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if they make anti cheat work with proton, then destiny 2 will work
That is to say, using the word 'all' as a qualifier will always result in an answer of 'no'.
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I think it's because people don't like complicated, vague answers, even if it's the right one. Maybe's don't sell. To me they sound pessimistic, like the device won't work.
Here's an example using the Steam Deck Page:
"Could possibly be the most gaming power you've ever held!"
"Steam Deck brings the Steam games and features you might like to a powerful and convenient form factor that you can take some places"!
"Part of Your Steam library might work on your Deck"!
"Just power it on and log in if you have signal.
Your games and your friends might be there."!
Or one of my own:
Steam Deck! Maybe play some of your games for a little bit!
More honest? Yeah. Exciting? No. I do agree with you that it appears they are over promising at best.
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Assume Valve "promised" your whole library would work. We but the SD and find out that's not true with game X. Who do we turn to?
Do we go to Valve? Demand thier support "Fix" the SD to get game X to work? A game they have no control over?
Do we go to the Dev? Demand they "Fix" the game for a platform that might not have existed when they made thier game or they never had intention to support (let's assume a legit reason here for the sake of argument).
I fear the devs will bare the burden of support under the fear of review bombing and refunds.
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1. They can "convince" developers to actively support their platform.
2. They can change their system (including the kernel) in any way they like, so special patches etc. are absolutely possible.
3. I guess that they will release some major improvements for Proton etc.
3.a) Especially (as already mentioned) for Copyright-Protection- and Anti-Cheat-Systems
The only real danger that I see is Microsoft, who might be doing something bad in the future to "sabotage" the efforts of making "Windows" Games playable on Linux.
But on the hopeful side there are three arguments against that scenario:
1. Valve could then sue them for violation of fair competition.
2. Every change would mean that all devs (from Game companies etc.) need to apply these changes too (which they won't like).
3. It would always only be a question of time until Proton could support the changes too.
But still it is kind of a risky and "wrong" to "promise" that everything is going to work, when that is maybe not the case.
But ultimately we will see, when it releases.