Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: LoudTechieIt could be, but I'm not seeing significant fluctuations, which is what surprises me.
I would expect Indian Steam access to fluctuate comparable, but with a different rhythm, to Chinese Steam access.
Simplified chinese spikes are easy too see, yet there're no visible english and/or Hindi spikes.

The number of Chinese users on Steam doesn't fluctuate.

The number of samples recorded varies, on account of sometimes being wildly wrong.

The issue is that it's difficult to count each machine in a PC bang once and only once per year.

Mind you, in a way it may be OK to count them multiple times, because those machines are used for gaming a lot, by multiple people. On the other hand, from Valve's point of view, they may not buy all that many games.

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Quoting: shimmyI bought Madden on Stadia. Then it closed and I couldn't play it anymore because it closed.

I bought Madden on Luna in January. And now it's either gone or will be available still but with a premium subscription. I guess me and Madden are not going to happen.

How Maddening!

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Quoting: Andy GneissHave I been living under a rock or is this the first time anyone else has heard Amazon Luna even existed?
Apparently it's about 3 years old and it's already being chopped up. That's not encouraging.

I find it encouraging to hear something connected with Amazon is doing badly! 😁

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Quoting: scaineI despise cloud gaming, but I can see that I'm doing my hating from a position of privilege -

I do my hating from a very different position of privilege. My rig is pretty old and was middle of the road when I bought it. But, I don't actually like playing any of the kinds of games that are very demanding on hardware, so it's fine. I'd say the closest I play to pushing the hardware would be . . . Stellaris?

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These weird graphics terms are always getting me confused. What the heck is "puppy stacking"? ;)

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Quoting: TermyGood to see some more love for VR on Linux - although of course i've sold my index in hopes of the frame in H1/26...damn AI bubble 😭

I have a general principle (which I have to repeat often to my wife, who is anti-clutter): Never get rid of an obsolete thing until you have the thing you wanted to replace it with.

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Good stuff!

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThanks for the graph. Man, the serious growth is actually desktop Linux not Deck, eh?
(side note: Looks like the Chinese don't use Mac a whole lot, either)

There's been such a difference in the conversation about Linux gaming from the gaming press, YouTubers, and general tech people since Valve released their high-profile Linux gaming demonstration device. Even if you've never held a Deck in your hands you know that Linux gaming is awesome - something that we've known for ages, but the wider population needed to be shown.

Oh, agreed. I don't mean to say the Deck hasn't had a huge impact. It's been an amazing catalyst. And even now, I notice game developers are often doing this or that that benefits Linux use because they're targeting the Deck, rather than desktop Linux. It looms large in people's imaginations.
Nonetheless, it's interesting to notice that the recent end of the 5-month-rolling shows desktop Linux at three times the size of Deck, and rising fast where Deck is fairly static.

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Thanks for the graph. Man, the serious growth is actually desktop Linux not Deck, eh?
(side note: Looks like the Chinese don't use Mac a whole lot, either)

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Quoting: Xpanderand yeah i agree that having line of text from one end 16:9 sceeen to another is not ideal either but at least double the current squished size would be good.

And I was thinking, "Wait, it takes up way more than half the scr--oh." I always read most websites zoomed in multiple times because print is too small, so the text takes up a wider portion of the screen for me.

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