Re Minecraft, the “Vibrant Visuals” update only applies to Bedrock and not Java at the moment.
I assume most SteamDeck Minecraft players are using Java, so you won’t see this particular change at this time.
Although it is coming later.
And Java has had shaders since forever.
The opening of the article gets it wrong but is so close to realizing it.
I stopped buying most games for my Nintendo Switch the day I bought a Steam Deck.
I did not.
My Switch has been a Mario and Zelda machine ever since.
That’s why I did not. Switch has the exclusive.
It’s simple: the Steam Deck took the Switch’s best trick — pick-up-and-play portability
That’s a great feature, but the best is the games.
Sometimes it’s best to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. They made a different dark plate later on that was different enough, they’ll do the same thing here. We’ll see “Friendly Cube” before the year is over.
Plus huge marketing win. They probably got a bunch of new users to visit their website and saw a huge uptick in overall sales.