Quoting: Eike

What game would you like to see Feral port to Linux and support?

I'm overly happy already that they don't stop, but as you're asking...
Red Dead Redemption II

I'd love to see a native build of RDR2.
But it won't happen.

Since they have done the Stadia version in house,
it would be technically no big thing to get it out.
I'm sure, like many others, it's Rockstar's business decision not to release on the Linux desktop. :/

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There are quite a few retro pixel platformer, but imho none captured the NES as good Shovel Knight.
It's perfect and it immediately teleports me to the late 80's

The palettes, transition effects, sound, fonts.
Just perfect.

Then again, according to the devs it's not :D

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidDAngelo/20140625/219383/Breaking_the_NES_for_Shovel_Knight.php [External Link]

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Quoting: GuestThe year so in between Steam Machines and Proton was when Valve was visited by corrupting bribing suits from Microsoft as reported by Phoronix.

Can you please point me to this article?

Btw, here comes another crazy conspiracy theory:

What if Proton IS Valve's exit strategy wrt Linux?

I mean they cannot easily just drop the Linux client (can they?).
People have bought games supporting a certain platform and Valve cannot
just say "use the Windows version instead".
So the Linux client is here to stay - even if Valve would maybe better get rid of it.
If you don't have faith in a platform (anymore) but have to stick with it,
wouldn't sth like Proton be a ... natural move?

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Quoting: GuestValve is hurting us with Proton.

Proton would be a fantastic thing to fill the gap with a few games.
But the danger of developers widely exploiting it is something we cannot control.

"Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones."

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I have technically the highest respect for Proton and the like.
Yet, I see it as big problem for native Linux gaming and danger for AAA Linux gaming as a whole.
What if we will see a new Direct3D or similar API which will be widely adopted
and no old renderer is supported by most devs?
Now imagine this new API is - for whatever reason (maybe by intention) - extremely hard to reverse engineer and map to Vulkan/OpenGL? Hence, a well supported Proton/WINE layer is not available or will take years until it barely runs.

If the Linux gaming ecosystem with many devs providing native builds that emerged over the last years and now sadly seem to decline fast, is more or less gone - we have a problem.
First world problems, fair enough.
But still.

Saying that and considering the special role Valve has, I'd be very sad if "official" Linux support for HL:Alyx will be provided through being whitelisted for Proton.
Mark my words.

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Quoting: Eike

mismanaging expectations

:><:

"We are sorry for making you believe that you could trust us."

Made my day!

(Basically every crowd-funding campaign being passionate about Linux support)

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I hope you all with FPS drops reported to the devs. ;)
It's a beta after all.

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I totally dig the design of the joystick.
Will get one if it's usable on a standard PC and sold separately.

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I remember hearing of that project for the first time in ... 2004? :D
Amazing that it finally comes to an end.
And it was worth the wait.
Haven't played Xen but the stuff they release some years ago was top notch.

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Quoting: CFWhitman

Quoting: sub

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Quoting: subNot sure about the legal situation in the US but here (Germany) I'm pretty sure,
that would be a contract that can't be single-sided cancelled in that way.

Not sure about the content of Valve's terms and conditions, but I would assume they say something like "the contract will be concluded by us shipping your order". At least I've seen verbiage to that point in plenty of German online stores. In which case you're not only out of luck, but also out of any possible recourse.

That said, I'm always baffled when companies don't manage to keep tabs on their inventory and either sell more than they have in stock, or keep selling stuff they've actually ran out of. Had that happen to me a couple of times, with shops both small and large. But life goes on ...

First off, life goes on, indeed. :)

Yet, terms and conditions have to be legal and conform to where you sell.
Thinking a big company like Valve is OFC always in good shape with their terms would be naive.
I want to see those terms "the contract will be concluded by us shipping your order".
I know terms like "the produce stays property of company xyz until delivered",
but that's a totally different thing.

The problem I see is that this case is legally covered by distortion of competition (not intentionally in the case for sure, but still - technically).
Make a very good offer - as it was in this case - attract customers and many of them will additionally buy other products. Then revert only that offer. WIN $$$.
I guess the simplified picture makes the problem clear and why EU considers this, among others, "unfair contract terms".
It was exactly like this in my case.
I bought a game with the SC and they just refunded the SC.
Not the whole purchase.

In the United States this tactic is known as "Bait and switch," and is illegal, but can be difficult to prove at times.

I don't think Valve is using this as a tactic here, but, yeah, it belongs to the same legal subject.

Thing is, it's just 13 EUR.
So not really worth going court.

Yet, it makes me angry that big companies often get away with that.
Like in this case.

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