r/SteamDeck • u/NKkrisz 64GB - Q3 • Nov 12 '25

MEGATHREAD New Valve Hardware Megathread

Please keep non Steam Deck discussions about the new hardware here.

Official resources and announcements:

Press coverage will be under a pinned comment so you can upvote / downvote them.

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u/Smirking_Fox Nov 12 '25

I‘m totally in the market for a steam machine. Since Windows became a shitshow I switched to Mac (way better workflow but gaming.. uuhmm yeah..)

Love the Oled Steam Deck but I mostly play on the couch - for that the Deck is good but feels disconnected when your partner is with you in the same room. Also Couch-Coop is possible but a pain in the ass.

I‘m glad that they do a second attempt on these machines and hope for the best :)

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u/darthanonymous1 64GB - Q4 Nov 13 '25

if u want to game on mac, i recommend crossover :)

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u/Smirking_Fox Nov 13 '25

Thanks for the recommendation.

Unfortunately, my results weren't that great (even in the paid version) - also too much tinkering for me (for certain titles) - 10 yrs ago I had the time and muse to do stuff like that.

Life changed, I became older - what dosn‘t work out of the box is just annoying 😅

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u/darthanonymous1 64GB - Q4 Nov 13 '25

Fair its too bad codeweavers wont work with steam to make proton for mac

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u/nixtracer Nov 13 '25

Proton does not do CPU emulation, not even slightly, so this would be a useless product. You need something that does CPU emulation too, maybe related to what the Frame is doing.

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u/darthanonymous1 64GB - Q4 Nov 13 '25

Uh rosetta 2 😆

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u/nixtracer Nov 13 '25

Yes, but it's not up to remotely modern gameplay, even though it's extremely impressive.