So far I’ve yet to encounter the separation between save and game data issue. It’s permissions that drive me up the wall. I’ve tried giving everyone write access, I’ve tried creating a group specifically for games. But no, proton/wine prefixes require ownership and not just access, and will not yield, and Steam won’t even show what’s the issue unless you run it from terminal.

This. It also made me genuinely hate how Steam on Linux handles library sharing on a multi user system.

Don’t think so. Those who actually are interested are just a vocal minority, compared to Switch userbase. I’m personally conflicted on this one.

On one hand, I kinda want to get a Switch 2 because I know how convenient it is to just pick up a Switch and play a game without fiddling with settings.

On the other, I have so many games on Steam/Heroic it just makes sense to get a Steam Deck or a competitor.

For now I’m waiting for the reviews of Lenovo Legion Go S with Z1 Extreme and Steam OS, then I’ll probably make a decision on what to get

Mine is to just create a separate user to use steam… Kinda like Steam Deck, but I hate relogging every time I want to play a game

Still waiting for a fix to make Steam library sharing usable on a multi user system without quietly failing with nothing showing

I use sync occasionally, and I found it has some features literally no other app has (or I’m too dumb to find them) like easy instance switching. It’s right there on the main screen, you just click instances, pick a federated instance, and boom, now you’re seeing stuff from that instance. I wish more apps has that.

I decided to finally stop twiddling my thumbs and buy Oxenfree II, and Hades. So far I’ve been having a blast with both