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Quoting: SalvatosI could see the argument working for laptops too, but gaming on a laptop is just sad as far as I'm concerned.

Clearly, you must be just speaking for yourself. I've been gaming on laptops for nearly 15 years now and I couldn't be happier. I also know a number of people that prefer to buy gaming laptops over desktops. Of course, with the advent of the handheld PC, their preference may change. Me? I find the screens too small on a handheld PC. I wouldn't mind a laptop with a 15in screen and the Steam Deck/Machine guts, however.

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Considering the amount of SC fixes lately, I'm glad that I stuck to my usual rule of waiting to buy hardware 1 year after release.

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These are relatively old versions, seems like the disclosure NDA time extended beyond the driver release date. I'm on 580.142 and Kubuntu 24.04 is not the most bleeding edge distro

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The game has crashed, and I've encountered game breaking bugs, like being unable to complete certain quests due to bugs, on my Xbox. So, it's pretty fair to say that it's probably due to them pushing out the game too early in general, rather than trying to make it run worse on Linux.

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It's so odd how both xbox and playstation were all comitted to pc, and now are just like "actually nevermind" lmao. Like too bad guys, I already switched to pc when you started releasing your games there, realized that the grass is greener on this side, and now I'm never switching back 😁

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You were talking about lack of space. Regardless of whether people already have a TV or need to buy one along the console, a wall-mounted flat panel plus a console uses up a lot less space than a desk, chair and full computer set.

I could see the argument working for laptops too, but gaming on a laptop is just sad as far as I'm concerned.

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Capybara?

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Most seem sensible, and I did not now Elves already existed since dwarves were added.

Desktop Companion - Games that only use part of your screen and keep you company while you do other things

Here my only reservation is to exclude from the definition Fullscreen games. I see many like Cast & Chill which has the tag already, or lofi-girl-likes study apps that use the whole screen state and are definitely used as desktop companions, like 2nd screen monitor

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Sure hope they fix the stuttering, hard to enjoy racing games if they stutter all over the place

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Mostly reasonable changes as far as I can tell.

However, I'd like them to flesh out dynamic collections in the library by allowing OR tag matching instead of just AND matching the way it currently works. Maybe even allow excluding certain tags. Manual overrides by dragging games into or out of a collection should keep working of course.

For example, you could then combine 'cozy', 'relaxing', 'wholesome', and similar tags in one dynamic collection.

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Quoting: SalvatosI feel like that would be an argument for consoles rather than against them. A lot of people don’t need desktop computers anymore since they have an OS in their pocket. Adding one device next to your TV isn’t as space-consuming as putting a computer and its peripherals on a desk with an additional screen — not to mention handhelds.

You're assuming everyone has a TV, which is false. Among single young adults, almost 40% have no TV in their household. Young pairs - 15% are no-TV. Why would they buy a console? Steam Deck sure, but a PS or an Xbox? The numbers will only grow, as over half of young people don't watch TV, so they increasingly see the TV set as a waste of space and money. Consoles in their current form factor are as good as dead. Either they revive PSP or they go bust. But sure, let them try exclusives first, see how that goes. 🫡

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I find it so funny that your random indie dev friend has more knowledge about operating systems than the very selective game studios' supposedly high-profile developers these days.

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I did not buy Horizon Forbidden West, because they did not release it on GOG like the first part. All I was waiting for was a Steam free version, because I believed Sony just became cool. Seems it was a one-hit-wonder. Anyway, PC has enough cool games for my entire lifespan.

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Quoting: pbWhat if the declining console sales are not a result of the lack of exclusives but of shrinking living spaces of young adults? What will they do next if the numbers still don't go up?

I feel like that would be an argument for consoles rather than against them. A lot of people don’t need desktop computers anymore since they have an OS in their pocket. Adding one device next to your TV isn’t as space-consuming as putting a computer and its peripherals on a desk with an additional screen — not to mention handhelds.

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Thanks for testing Liam. I'm going to try this out in a few and add my two cents.

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Stupid move from Sony, but no loss whatsoever for me. Fine, I just won't give you whatever the stupidly high cost will be for Horizon 3 and I just won't play it. So .... they just completely lost that money. I'm never going to buy a playstation console itself. There are so many others like me as well. It's monumentally stupid, but oh well, that's kinda par for the course for brain rotted suits in the c suite.

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Imagine having to pay upwards of $700 just to register an Epic Games Store account. That's what consoles are to me - gatekeeping games behind a hardware purchase and taking games away from PC.

I can only pray and hope that PC will still get great AAA games, and that PC game developers start listening to their actual customers, AKA gamers or "chuds", again.

Consoles are tightly locked-down computers, so IMHO, consoles are better for online competitive multiplayer titles, where anti-cheat is absolutely essential.

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I don't know how this works for other people, but games that aren't running on my system do not exist for me. And I cannot buy what doesn't exist. Games that do not exist also cannot compel me to buy a device called a "console".

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I've been a Playstation guy for a long while and I'm a fan of games like God Of War, Uncharted, etc. But I wanted to have those games on PC. It's just convenient that you can play your catalogue year after year even if you upgrade your PC. With consoles you start your catalogue over and over again with a new console release. Also, PS5's catalogue has been pretty weak, so...I wouldn't recommend anybody buying a PS5. Will it be so weak for the PS6 too? Not willing to buy an expensive console just for 2 games...guess I'll have to wait for PC emulation now.

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Steam Controller: Minor improvement to gyro micro stutter (ignore clone packets)

So it wasn't my imagination. There really is a slight stutter when using gyro to move the camera.

