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(Do not take this thread too seriously..)
Want to know an interesting stat about ProtonDB right now? At the time of posting, there's only ONE game in the top 100 that is rated 'Platinum'.
Guess which game it is?
If you haven't checked yet, you might think, "Oh it must be an older game that we've had plenty of time to fix up and get right in Wine."
Nope. It's BRAND NEW. A brand new AAA game, and it's PLATINUM. From DAY ONE.
7 reports, all Platinum, and the game has 7k players right now, and is in the top 100.
It's the kind of glorious success story that we would all hope for with Proton, AAA games being available to play on Linux on the first day of their release, and Linux gamers able to buy them and show their userbase numbers and enjoy a flawless gaming experience identical to their Windows cousins.
Only there's just one problem.
You can't buy the game.
If you can play it, it's only because you pre-ordered it.
It's Metro Exodus.
[Make sure you're wearing your tin foil hats!]
Isn't it just a really curious coincidence, that the best performing Proton game, the one that would really vindicate the whole Proton vision.. is ripped from Steam's store just barely before launch by Epic.
Isn't it also curious that Epic bought EAC, and that talks between Valve and EAC have been stalled ever since that happened.
What am I implying?! .. I don't know, draw your own conclusions...
[X-FILES THEME]
Most likely many people will still buy the game even if their client sucks compared to Steam, if players want to talk to their friends they can still use Steam and Discord etc, adding to that this a singleplayer only game. So at the end there will be achievements left which players may ignore as long as they can play the real game.
EDIT:
Forgot to mention about this thread's title, I don't think Linux gaming is being sabotaged but more likely affected by current events. Valve cares about Linux and cross platform (including Apple / MoltenVK), Epic does not and indirectly that creates problems for us such as EAC.
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Also, in last 1-2 months, many pro-Win websites now supporting that "pro-devs" store.
So, tell me what's going on? Do you see anything here?
Will change my opinion as new data emerges.
So far Epic seems to want to piss in everybody's pot just to get their way.