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@hayes_@sh.itjust.works

I mean there’s a time and a place.

What if someone has gamepass or a ton of free games on EGS?

@ObsidianZed@lemmy.world

Can’t you play both of those from SteamOS?

@cm0002@lemmy.world

Unsure about EGS, but Gamepass can only stream via xcloud on non-microsoft platforms

The GP app/store for installing games locally is only available on Windows

Random Dent

EGS you definitely can with Heroic Launcher. I got Death Stranding for free on Epic and played it on Steam Deck using that.

@Batbro@sh.itjust.works

You can play non streamed games on steamos now?

Edit: Gamepass games

Bezier

You can play non streamed games on steamos now?

Non streamed? You mean just running the game on the device? You could run games on steamos since it first released in 2013.

@Batbro@sh.itjust.works

Sorry, I was referring to game pass games. They’re exclusive to windows because they’re built as windows apps or something.

@cm0002@lemmy.world

He means from Gamepass. On many non-microsoft platforms, the only way to play Gamepass games is streaming via xcloud

On Windows, Gamepass games can be installed locally from the GP app, but last I checked the GP app was still Windows-only