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Quoting: SlaxerExcept for the DRM (a concept I don't agree with), there's no question that Steam has been very good at providing their service.

What is about the 30% margin? 30% means game studios have to sell 43% games on top just to pay out Valve, which is especially hard for small businesses. We can say, Valve kills potential great undiscovered game studios. While I also don't like the Epic launcher, Epic makes it much easier for small businesses to survive (at least 'til yet).

I don't want everyone to hate Valve, but people should get a more realistic view. Valve is not our friend, but of course also not our enemy. They act to earn money and as long as they want to keep their reputation all is fine. I just fear the day this will change (at some point business leaders have to change). Nobody think that will ever happen, but I am old enough to know it better.

Good for you. I hope you succeed, and are rewarded with wealth for creating something great - I mean that. At least you're not wasting energy worrying about the shiny big toys that someone else has, right? Because I think that's what most people would rather do.

Thanks. I don't even want a car, so ... right. In my eyes the biggest wealth is the shared wealth, because it gives a lot in return. In example, if I open source my game, another studio may get inspired and does the same. Now I can install great mods of the other game or preserve it for future OSes.

You're right, it doesn't mean that your product is good, but if you've earned a lot of money because of something you did, it's an indicator that you did SOMETHING right [...]

Sure, they are doing something right. Sometimes a good product, sometimes a good advertisement lie. Should it be enough for us as society? That's what I really care about.

At the end of the day, making shitty products and disrespecting your customers (and your employees) will only lead to the destruction of reputation, and ultimately the business itself. If it makes you feel better, greedy and creatively bankrupt companies like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have been going downhill ever since they stopped caring about making great video games.

I know, but behind them there is a lot of wastelands we have to deal with. It also takes decades until something changes. And only if there are existing alternatives that are better.

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What happened to the Intel-Nvidia partnership where they wanted to build Intel-Nvidia hybrid superchips? Now it seems like everyone is doing their own thing, Intel with Panter Lake/G3 and B390 GPU and Nvidia with the Spark

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Many thanks for the FH6 fix. I've been less inclined to play the game because the suspend/review was borked.

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Quoting: tfkIf this AI chip can 3D print an NVidia 5090 for around 500 pounds or less, then I'll get one.

I would not even want one if they pay me money on top. Too much fear to cables begin to burn, to much electricity required to run (my whole PC runs with 550W) and in summer it is hot enough inside my rooms, even without an additional heater, not to mention Linux drivers (don't want the proprietary ones).

Quoting: scaineIf it's "good for AI", then it's definitely not "good for gaming", [...]

Exactly. They probably call it "good", because they can enable multi-fake-frames plus upscaler to achieve high resolution and high frame-rate, but don't speak about the high input lag and image artifacts.

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Getting big Delta V vibes from this. Looks great, on to the wishlist it goes!

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I've been really enjoying this since I bought it a day after release. It's actually harder than the demo, as I've yet to beat the final boss with the starting character. But I've leveled him all the way to ten and so I have the second character to play through now anyway.

Really inventive boards and effects, especially the relics you can get, which are sometimes extremely powerful.

Big recommendation from me too on this one. It's superb.

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An AMD announcement without "AI", I am surprised. Sadly they did not relaunch 5800X3D last year, otherwise I would have bought it (now owning 5950X). But AM4ever seems to be true (I am using it at least 15 years).

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I love that they included a door clip glitch in the video :'D

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Forza Horizon 6,though not on the Deck, mostly on my Allyx running Bazzite. It has a huge performance advantage there over Steam Deck, as just 4 CPU cores don't really seem enough for this game. It's incredibly CPU-heavy.

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I don't think these are the same audiences. I have no interest in GTA VI myself. And I imagine people who ARE interested in GTA VI will be playing that well after even the delayed release date for Fable.

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If it's "good for AI", then it's definitely not "good for gaming", cos you won't be able to buy one, assuming you could afford the (almost certainly) absurd price in the first place.

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Price range?

