Too bad it cant just be flatpaked.

I guess best you can do is tar.xz it for later.

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Our appraisal of Civ 6 was that the "graphics upgrade" really seemed like a "graphics downgrade" considering that they made everything so toy and blocky looking and took out the grunge look that befits RTS recreating year 0 human civilization.

Anyways, I'm sure the downgrade was strategic so they could launch on iOS and Android more easily costing less GPU resources.

I bought a copy when it was on sale. After the hype train left and we didn't get multiplayer on all platforms It's more of a -- well if we get 1-2 hours of entertainment out of it that's $5.50 an hour.

So if you got a extra 12$ and are looking for something to do, yeah why not.

Plus, I sortof like to buy all the top Linux games even if I don't like them just because it pumps money into the platform and I may change my mind as I play them.

Plus taking a gamble is fun. For example we bought FFXV on Xbox and were extremely skeptical we would enjoy it or that it would live up to the FF name. We paid $25 and are 120 hours in. So that's 20.8 cents per hour of entertainment.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismCan someone please release a stat program on github that records stats once a month and we will make it a dependency of all steam installs.

Even if you had the power to somehow "make it a dependency of all Steam installs", I don't think another bit of (involuntary) telemetry is the answer. You'd just give more ammo to the privacy conscious Linux users who detest Steam. And make reluctant users like me just a bit more reluctant. Valve already has all the data they need (or want).

No problem, make it a second package called [steam-stats] and on first steamrun record "opt-in's" and "opt-outs". Opt-Ins will send hardware information, opt outs will simply send some sort of hardware signature and a single "+1" so either way WIN/WIN.

Get the package in Arch, Manjaro and Ubuntu and everyone else will follow suit.

I mean -- honestly, we all know Steam is DRM on some level but all of us who use it don't give a shit. Or if we do give a shit just buy the games that we can get non DRM elsewhere like Gog.

Those annoying bitchers will bitch about anything -- let them bitch and whine in their dark corner of the web and just ignore.

The benefits to Steam Linux Gaming make it important enough that it would be stupid to not persue.

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Can someone please release a stat program on github that records stats once a month and we will make it a dependency of all steam installs.

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I've had an eye on this one for a long time. I am very excited at the prospects. If anyone wants to jump on over to the thread and cheer the dev on that'd be great -- I can't wait to make this a staple of my gaming.

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Is there a way the distros can mod the steam package and include a way for us to track which % of that is Linux perhaps? That would be amazing.

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I have touched bases with them many times requesting 16 Player Serious Sam LAN.

I wonder if they will be baking that up? I would die to party playing Serious Sam 4 on 4 TV's with 16 friends in my house. That would be seri0usly killer.

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Looks like System Shock 2 but in High Res -- if it play is fun it might make it into my "Top 20" (I'm reading the description and I'm unsure if a Exploration will yield the same gratification of traditional Adventure/FPS/Puzzle games like Zelda, Metroid, SS2, etc... but if it is I'll be down)

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Steam Machines represesnt a target for game developers who want to target Linux but don't want to support 1,500 variations.

User: Yo, your game has this weird Issue on DistrobuntuArchCinaMintBang!!!!

Developer: Ahhh, too many targets!!!

With SteamOS -- 1 Target.

And as many have stated years ago we think Valve is counting on long term organic growth -- The game count is at 4,000+, open source drivers are in a much better state and hardware costs for AMD Vega APU will sink the manufacturing costs of Steam Machines thus we could see one that isn't a fireplace melting all the parts in the box.

I hope Valve has some stuff rolled up for E3.

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I'd be happy if I could get a Steam Machine case that wont fry my GPU from immense heat issues.
Honestly even a official case from Valve would be a sweet buy for builders.

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