3w ago

Steam Deck is getting official Nvidia GeForce Now support, with HDR

blogs.nvidia.com PC Gaming in the Cloud Goes Everywhere With New Devices and AAA Games on GeForce NOW

GeForce NOW announces support for Steam Deck, Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest and Pico mixed-reality devices; plus 'DOOM: The Dark Ages' and 'Avowed' are coming to the cloud.

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Even though I will never use this, it’s very nice to see that steamdeck is becoming something games are optimized for. Really hope valve can keep up the momentum.
- I actually do

Great, it doesn't make sense not to have cloud gaming integrated easily(i.e. no translation later needed, as it's running on a server) Especially if you already have the games in your library.
- I’ve used GeForce Now, out of like 200 steam games I have I can use like 20% on that platform. You can’t just install any game you own.
  
  This isn't Nvidia's fault though.
  It went live so you could play anything on it and publishers pitched a fit. Presumably because they'd sold exclusive streaming rights to somebody else.
  Even though it's literally none of their goddamn business where you run the games you already paid for.
  
  GFN connects to more than just steam and I've been able to play most titles that I want to on the service. I have the founders edition and it works great for me.
  
  200 steam games
  Rookie numbers.
  What? You only play Slay The Spire and Vampire Survivors? Those are still rookie numbers. We gotta pump those numbers up!

Does this mean geforce now on Linux
- That's what the title says, yeah.
  
  Only mentions Steam Deck tho (But it's a Linux device so who knows some aur stranger might make it for Linux Desktop)
- Does this mean geforce now on Linux
  flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/chrome --file-forwarding com.google.Chrome @@u @@ --window-size=1024,640 --force-device-scale-factor=1.25 --device-scale-factor=1.25 --app=https://play.geforcenow.com
  It's just an icon for the Flatpak version of Google Chrome opening https://play.geforcenow.com
  Hardly a game changer.
  
  That's the current setup for playing Geforce Now on steam deck/linux. The app announced in the news post will be a native app, not just kiosk chrome wrapper. They also mentioned it will support HDR which currently isn't possible with the kiosk chrome wrapper.
  The official app for it comes later this year.
  
  Why cant they properly port the thing and why not use electron like windows and mac app(Maybe their using chromium embedded framework idk)