Quoting: Mohandevir

QuoteWhen we discontinued linux support in 2019, one of the core reasons was how the cheating community was exploiting the Linux platform.

They are trying to convince me that 0.1% of the userbase, by their own numbers and assuming that it would mean that all of Linux users are cheaters... Yeah... Right... wrecked the game so much that it attracted their attention to Linux cheating?

I'm... not... buying... it.

I would really like to know on what fact they based this assumption, if it's not just pure made up BS, because they can't say they won't support Linux, because they don't want to and because they hate the platform.

Seriously, it's more insulting than anything else.

I needed this new statement as much as a Facepunch!

the cheating industry move millions of dollars each year, maybe even billions, valve said it thenselves (steam devdays), i wouldnt be surprised if its more profitable to make an cheat software for an game than port the game to linux/make it work with proton.

no one is saying that all linux users are cheatters, the issue is, cheaters are willing to do a lot to cheat, if they have to pay they will, if they have to install an software that is hard to install they will.
hell, i never used an cheat software, but the last time i cracked some software it was way harder than instaling an linux distro, if instaling cheat software is that hard, then i wont be surprised to see some people installing linux just to cheat, and that is the main issue here.

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what happens if we put an 1 hour long animation? it take forever to boot? lol

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steam deck is each day closer and closer to what i expected from android phones when they were new.
i'm so disapointed with android, and hopefully story wont repat itselft this time, it dont seems like it will.
now i just need an way to put an symcard on it and kiss my phone goodbye.

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2:00 is that an fps counter at top left?

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Quoting: Marlockalso this is like the first console from a new brand, not a 5th-gen console from a major traditional brand, and a very experime tal proposal at that, with what gamers could perceive as significant risks to the platform's success (linux instead of windows, PC games over a handheld formfactor, etc)

gamers dont even think about what OS their playstations and nintendo consoles run.

and this is not valve first try, steam machines were the first try.
sure they pulled an 3DO aproach, but still.

not to mention the first xbox was able to sell more than 20 millions and outsell nintendo, valve need to pull something similiar (not outsell switch, but at least sell well enough) sure i cant predict how well it will sell in the next years,but we can have a clue comparing to other consoles.
eg:
https://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_date.php

Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: elmapuli know he said over 1 million and not 1 million, but that isnt impressive if we compare to any other console.

Consoles need to shift enough units to convince developers to make games for that console. The Deck doesn't need that: game developers already make games for the PC.

im not worried about the lack of games, but i want to see more developers supporting it nativelly and more app developers starting caring about it.

otherwise, microsoft entering the umpc market could reverse this trend, or maybe xcloud.

dont get me wrong, things are looking nice, we already have more games than most consoles.
more than all sega consoles combined, and more than xbox series, wich has retro compatibility with other xbox generations.
more games than any nintendo console, and more than a lot of playstations. (im counting only verified+playable not even mentioning untested games, unsuported ones that do work, games outside of steam or emulators)
but the public dont have this perception yet, things are still reversible, lets not forget that we used to have native support for some triple a games recently and lose it, not get updates for the games, have updates from the OS breaking the game and the port houses no longer being able to distribute/fix it , among other issues.
i hope we can keep the current momentum forever, i will feel more calm when our install base grow large enough to prove its here to stay.

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Quoting: Arten

Quoting: TheSHEEEPWith these, I always wish Valve would give out absolute numbers instead of percentages.

It's a bit like that "PC gaming is dead! Mobile is the future" nonsense that crops up every now and again - with PC gaming being in better shape than ever and with more games than ever.
Just because some share shrinks (or grows), doesn't mean there are actually less (or more) absolute users.

You only get this "very rough ballpark" number when Valve shares some actual user numbers once in a blue moon.

I don't think it is good idea. Valve dont have actual data about all, because every month only subset of their user is in survey. So % is better solution, because if they write absolute number, you expect real value.


Side note: -0.04% is so small number that can be be statistical error and reality can be positive change just because some bias in selection process or small sample size...

i think its more likely that the margin for error eat a bunch of windows users, then we got 0,04 as result.
eg, if the margin for errors was exactly 1% the true number is 1,04% not 0,04%.
there are a lot of views on how to install windows on the deck with plenty views

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i know he said over 1 million and not 1 million, but that isnt impressive if we compare to any other console.

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Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: Purple Library GuyPeople didn't actually have to pay a monthly fee for Stadia; it's just Google's terrible marketing made it look like they did.

google or a bunch of influencers who lied?

All I know is what I read here, and back when it was significant news Liam regularly noted both (a) that the actual deal did not require subscription, and (b) that figuring this out from anything Google were saying was nigh impossible. He opined repeatedly both that the service itself worked pretty well and was, all concerns about the fundamental nature of streaming game services aside, a decent offer, and that in his opinion Google were doing a perfectly pathetic job of selling it. Not just the bad messaging on subscription, but terrible ads and all kinds of stuff. I'm prepared to take his word.

really? i dont think it was that confusing.
instead of paying 400 dollars upfront for an ps4, and 400 dollars again for an ps4 pro, you pay just for the game, and a montly subscription if you want to play in 4k.
with 10 dollars per month, it would take 40 months to reach the price of an ps4, 3 years and 4 mounths is almost the entire generation.
and while you do that you get exclusive discounts and some games as part of the deal.
dont seems like a bad deal for me, unless they rise the price or shutdown the service and you lose your games without a refund, that is the part that google should make more clear.

google didnt fail to comunicate that as fair as i remember, but a lot of youtubers miss interpret and repeated what they understood.

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i have mixed feelings here.
i didnt wanted cloug gaming to be a thing, but seeing the only linux solution being the first to sink still gives it a bad taste...
i kinda wished it was an success because it could help us but at the same time, now that we have the deck we dont need it anymore, and google dominating the market with android didnt helped the linux desktop much if any, so who could gurantee they would ever contribute back?
on the other hand, its one less big player relying on vulkan and helping fund it i guess.
or maybe not:

i think one of the reasons google invested on stadia was to make chromebooks viable for gaming, now that gfn, xcloud, luna and steam supports chromebooks, they dont need it anymore, so it was an win win situation for then, either they got support from thirdies or they got an monopoly on chromebooks, the same can be said about the deck, either other stores support linux nativelly or most purchases will be done on steam (steam is already the most used store on pc, but their dominance will be even higher on steamOS devices)

well thats awkward, cloud gaming seemed like an nescessary evil to make linux mainstream but at the same time an price to high to swallow, but now cloud will become even more closed.
well amazon seem to be "dualbooting" or something, and maybe others will adopt stadia tech via whitelabeling, and maybe it will even become the defactuo standard for the cloud especially considering that companies will know that their OS/tech provider cant compete with then, after the stadia fiasco no one (consummers) would trust google again, so if others want to licence this tech for their own cloud solutions they will not think twice.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: elmapulso what happens to exclusives like guilty?

You mean Gylt, right? I guess it's better to complete it while it still works, just in case.
I played it during a free week but didn't manage to finish.
I wonder if they will refund purchases made between today and the shutdown date.

[edit] ok, so the store is now closed. Quite obvious really, as people would 100% exploit it if the above was the case.

er... nope, not avaliable on my country

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