Quoting: neolithSeveral of the games on that sale page are not on sale at all – including most of the games listed here in this article. :neutral: Am I misunderstanding the word 'sale' or is this a regional thing and the pricing is not the same everywhere?

I think that's my bad, it's an event not specifically a sale. Have adjusted the wording.

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Quoting: VardamirIf the top sellers list is by revenue, how come that Counter Strike 2 [External Link] is number 1?

probably microtransactions volume. especially considering players trading cs2 items on steam's marketplace, and valve also takes around 10% cut from each transaction.

Yeah it’s from micro and prime status upgrades. Revenue counts everything for a game.

Never thought of it that way. Thanks for the explanation! I've not played any games like this, so this might be a stupid question, but does that mean Valve requires all micro transactions to go through Steam or can a dev run it in their own, independent, platform?

I'm assuming, if the latter is allowed, there could be sin gaps in the data??

From Valve's documentation:

For any in-game purchases, you'll need to use the microtransaction API so Steam customers can only make purchases from the Steam Wallet.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/microtransactions [External Link]

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Quoting: sarmadKeep in mind that "globally" doesn't actually mean globally since the Steam Deck isn't selling in every territory, with big markets still left out.

You're right of course, the Steam Deck is not sold in every single country in the world. Globally of course is specific to Steam globally and where it's supported and sold. Otherwise, I would be listing the individual countries every time, most people get this without needing to clarify what globally on Steam means.

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Ah yes, Steam, something for everyone 🤣

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Quoting: VardamirIf the top sellers list is by revenue, how come that Counter Strike 2 [External Link] is number 1?

probably microtransactions volume. especially considering players trading cs2 items on steam's marketplace, and valve also takes around 10% cut from each transaction.

Yeah it’s from micro and prime status upgrades. Revenue counts everything for a game.

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I get the Giana Sisters situation wasn't great but as we know sometimes ports just don't work out. Humble certainly aren't the only one to fail on a port, but they definitely could have communicated it better.

Feral, VP, Aspyr and plenty of others either cancelled ports entirely, or put out ports that really weren't great as did many other developers. Linux was a different world back then, much much smaller than it is now, I see no reason to hold such things against them when they offer up good deals.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusAlright, props to whoever made that trailer, that sudden tone shift as the dinosaur appeared was pretty funny. :grin:

Yeah, they deserve a raise because it sold me on it.

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Quoting: ShabbyXLiam, it would be nice to have the native vs proton status right next to the title name like you do in other articles.

Sure, done.

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I think this will end up being the next game I play with the kiddo, we're currently going through a Terraria run together for the first time. Seems a fitting game to move onto.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksDoesn't KotOR II support Linux natively? 👀

Yes, but a bug fixed there can still be a bug fixed overall so it's worth WINE/Proton development to go after those cases.

It's surprising people still ask this question. Wine and Proton aim to work with everything they can.

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