It is said that Steam Deck, which has excited players since the first day it was announced, will not run all the games in your Steam library. The person who made this statement is James Ramey, Head of Proton development.

When Steam Deck was officially revealed, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said they wanted the entire Steam library to be playable and couldn’t find a game that Steam Deck couldn’t handle. Valve also stated that they will fix compatibility issues with Easy Anti-Cheat software, which works with games such as Dayz and Rainbow Six Siege.

All these official statements had greatly increased expectations for Steam Deck, but James Ramey, President of Proton Developer Codeweavers, made a confusing statement. In an interview, Ramey stated that Griffais was talking about the “hardware capacity” of Steam Deck and that he believed Griffais did not make a statement that Proton will support all games. Ramey added that people misinterpreted Griffais’ explanation because as of today, not every game works on Proton. Ramey also made promising remarks on Steam Deck’s game compatibility, saying that Proton is a “living project” and will support more games in the future.

We think that these statements by James Ramey will negatively affect the positive expectations for Steam Deck’s game compatibility, because such issues need to be clarified in order for Steam Deck sales to be high. In addition, game developers’ belief in Steam Deck and game development for this platform is also becoming important.