Quoting: scaine

Quoting: LachuAnd what about Lutris and Proton?

What about them? I'm not sure what you're getting at - the article is about Diablo 4 coming to steam, which will use Proton and has been proven to work. Not sure where Lutris comes into this.

Lutris allow to install proton and use it to non-Steam games/programs.

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And what about Lutris and Proton?

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Refurbished Steam Deck + Information About New Model, so sales go down.

But... What is better? Sold more units, so people get addicted to us, or earn more money. If we sold more units, we create space for earn more money in future or avoid risk to be forced earning less money.

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Why not native version? Stadia was using Linux.

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They cannot check if update did not break something? Hello! Hallo uses probably proton on Steam and many people told me in past, Windows API is most stable API and Wine/Proton tries to implement it. There was not distribution amount problems, so they just do not check quality.

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Copy of Heroes Of Might and Magic.

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I am trying to find inspiration for developing a Linux game. City builder is a great genre.

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Solution is flatpak + landlock. I know landlock probably land on Linux and (I heard) even Steam start using it for runtimes (I read runtimes are already in sandbox for some time on Steam; previously they use some trick with LD_LIBRARY_PATH). So: do not target any Linux distro, but Steam + Some Linux runtime (Soldier, etc.). I also joke now: since Windows supports WSL2, there is way to use flatpak to deliver single binary to ran both on Windows and entire Linux market, so porting on Linux means less problems. And WSL2 could be first-class citizen on Windows in near future.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI belong to the 58% who still plays mostly on the desktop, but I am not parting with my Deck. It has become the device for gaming on the sofa or in bed and filled a gap for me there (I don't own a "proper" console and don't want one). I am still surprised how many recent games it can run just fine (including Hogwarts Legacies). Yes, that's probably going to change in the next few years when newer GPU generations become more widespread, but I expect the Deck to run most if not all the games I am playing for years to come.

Oof consoles. I'm glad I got away from them!

I do agree though, Steam deck is great for portable gaming or playing in otherwise off-limits locations! It should run games for many years as you say (assuming you don't get hardware failure) simply because PC games allow adjusting graphics settings and such, so anything that doesn't quite run can probably be tweaked to run at some point (with less visual quality).

The biggest plus over consoles though? All games you're playing on it now, should Deck 2 or even Deck 3 become a thing, you can still use them without needing to buy them again for the current "generation". This for me has always been a major plus of PC gaming over consoles.

Yes. Nintendo try to destroy emulation, because it provides emulation for never platform (closed platform; one's consoles). You must buy license again, but now for newer hardware.

And Valve allows to play title from your PC. It also allows you to install Epic Game Store/Launcher, Ubisoft Connect and other.

Many people claims, Valve supports Linux, because they were scary about Windows Store and Windows becomes tied to it. I think, they support Linux, because Windows do not fit to console/mobile gaming and MS have XBox, so they could do something to get rid Valve from Windows, if it will release console. Valve invest in Linux, so they do not have to use Windows on Steam Deck and in future do not have to be scary of what MS can do. If Linux became better gaming platform, MS could say "BYE, BYE Valve!", but Valve could say "Who cares? We have Linux!" and focus more on next Steam Deck generations.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI belong to the 58% who still plays mostly on the desktop, but I am not parting with my Deck. It has become the device for gaming on the sofa or in bed and filled a gap for me there (I don't own a "proper" console and don't want one). I am still surprised how many recent games it can run just fine (including Hogwarts Legacies). Yes, that's probably going to change in the next few years when newer GPU generations become more widespread, but I expect the Deck to run most if not all the games I am playing for years to come.

I do not own Deck, but I fully understood. I known many people, who do not upgrade/exchange one's PC, because these people are using mobiles (smartphones). They told me, they do not need PC. I do not understand these people - I prefer work near my desk with my laptop. I even like KDEConnect, because it allow me to read notifications from phone and do a lot of stuff, like composing sms on my laptop, etc. I own laptop, but I work on desk with it, seldom move it out my desk.

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