


I purposely focus on how it is for a wide variety of people (including, but not limited to, streamers). of course) so I won’t do a very deep dive into the world of streaming. To start off: this review focuses mostly on how easy this product is to use (and the build quality etc. As a consequence it could also be a really handy device to streamline the productivity of regular users, so we’ve sent one over to our reviewer to find out just how handy it is. This device is designed to make your life as a streamer/content producer much easier by allowing you to program a huge host of shortcuts and actions to the device itself. The Elgato Stream Deck is one such product. From all-in-one microphone packages to key lights aimed at streamers: if you can think of it you can probably buy it. Thousands of people start a brand new streaming channel every single day, and with the scope of streaming being expanded to the point where you can basically stream about anything the audiences are larger than ever.Ĭompanies have also noticed this, and in recent times a variety of products have been coming out to make the lives of streamers easier. These days the hobby (or profession, if you’ve cultivated a large enough audience) has evolved far beyond that. And there’s so much more that we would love to see on this rather small, yet extremely powerful device.Up until a few years ago, streaming seemed to only be for tech savvy gamers with PCs that were strong enough to stream and game at the same time. It would be a real shame seeing such a powerful unit not being able to run great titles solely due to the technical side of things. Let’s hope that we won’t have to wait a couple of months (and that’s still a rather optimistic approach) before we get to see, say, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT on the list of Steam Deck supported games.

How soon does this happen with a game surely depends of how cooperative the developers will be with Gabe’s company. In fact, Steam has already started reaching out to game developers, so that the latter can update their titles, which will make them available to be played on Valve’s handheld then. Many of the unplayable Steam Deck games are online titles, so it’s a given that Valve will do something about it. That’s why we still aren’t able to play Gears 5 or Dead by Daylight, at least for now. Since Deck’s SteamOS (which is basically a modified Linux) isn’t really compatible with Easy Anti-Cheat or BattlEye yet, they cannot be played on Valve’s handheld. The reason why not everything from Steam game library is playable on the device is mostly due to the anti-cheat aspect of titles with multiplayer modes.

Why some games cannot be played on Steam Deck?
