Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: no_information_hereAs I have been complaining forever, Valve could easily take the data from live Steam client connections. They really have daily information of the base OS for every single user. It wouldn't have the hardware detail, but the OS statistics would be a 100% sample of logged-in users. Not sure why they don't.

Valve know what OS each customer is using. Sharing that information with third parties without specific consent is a privacy violation.

I don't think sharing something like "2,295,123 of our 165 million users are using Linux" could trigger any privacy concern.

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Quoting: SikSlayer

Quoting: EikeNobody's installing Windows on the Steam Deck.

Speak for yourself.

I showed the numbers. Got different ones?

(Obviously, there might be a handful of individuals that do install Windows on Steam Deck. These will not show up in my numbers as their count is insignificant. I expect everybody reading here to understand that without mentioning.)

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Nobody's installing Windows on the Steam Deck.

As far as I know, the Steam Deck and only the Steam Deck has got the "AMD Custom GPU 0405". This comes up in the general GPU list with 0.21% of all systems. Linux is installed on 1.23% of all systems, and when filtering by Linux, we can see that 17.07% of the Linux installations are using said GPU. And guess what 1.23% * 17.07% is? Right, 0.21%.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: GuestValve needs to fix their SD card formatting tool. When I format a SD card with it, game downloads are incredibily slow and drop out. I thought that my Steam Deck was broken. Formatting on a Linux desktop solved the issue.

Thanks for pointing out, I still need to get and prepare one. Did you find out what's wrong? Suboptimal file system or something?

I don't know, it formats as ext4. I used the same filesystem when formatting it on my Linux PC and it worked unlike with the Steam Deck formatting tool.

I just ordered a card (256 GB for my "little" Steam Deck). Will check if I meet the same problem.

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Quoting: GuestValve needs to fix their SD card formatting tool. When I format a SD card with it, game downloads are incredibily slow and drop out. I thought that my Steam Deck was broken. Formatting on a Linux desktop solved the issue.

Thanks for pointing out, I still need to get and prepare one. Did you find out what's wrong? Suboptimal file system or something?

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Quoting: Boldos

Quoting: iiariAnd regarding the top 10 list, still very impressed NMS is still there. What a comeback story.

NMS? Is it still the beautiful, yet stinking pile or crap, full of flawed game mechanics it used to be?
(Honest question).

Well, it's still in the top ten of played games, so I guess I can answer this without ever having played the game:
Many people like it, some don't, and you'd have to find out yourself which side you belong to.

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: KlaasBut it requires a lot more power everywhere else, so it should be avoided at all costs.

It's a nice way to think, but like people who argue against capitalistic ways all the time, it's just not grounded in the reality of how we all live our lives. Should I care about how much energy servers on everything I use cost the planet? Yes. Do I? Not really, I'm just trying to survive and keep costs low like everyone else.

Everytime I read this kind of argument, I'm wondering if the environmental impact of the over the seas shipments of the new devices is taken into account... I guenuinely don't know, but I'm wondering if a few shipments to the likes of google, for their servers with the streaming impact is much worse than 25+ millions of units of consoles or pc being shipped to 25+ millions of different adresses, on huge ocean liners/trucks/airplanes that burns lots of unecological fuel... I'm guenuinely curious.

I don't know... but the 25+ million people will still need a device to access their games either way. Maybe less often, though.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: Purple Library GuyPeople didn't actually have to pay a monthly fee for Stadia; it's just Google's terrible marketing made it look like they did.

google or a bunch of influencers who lied?

All I know is what I read here, and back when it was significant news Liam regularly noted both (a) that the actual deal did not require subscription, and (b) that figuring this out from anything Google were saying was nigh impossible. He opined repeatedly both that the service itself worked pretty well and was, all concerns about the fundamental nature of streaming game services aside, a decent offer, and that in his opinion Google were doing a perfectly pathetic job of selling it. Not just the bad messaging on subscription, but terrible ads and all kinds of stuff. I'm prepared to take his word.

I looked like they did make the offer of free subscription plus buying games, but did not really want to sell that (but the paid subscription instead). There's something similar here with consumer contracts with short period of notice. Companies have to offer it, but they're not going to thrust it upon you.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: ValckAll I can see is another missed opportunity for more inclusive terminology.

"Spring" seems fairly inclusive to me.

Not seen from the southern hemisphere... :)

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Quoting: bepopOne sale event less is better for consumers? Since when? Do you like paying more for games?

Actually I try to always pay full price for native Linux games, yes.

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