Fex is the translation layer that is planned to be used in the new Steam Frame VR headset. And it looks like this emulation layer is making good progress and lots of performance improvements.

I think these are different issues

Surely things like product comparisons are a great target for ads. But still, the typical ad revenue per user is probably significantly lower than the cheapest ChatGPT subscription.

They’re currently burning more than a billion USD each month, it’s fully understandable that they are trying to earn more money. I seriously doubt that ad revenue will even come close to what they need to financially survive.

Nice that you added “status=progress” so I can closely follow what is happening.

I think it’s also a great option for games that don’t run well on the steam deck due to lacking performance.

That approach uses virtual machines. While that is possible (otherwise we wouldn’t see it), it is probably not really optimized for gaming.

Wine / Proton / Box64 (already used for gaming on android) is using translation layers, not a full virtual machine.

It is, but my assumption is that ARM-based linux and ARM-based android require a different codebase.

I’m not a dev though, maybe I’m wrong and it’s easier than I thought.

I’d imagine that once the mobile walled garden ecosystems are fully opened up, we should look for the debut of Android and iOS Steam clients. Let’s see how that pans out in 2026…

That seems a bit too optimistic IMO. While it is possible to run PC games on a phone, a fully functional Steam client would still be quite a surprise.

It‘s a 6-core CPU, with a 35 watt TDP. It will not be able to compete with a 7900X with 12 cores and a 5 times higher TDP - and not with a 7600X with 8 cores and 105W TDP.

Still, that’s absolutely fine for gaming.

It will run on Steam OS like the steam deck is.

If you have troubles with its protections (like the non-writeable system partition), you can just disable them.

That’s the default, if I understood this correctly. But I haven’t tried it yet.

Well, malware devs should just ship as a docker container.

version: '3.9'

services:
  ransomware:
    image: totally-legit/malware:latest
    container_name: scary_encryption_bot
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - path_to_your_sensitive_files:/data

Thanks, I’ve put it on my wishlist! I really like that you can’t “die” ingame, your block just reappears when it falls down somewhere.

Looks like a fun game to play with my son.

Does anybody have an idea what this could be?

Descenders. That fun bicycle game was just on sale for 5 bucks and offers plenty of content.

Battery life doubled in some games? Now that is even more impressive than 10-20% performance gain.

Thank you. It appears that even the USB-2.0 models support video output.

Wired screen mirroring would be a nice use case. E.g. just plug the iphone in a USB dock and watch a movie or join a meeting.

The nice thing about the Steam Deck is that you can play just about anything you want. If you love categories of games that are not in the Top 10, feel free to enjoy them.