Quoting: stretch611As for a Half-Life 3 exclusive on Linux... it isn't going to happen. Valve is a corporation seeking profit. While the numbers of linux users is increasing, it is dwarfed by windows gamers. They will not annoy the majority of their market by making them wait even longer.

Half Life 3 isn't going to happen... End of discussion. Didn't I specify that HL3 is an example in my previous comment? I was just stating the fact that Steam Machines would have been much more successfull if Valve had released them with an exclusive game. I know the official position of Valve about exclusives. It was all hypothetical to show that if Steam Machines had been a success, all the issues about compatibilty and performances would have been taken care of a long time ago. Larger player base = Better support.

This said, there is a nuance to make: Steam Machines and SteamOS are 2 diffrent things. The failure of the Steam Machines doesn't mean that SteamOS is a failure. SteamOS still has a lot of potential. Like you said, it's an awesome tool to prevent Microsoft from doing something foolish. But yeah, Valve could put a lot more of it's weight behind it.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: stretch611(Microsoft's only problem is with anti-trust law; which is not likely to be enforced with the current administration, it doesn't mean it wouldn't be enforced with the next.)

You write like MS only cares about the US market. The truth is, this would face an immediate antitrust challenge in the EU. It's much harder to close an existing platform with a majority market share than get a new, closed platform out there. How do you expect them to enforce a single marketplace when they can't even legally require/enforce a single web browser?

Micorsoft Surface with Windows 10S. Their hardware, their OS. They will try to convince gamers to use the Xbox One X to stream to the Surface. That's Microsoft's vision of the future. Not sure it's going to happen but it's heading this way.

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Quoting: MorguldirHas both MacOS and Linux listed, likely not Bioshock Remastered.

Aaargh! You're right! All is left is that it's both games then... :)

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Quoting: MohandevirMight be too obvious, but Bioshock Remastered confirmed? Looks way too much like Father Comstock to me.

http://www.thevideogamegallery.com/gallery/image:9618/bioshock-infinite:father-comstock [External Link]

"O VAIN ILLUSION OF GLORY AND GRANDEUR"... Sounds like we could be talking about Columbia/Rapture here.
When you consider that Bioshock and Bioshock Inifinite are tightly intertwined...

If it's not Bioshock remastered but ROTR, Feral guys are really cruel! :)

Maybe both games?! Lol!

This was my thought as well. I would be happy if it were Bioshock or Tomb Raider. Not wanting another RTS. If it is Bioshock I will buy F1 2016 since I already own Bioshock Remastered (got it since I've owned the original from way back). If it is an RTS I'll have to pass. I already bought 2 RTS I'm not really interested in just to support Feral.

I'm on the oposite side. Already got RoTR when I bought my GTX960... I would prefer Bioshock. :)

Edit: Still, since there's no Tux on RoTR, I haven't played it yet, so...

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Quoting: Grazen

Quoting: MohandevirWhat about a thunderbolt connector for eGPU compliance? Just an idea...

Edit:

Overwatch System requirements:
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/65159 [External Link]

I think it isn't out of reach in the case of a zen based apu, if the goal is to run games at medium settings like many actual consoles do.

But it's just speculation. IMO, the day Blizzard port it's game catalog to Linux is the day Linux gaming has won. It's more a dream than a possibility. :)

This said, hardware needs exclusives to sell. That's why Steam Machines failed. There was nothing you couldn't get by other means or on "the other OS"... Let's see what Atari has in store, this time...

The reason SteamOS didn't succeed isn't because of exclusives, it's because games ran worse PLUS lack of compatibility. You can have one or the other and people would go for it, but both is death.

Maybe but think of a Steam Machine launch with an Exclusive HL3 for SteamOS (just an example) and the swarm of players that would have come to the platform would have taken care of the issues you mentionned by itself. Bigger player base = Better support.

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Might be too obvious, but Bioshock Remastered confirmed? Looks way too much like Father Comstock to me.

http://www.thevideogamegallery.com/gallery/image:9618/bioshock-infinite:father-comstock [External Link]

"O VAIN ILLUSION OF GLORY AND GRANDEUR"... Sounds like we could be talking about Columbia/Rapture here.
When you consider that Bioshock and Bioshock Inifinite are tightly intertwined...

If it's not Bioshock remastered but ROTR, Feral guys are really cruel! :)

Maybe both games?! Lol!

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Quoting: MayeulC

Quoting: MohandevirI will need a how-to to install that thing. Never been able to make it work on Kubuntu. I see the SC icon in the apps but clicking on it does nothing at all.

Do we still have to stop it before launching Steam?

Edit: Oh! The OpenSuse build service is available again... Had the 404 error last time I checked. Going to give it a shot.

I had an issue with gtk apps at some point when I upgraded from plasma 4 to 5 (or something like it).
It turned out it was due to some old KDE themes (to make gtk look like KDE), and everything worked fine after I deleted them.
To check if it is the same with you, try launching zenity. It didn't work for me.

Now, it was a long time ago, so that's probably unrelated to your issue... But I'll leave that here, you never know.

It's working. Reinstalled it with OpenSuse build service and all went well. Awesome work by Kozec! The only thing that I find lacking is after a suspend/resume. The driver is not working properly and even trying to restart it is "sketchy". It's easier to completely reboot the system. Else, my SC likes it. :)

Edit: One more thing, and it's just a suggestion, in Steam, the steam button + up and down joystick are used to adjust the sound level of the system. Can something similar be done or is there another way of doing that?

Thanks!

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I will need a how-to to install that thing. Never been able to make it work on Kubuntu. I see the SC icon in the apps but clicking on it does nothing at all.

Do we still have to stop it before launching Steam?

Edit: Oh! The OpenSuse build service is available again... Had the 404 error last time I checked. Going to give it a shot.

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What about a thunderbolt connector for eGPU compliance? Just an idea...

Edit:

Overwatch System requirements:
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/65159 [External Link]

I think it isn't out of reach in the case of a zen based apu, if the goal is to run games at medium settings like many actual consoles do.

But it's just speculation. IMO, the day Blizzard port it's game catalog to Linux is the day Linux gaming has won. It's more a dream than a possibility. :)

This said, hardware needs exclusives to sell. That's why Steam Machines failed. There was nothing you couldn't get by other means or on "the other OS"... Let's see what Atari has in store, this time...

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Still, if Atari wants to sell it's Ataribox, the content will have to be exclusive to the Ataribox else it's going to be a a failure. Why buy the Ataribox if you can play the games on PC?!

But if you have no choice but to buy the Ataribox to play your Atari games and then had the Steam client to play AA games available on Linux... Will it start to attract the attention of known developpers who offer games on modest computer configurations (Blizzard I'm looking at you)? :)

Isn't Doom running on the Nintendo Switch afterall (and it's a AAA title)?

Edit: Ataribox + Steam... Valve will have to create a "recommended for Ataribox" in it's search criterias. :)

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