Someone should make (maybe somebody has) a vd3d vs VKD3D-Proton vs DXVK for dummies, I am always lost about which one is for which use case.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'll stick to my good old SD, but the additions are really tempting, they went directly to improve the most criticized aspects of the machine (screen, battery) and added some more nice things along the way. If you were considering buying one, now is a great time to do it!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: eldakingI can already see it, the beginning of their line of gaming bath toys: the Steam Duck!

That would be EPIC! (and I am not talking about the game developer :angry:)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Looks like a very good deal, but for who?

* For Epic? Sure they have run the numbers and they would not be doing it if it wasn't.
* For the users? I don't think so. Exclusivity is never good for users. In this case they might be forcing you to play in a platform you do not like.
* For the devs? Looks like it is. They get every buck of the game for the first 6 months, that for many many games is when most of the sales are, and then you can release the game on other platforms, so if anyone didn't buy it on Epic, they can buy it anywhere else. But will it work like this? In these 6 months you are restricting the reach to a much lower audience. And I don't know how many of them are, but some users will not get the game on the Epic store even if you give it for free (yes, I know because I am one of them). Will these people buy the game 6 months after release on other stores like Steam? Maybe, but maybe not: the exclusivity can cause rejection for the title on some users, or maybe 6 months after release, your game is not the next big thing anymore.

So, I'm not that sure anyone other than Epic will benefit that much from this. Consider that the usual way to get 6 month exclusives before was paying big bucks upfront... to me this does not look like a better deal for devs.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I don't care about RTX, but those new models and textures 🤩...

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I had a hobby: from time to time, I chose a game from my Steam library, installed it, and made it work using Wine. Once I got it working, I uninstalled the game and did not play it again. Proton (and the Steam Deck) killed my hobby and now I'm forced to actually play the games!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Devices should be secure by default. If someone does not want the patch, it's just a PC, so sure someone will find a way to allow you disabling it (maybe another option to Cryo Utilities or something in the line).

View this comment - View article - View full comments