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Quoting: PhiladelphusThe duality of man:

• Steam: little-to-no restrictions on what's allowed → "There are too many low-effort games! It's impossible to find anything good to play anymore! They should have restrictions!"


• Flathub: implements restrictions on what's allowed → "They're hostile to developers! They're elitist gatekeepers deciding who gets in! They shouldn't restrict what's allowed!"

If you're in charge of a platform for distributing software – pick your poison, I guess. And best of luck t' ya. 🫡

Welcome in the world of the discovery "problem" or as the hip kids nowadays like to say the algorithm.
Clients want the same choices as other clients, so they can use it together.
Producers want as much exposure they can get.
There's no right choice, so most in the end choose what suits them best.
Apple chose total subjugation, because they work with a vertically integrated stack.
Google chose speed for easier cooperation with open source.
Microsoft chose anything not explicitly black listed by their colleagues.

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Quoting: SlaxerAt the end of the day, making shitty products and disrespecting your customers (and your employees) will only lead to the destruction of reputation, and ultimately the business itself.

Wow! And here I thought there were lots of big, profitable companies making shitty products and disrespecting their customers and employees! I guess I must have been imagining them all! Nice to know that all those shitty products I thought I was running across in the world were actually just mirages! And all the sweatshop production and all those creepy union-busting law firms helping the likes of Amazon crush their workers . . . must be I was just having a nightmare and none of that is real!
Oh wait.

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Quoting: SlaxerIf that's what you believe, you better put your money where you mouth is then. Don't use Steam, don't use Proton, don't shop on Amazon

This is a common error (well, sometimes it's an error, sometimes it's a disingenuous gotcha). What you're saying is that if there is a problem with the system as a whole, your response must be individual. That's nonsensical. It's like saying if your country is invaded, the appropriate response is for any indivdual who isn't happy about it to just refuse to obey the invaders if one of them tells you to do something. Uh, no, that would be insane, you need an organized social force (e.g. an army) to stop the invasion. Same same, if there is a problem with the system you need to help with making a political force to change it. In the mean time you are living in the system; making your life even worse does not help change that system.

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If this AI chip can 3D print an NVidia 5090 for around 500 pounds or less, then I'll get one.

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Been keeping my eye on this a while. Already bought, but might wait until after a couple more updates to start playing. Devs appear to be paying attention to Steam reviews, and trying to fix issues.

They added resolution options in a patch today:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2854620/view/705521410310670204?l=english

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When intel going to get PCON working?
When intel going to patch Linux drivers so their not some ~40% slower then windows?

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Basically FOMO is how PC gaming is now days.

Also I thought the XBOX handheld was cheaper and a better deal? Maybe its selling out too.

I've got a AMD NUC and LEGIONGO2 that both have the 780M GPU in it, basically that is how I game these days.

I do have a external GPU dock but really, until the GPU situation gets MUCH BETTER I aren't getting one.

Looking at one RDNA5 10080XT or whatever they call it, but I know for a FACT those cards will be super expensive on launch, may even take RDNA6 to come about before we see some price reductions. So 2-3years from now... back to retro/low tier graphics for me.

It not all bad, I can get most games running good with upscaling, sure its ugly pixelated in spots but that's just the way its gotta be.

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I find it interesting how two of the three platforms looking in shock here are in about the same price bracket, not to mention that it uses the price for the storage upgrade. The 512gb model is still less expensive than the PS5 pro and Series X and can be upgraded later.

The price increase on the Steam Deck is absolutely nuts, though, and it's been said before but Sweeney himself is partially to thank for the prices of electronics going through the roof. He's gone all in on the AI craze that's been hogging all the silicon lately.

Tim Sweeney dogging on Gabe Newell for being an out-of-touch billionaire, though? Pot, meet kettle. Gamers don't want their favourite games to lose all their teams and become a vibe-coded hodgepodge of sadness, but Tim Sweeney's face is too buried in his money to understand or care.

