• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    Lol how about bringing Game Pass to Macs, iPads, the Deck and so on. You know, before hell freezes over. The difference being that Valve and Apple might actually welcome it. I really don’t see Sony and Nintendo ever agreeing to it. 😂

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      11 months ago

      Iirc the reason why its not on iOS is because apple mandates each cloud title be a seperate entry in the store and not a hub to select a game. Its the same reason why geforce now requires you to use it over safrai browser and cannot be in the store.

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        11 months ago

        Fuck Apple’s chokehold people’s pocket computers.

        Their behavior on iOS has been intolerable for sixteen years running.

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      11 months ago

      The thing stopping them from putting it on iOS devices was probably the fact that Apple would take a chunk off the top through App store fees. EU just ruled that they can fuck themselves and alternative storefronts must be made available on the platform.

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        11 months ago

        From memory Apple rejected game pass on iOS because they wanted Microsoft to submit every game (even though they’re all streamed) as separate apps on the App Store to comply with the age rating systems.

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        11 months ago

        The thing stopping them from putting it on iOS devices was probably the fact that Apple would take a chunk off the top through App store fees.

        Just like Microsoft does on Xbox.

        EU just ruled that they can fuck themselves and alternative storefronts must be made available on the platform.

        No, they didn’t. For now the only thing the EU ruled is that Apple is one of six(?) digital gatekeepers. No consequences for now. Some consequence will come but it’s not a straight ruling to allow competing app stores as you claimed.

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      11 months ago

      Valve can’t really stop it. The Deck’s just linux under the hood. That’s a big part of why I bought it.

      But the way people have to bend over backwards to get Game Pass running on it kinda sucks. I’m a sub, and when I open the Deck I’m already dreading how much of a headache it’ll be.

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        11 months ago

        Wait, it actually works? I thought the UWP base was a non-starter.

        I’d maybe consider subbing every so often if it supported Linux. I’d more seriously consider it if it supported Steam Deck with a decent UI. But I’m not going to bend over backwards for a service I’m paying monthly for, that’s just silly.

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          Streaming “works”. As well as streaming does, which is mediocre.

          You can’t locally run gamepass games unless you install windows on the deck.

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          11 months ago

          As @conciselyverbose@kbin.social said, streaming works.

          Unlike him, however, I’ve had a fair bit of luck streaming (on my computer. The Deck is my Christmas present from my wife). Starfield of all games. Good framerate, usually low controller-latency. That streaming thing is finally starting to improve. Finally.