"This is already fully open source, so you could download it and run SteamOS, now that we will be releasing SteamOS for Arm, you could have gaming on any Arm device,"
"When you get into lower power, anything lower than Steam Deck, I think you'll find that there's an Arm chip that maybe is competitive with x86 offerings in that segment. We're pretty excited to be able to expand PC gaming to include all those options instead of being arbitrarily restricted to a subset of the market."
"There's still a lot of work to be done on that front... So it's a bit complicated to say that we're going to release this version when most people wouldn't have a good experience."
Valve is making SteamOS available for Arm and releasing it as fully open source, enabling SteamOS to run on any compatible Arm device. Official Arm support could unlock a wide range of Arm-based Android gaming handhelds across price and performance tiers. Emulators currently provide limited access, but native SteamOS promises broader compatibility and a surge in hardware options. Valve notes that many Arm chipsets perform well at lower power and price points, potentially competing with x86 in those segments. Desktop adoption with Nvidia GPUs remains limited due to nascent open-source driver integration and remaining engineering work.
Read at Ars Technica
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