He's too busy forcing anyone who wants to play his games to give into the monopolistic hellhole that is Windows 11 because he puts his vendetta for Valve over literally anything else.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneNot so realistic in a world where these are kinda monopolies. I try to avoid them as much as possible. But I still treat Steam as something better than GAFAM (for now), because of things as Proton or the new transparency on their shop pages. As I said, I don't look in black or white. Proton btw is mostly WINE, don't forget to honor the decades long community effort without getting payed at all.

Except for the DRM (a concept I don't agree with), there's no question that Steam has been very good at providing their service. Their refund policy is excellent, they have sales often, and download speeds are great. Yes, there'd be no Proton without WINE, but there'd also be no Proton without Valve. Valve has contributed greatly to Linux. Also, every single one of their games has also been amazing; Deadlock looks like it isn't gonna be any different. They're also a private company, so they don't have to grow for the sake of growth. As far as I'm aware, Valve isn't even that big of a company. Their reputation is well deserved. I dunno if I can say the same for Epic, but hey... they still gave us Unreal Tournament and Jill of the Jungle.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneOh actually working on, but want to get success in another genre. I am pretty much at the start of this career and so don't expect anything soon where I had enough impact. My ultimate goal, however, would be the most immersive game of the genre and switching licenses to (A)GPL3 and CC-BY-SA once there would enough income generated for the next project. I don't need to become rich. It would make me more happy if the community could create their art on top of my game without any restrictions (except keeping it free software).

Good for you. I hope you succeed, and are rewarded with wealth for creating something great - I mean that. At least you're not wasting energy worrying about the shiny big toys that someone else has, right? Because I think that's what most people would rather do.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneEarning money is a very bad indicator of the value a product gives to the world. Success just means they won the fight against others, but now how (often very dirty). And since capitalism requires endless growth, enshittification comes nearly to every big company at some point.

You're right, it doesn't mean that your product is good, but if you've earned a lot of money because of something you did, it's an indicator that you did SOMETHING right - though I reckon you'd have to be an established business in order to pull that off... which means you'd have to have made something good in the first place.

At the end of the day, making shitty products and disrespecting your customers (and your employees) will only lead to the destruction of reputation, and ultimately the business itself. If it makes you feel better, greedy and creatively bankrupt companies like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have been going downhill ever since they stopped caring about making great video games.

Quoting: CaldathrasFor the most part, I've been content just to read other people's comments on this topic. However, as a former owner of a small business, I have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I committed so many hours in the day to the business that my life was not my own anymore. My marriage nearly failed because I was rarely home and the stress made me a difficult person to live with. The stress levels were taking their toll on me. If you change "business" to an constantly fretful child, most everything I've stated above fits.

For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.

I feel that. It isn't the first time I've heard that story before. I reckon, even if someone were handed a $1,000,000 for free to start a business, most people would probably still lose it all and go bankrupt trying to succeed. The grass always seems like it's greener on the other side...

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Quoting: SlaxerIf that's what you believe, you better put your money where you mouth is then. Don't use Steam, don't use Proton, don't shop on Amazon - because you wouldn't want to hand your money over to someone's yacht fund, would you?

Not so realistic in a world where these are kinda monopolies. I try to avoid them as much as possible. But I still treat Steam as something better than GAFAM (for now), because of things as Proton or the new transparency on their shop pages. As I said, I don't look in black or white.
Proton btw is mostly WINE, don't forget to honor the decades long community effort without getting payed at all.

go make Half-Life 3 or a game good enough to make me forget that Half-Life 3 doesn't exist, and I'll gladly reward you in the form of $80 of my hard-earned money that you can tuck away for your yacht fund. You have access to free game engines and a free OS, get cracking. I'll be cheering on your success... and happily playing your game.

Oh actually working on, but want to get success in another genre. I am pretty much at the start of this career and so don't expect anything soon where I had enough impact. My ultimate goal, however, would be the most immersive game of the genre and switching licenses to (A)GPL3 and CC-BY-SA once there would enough income generated for the next project. I don't need to become rich. It would make me more happy if the community could create their art on top of my game without any restrictions (except keeping it free software).

A successful business is one that provides something that everyone either wants or needs.

