The Steam Deck is “not a flop” says Captain Obvious at The Verge. (Plus other Steam Deck news)

No shade at Sean Hollister at The Verge, but it’s rather evident that the Deck is a success. Plus, we talk about Flatseal’s success, Digital Foundry’s head-to-head comparison of the Deck vs. Xbox Series S, and memes.

Flathub:
https://twitter.com/tchx84/status/1514010210133762050?s=20&t=cmd0i-QmhSh54NpO6b4tKQ
https://beta.flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

The Verge:
https://www.theverge.com/23027375/steam-deck-sales-numbers-figures-best-selling
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/2022-is-officially-the-year-of-linux-gaming/

Steam Deck Plugin Loader:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/steam-deck-plugin-loader-gets-another-release-should-work-better-now/
https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/PluginLoader/releases/tag/v1.1.0

Digital Foundry:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/halo-the-master-chief-collection-broke-on-linux-and-steam-deck-heres-a-quick-fix/

Halo: Master Chief Collection Proton Update:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/04/halo-the-master-chief-collection-broke-on-linux-and-steam-deck-heres-a-quick-fix/

Harmonica Memes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/u4hzh7/i_tried_making_my_steam_deck_play_the_harmonica/

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00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Flatseal
01:08 – “The Steam Deck is not a flop”
02:31 – Plugin Loader
03:42 – Digital Foundry’s Deck vs. Next-gen Consoles
05:14 – Halo MMC Proton Update
06:27 – The Harmonica Meme

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