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Another cycle in history of the endless loop between console companies coming to PC and leaving it. Personally I am indifferent to console exclusive games.
Out of all PlayStation 3 games I liked only Demon's Souls, and I still I wouldn't miss much if I looked over it. Tried few other PS3 exclusives, they were pretty bad, after it I decided I don't care anymore. I really start to believe that exclusivity is a gas lighting strategy to convince consumers that exclusive games have more value than they actually do. And my hypothesis is supported by cultural environment that surrounds it. Just check the bizarre emotionally negative posts in social media that some people make when another game stops being a console exclusive and gets released on PC.

Regarding the topic: don't worry. These news are not about all games that are released on consoles. Only games developed by internal Sony studios will be exclusives, other won't.

Correct me if I am wrong, but games, like Stellar Blade, were not developed by an internal Sony studio, and had only time limited exclusive deal with Sony. After that, they got published on PC, yes, by PlayStation publishing, but anyways. Games like this will seek multi platform publishing, unless they estimate sales on PC will bring them less money, than exclusive deals with Sony. Sony can buy few games for this purpose, but they won't be financially able to buy most of them. Especially after everyone have seen how much profit can be made on PC.

Example 1:
Stellar Blade sold a million units in 3 days on PC.

Example 2:
Stellar Blade 2 to be self-published, may go multi-platform.
Shift Up says Stellar Blade 2 news is on the way this year, and it could be a day-one PC launch.

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I tried Proton Hotfix, but I get no audio in the game. GE-Proton 10.0-34 gives me still significant stuttering in game (so much so it's unplayable with fast cars). I would have to try the ["horrible workarounds"](https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/pull/3033).

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I have only run into cheaters a couple times, but I really only play PvE. But it is a MAJOR issue for PvP-focused players.

Someone did a test where they would run to the edge of the map and sit and wait with an Equalizer with wall hacks on, and in the vast majority of matches, he could see people running all the way across the map in a straight line directly at him. Then he'd put the Equalizer into his Safekeeper safe pocket when they got close, and they kill him. Over and over again.

I will never understand what drives people to play games with cheats. It makes the game look like shit, too. I guess it matches their skill in that regard.

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AI doing AI things. I swear: The only thing they managed is increasing the amount of crap going around, as it's easier to produce now. Maybe some developers can use them to a degree to get rid off some mindless writing tasks. But in general they produced not a single thing that wasn't already possible before.

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Quoting: Savor592Vegeta, what does the scouter say about the price of the PS6?

So: In the mind of Sony CEOs we are going to buy another PC with limited functionality for the same price as a normal PC only to play some games they artificially gated to only run on that limited PC?

Hahahahahahahaha!

Oh wait. They are serious? Let me laugh even louder!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

just wait until they crawl back to Steam because the revenue declined and noone can afford the PS6 🥰

Quoting: pbAs long as they don't start removing them...

I don't see this happening at all, the worst thing that could conceivably happen is that they could stop selling the already released PS games.

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Quoting: scaineIt'll always be "horde-survival" to me!!

I do agree with other comments that the tags are often useless. I tried to find a good RPG for the train today, I was hit with things like Borderlands 4, which might be technically "role playing", but not really what I would associate with that tag.

it will overlap with games that have horde survival mode, but without mechanics of bullet-heaven.

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Vegeta, what does the scouter say about the price of the PS6?

So: In the mind of Sony CEOs we are going to buy another PC with limited functionality for the same price as a normal PC only to play some games they artificially gated to only run on that limited PC?

Hahahahahahahaha!

Oh wait. They are serious? Let me laugh even louder!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Quoting: cameronbosch

Quoting: vic-bayIf microslop really wanted to prevent their games from running on Linux, they would just block it with some anticheat-like measure or straightly blocking it like genshin impact devs did.

You do realize they did just that with Call of Duty Black Ops 7, right? Don't think for a second Microsoft actually "loves Linux", they do, but in the classic "[triple E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish)" ways, even if they at first appear to be more adept at hiding it.

There's no other valid explanation at this point. The Steam Deck absolutely sold "millions of units", aka, what Tim Sweeney want for him to have Epic reenable EAC for Proton, which was intentionally disabled at first for "that reasoning". Of course, that turned out to be BS, and his settlements in the Google anti-trust lawsuits show it, as does him never suing Microsoft for the same reasons of a "monopoly", which with the whole Windows 8 Microsoft Store monopoly attempts, actually started Valve done the whole Linux route in the first place. While that attempt failed, Microsoft still keeps trying to make lock-in a thing, just like Google and Apple.

The real reason he won't allow for Fortnite on Linux it is because he, like Microsoft, sees Valve as competitors, and Linux gamers as too free from his control, and he can't be helping his competition, can he? (Even if it means burning millions of bridges and more in the long run!)

And in reality, any "code" that runs at ring 0 that isn't the OS itself or FOSS (so independent people can see what it's actually doing) and even more so if it can detect a VM and refuse to run should be treated as malware. Do not run it! And don't fall for that lock-in!

probably you missed my point, here is tldr version: low level rendering internals is not the place you intentionally mess up for any reason other than rendering performance.

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Does it run on Mac? EAC + no native is a blocker for macOS because there is no Proton EAC runtime equivalent for Mac. However with Denuvo it might run.

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at least it's not the DRM I guess but anything Irdeto puts out as far as I'm concerned is akin to digital smallpox and I ain't interested

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