Earning money is a very bad indicator of the value a product gives to the world. Success just means they won the fight against others, but now how (often very dirty). And since capitalism requires endless growth, enshittification comes nearly to every big company at some point.

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Quoting: mrdeathjris a project size folder, when finish compilation process:

./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests

however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case

I see. I configure it like this:

./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --with-wayland --with-vulkan --with-ffmpeg --disable-tests --prefix=

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nice

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We have something similar in Canada as well, in the form of Bill C-22. While I am concerned about the way governments are trending towards control and censorship, I'm more concerned with the people that continue to support them despite legislation like this. We can always expect governments to keep behaving in this way, but because mass political ignorance is a huge problem, it's ultimately our fault for being in the position that we're in - especially if choose not to hold our governments accountable.

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Harvey Elliott, founder and CEO of Playstack, said in the announcement: [...] In practical terms, this is a change in ownership rather than a change in who we are.

The usual corporate shenanigans. I suspect that, if approved, someone just managed to beef up his retirement portfolio. Got to love the public relations spin-doctoring ... a change of ownership is a change in who you are. It can't be avoided.

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: mrdeathjrthis wine version in my case up around 600mb (compiled) compared before version (4.2gb with 11.9 vs 4.8gb in 11.10)

and now in my case begin work this:

😀

How did you have 4.2 GB? Here are sizes of some of my previously compiled wines:

729M    wine-11.6
730M    wine-11.7
730M    wine-11.8
739M    wine-11.10

May be you build stuff without stripping?

is a project size folder, when finish compilation process:

./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64 --disable-tests

however only wine binaries must be have a lower size like your case

😀

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneSorry, but that is nonsense. The reason other people have nothing to eat has all to do with capitalism and rich people doing business on the back of others, not paying them enough or protecting people on work place and such. And of course with corruption (also part of "wanna be rich") and some other selfish reasons that are not related to money.

If that's what you believe, you better put your money where you mouth is then. Don't use Steam, don't use Proton, don't shop on Amazon - because you wouldn't want to hand your money over to someone's yacht fund, would you? On the flipside, if you don't like your bank account balance, go make Half-Life 3 or a game good enough to make me forget that Half-Life 3 doesn't exist, and I'll gladly reward you in the form of $80 of my hard-earned money that you can tuck away for your yacht fund. You have access to free game engines and a free OS, get cracking. I'll be cheering on your success... and happily playing your game.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail. If you are born with 50 million you don't have to worry about losing 10 million, but if you are born with nothing and have to ask for a credit to even found the most simple company, you may don't even get the credit or you risk to lose everything. There is no much room for "the American Dream".

A successful business is one that provides something that everyone either wants or needs. The reason why a company like Valve (and by extension, GabeN) is successful, is because they've provided something that you liked, and then you and everyone else gave them money for it. As far as I'm aware, neither GabeN or Tim Sweeney inherited their companies from their parents. Regardless, even if you do start off wealthy, starting a company and nurturing its success is a very risky ordeal, and it requires an insane amount of work and sacrifice that most people just won't be willing to endure.

Getting a little off topic now, so I'll leave it at that. Good luck.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneMost of the rich are born rich and they also get a company from their parents or at least learn how to build one with a backpack of security, if their startups fail.

The saying, "it's not what you know but who you know," definitely applies to many of the entrepreneurial successes in our society, especially in the tech sector.

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Quoting: SlaxerRunning a business may look easy when all you do is look at the highlight reel, but in reality, it's like taking care of a baby that never stops crying.

For the most part, I've been content just to read other people's comments on this topic. However, as a former owner of a small business, I have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I committed so many hours in the day to the business that my life was not my own anymore. My marriage nearly failed because I was rarely home and the stress made me a difficult person to live with. The stress levels were taking their toll on me. If you change "business" to an constantly fretful child, most everything I've stated above fits.

For some, they believe that wealth is the reward for enduring all that stress. I never got that far. The market changed and my business partner and I saw the writing on the wall. We chose to shut down and walk away while the business was still solvent.

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