

"But for their customers, it's clearly a popular option, and we'd be more than happy to work with them to get that on Steam." "I don't think it's something that we think we need to do ourselves, building a subscription service at this time," Newell said. ICYMI, videos demonstrating emulation of Nintendo consoles on Valve's Steam Deck are being pulled from YouTube.PC Gamer recently spoke to Valve's president about its Steam Deck - Valve and AMD are still working on driver compatibility to allow Windows to be installed for Xbox Game Pass support - and also questioned the company's thoughts behind creating its own subscription-based service, or whether Xbox Game Pass could find its way onto Steam in the future. Games that earn a Verified badge meet Valve's own "very high" standards, as described in detail in a new Steam Community forum post. Valve has recently confirmed that Steam now has over a thousand "verified" games that will play flawlessly on its new handheld system, Steam Deck. This is reportedly due to their anti-cheat systems. Games which Microsoft lists as "Playable" include Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 4 and 5, Quantum Break, State of Decay Year One Survival Edition and Fallout 4, while Halo Master Chief Collection and the recently-released Halo Infinite, plus Gears 5 and the old Microsoft Flight Simulator X are not supported. Bethesda-published games such as Deathloop, The Evil Within, Fallout Shelter, and Prey also make the cut.

"Verified" Xbox games include Double Fine's Psychonauts 2, Ninja Theory's Hellbade: Senua's Sacrifice, Battletoads and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. This is in addition to the "verified" Xbox studio games currently available to play on Steam Deck. Alternatively, you can use STEAM+X to bring up the touch keyboard along with the touch display or trackpads". As for what you'll need? Microsoft says "we recommended you have a mouse and keyboard connected to your Steam Deck for setup.
