Steam Runs On Nintendo Switch Using Valve's Proton Linux Beta

HotHardware·Apr 17

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Steam has been shown to run on the Nintendo Switch using Valve's Proton Linux beta. The beta, which includes support for ARM64 and x86 to ARM translation, appears to enable the Switch to run Steam games. Reports indicate that this is made possible by the latest Proton beta, with some outlets specifying version 11, although details of the implementation vary.

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