I wonder if the technology behind the Steam Frame running games on ARM will ever make it’s way to turning any Android phone into a Steam machine of sorts.
I mean we can play either KOTOR game on mobile, Lego Star Wars on mobile, Red Dead Redemption is coming out on mobile.
I just looked and DRG: Survivor, TABS, Dredge, Hitman Absolution, Little Nightmares, Stardew Valley, Terraria, Limbo, Human Fall Flat, even Getting Over It are all playable on mobile.
For sure, but those are all individually rebuilt from the ground up for that purpose of running on an arm chip. I can’t run my favourite games from 2008 on my phone, or a weird indie niche title. With technology like this, you probably could, and quite easily if done right.
It’s not just about the games either, it’s a good step towards making all programs somewhat hardware agnostic. The ARM x86 septation was pretty much set in concrete up until now, it’s a crazy advancement.
Now that Steam is experimenting with FEX to run x86 games on AMR Linux with the Steam Frame, I think there actually is a chance of smaller, more power efficient, steam deck like device that can run (lighter) desktop games.
I don’t want a beefier Steam Deck 2. I want a Steam Deck Mini that fits in my pocket and runs my favorite 2D indie games.
Pretty sure we’ll get some smaller form factor handhelds from third parties running SteamOS in the near future.
I wonder if the technology behind the Steam Frame running games on ARM will ever make it’s way to turning any Android phone into a Steam machine of sorts.
I was just thinking that, some phones are pretty beefy, there’s no reason to not do this.
I mean we can play either KOTOR game on mobile, Lego Star Wars on mobile, Red Dead Redemption is coming out on mobile.
I just looked and DRG: Survivor, TABS, Dredge, Hitman Absolution, Little Nightmares, Stardew Valley, Terraria, Limbo, Human Fall Flat, even Getting Over It are all playable on mobile.
For sure, but those are all individually rebuilt from the ground up for that purpose of running on an arm chip. I can’t run my favourite games from 2008 on my phone, or a weird indie niche title. With technology like this, you probably could, and quite easily if done right.
It’s not just about the games either, it’s a good step towards making all programs somewhat hardware agnostic. The ARM x86 septation was pretty much set in concrete up until now, it’s a crazy advancement.
Now that Steam is experimenting with FEX to run x86 games on AMR Linux with the Steam Frame, I think there actually is a chance of smaller, more power efficient, steam deck like device that can run (lighter) desktop games.
A retrofit pocket flip 2 running steam os would be pretty dope
You can do a few of those on anbernic (and other) handhelds with portmaster
But what I would give for a mini clamshell deck 🤩