Quoting: etonbearsThe presenter's early comments suggest Ubisoft may be thinking of swapping PC support for Streaming services support.

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Quoting: MohandevirJust thinking about it... It's probably related to UPlay stuff? Ya know... No UPlay on Stadia but UPlay on Desktop... And no Linux version of UPlay so no Linux version of Assassin's Creed...

The version they made is likely unsuitable for normal use in more ways than just uplay. Think display output (the new Vulkan extensions) and control input handling for instance. Probably also differences with how it stores progress. So even though the biggest component was made to run on Linux, it's not everything that's needed for Steam. And I don't expect them to "bother" with it for less than a percent. It's simply not in the nature of the big publishers.

Quoting: ShmerlGood points there about how they were bitten by too much reliance on HLSL and MS tools. And of course, despite releasing it for Stadia, there is still no desktop Linux version.

Quoting: TheRiddickI think there are linux exclusive games available. Seems people only get upset when its hugely anticipated title, otherwise they just couldn't gaf...