparison, it’ll run Crysis but not Doom (1993)… looks here’s the evidence.

                  Ha ha… funny.

                  Now, this conversation is over, you’r wrong, and you have proven you’re an ass.

                  We’re done here. Learn from your mistake.

                  Learn to read in context.