NFTs are probably one of the five dumbest things ever invented by humanity, but hey, it's free money. It will make these projects better and that's a good thing.

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I remember me reluctantly going back to dual-booting Windows for gaming after Loki folded and after I moved on from the only two other games I was playing that were running on Linux (Neverwinter Nights and - on WINE - Guild Wars 1).

I thought gaming on Linux was dead forever.

A decade later, I can play almost 100% of all games I'd ever want to play on Linux and my Win 10 partition is collecting virtual dust.

How times have changed! \o/

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Tuxedo has interesting products, but since they're EU-based, the shipping costs are prohibitive for me. I am using an Intel NUC for my living room PC needs. They offer it without OS (no MS-tax!), and it runs just fine with Linux.

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Sharks with lasers! Literally!

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Not sure how they want ALL (as in 100%) of games working in Linux, when some use custom anti-cheat systems other than the two they're working with their devs to get fixed. Also, the assumption that 100% of games using EAC or BattlEye will consent to Proton is -very- generous.

I consider the 100% figure very unattainable, unless they find a way to make anti-cheat stuff work with Linux without their devs having to patch it, or game devs having to opt in.

But hey, 75% isn't bad, right? We can run MOST games on Linux these days, and looking back to the pre Steam on Linux days, who would have thought THAT ever to happen?

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Quoting: einherjar

Quoting: KimyrielleNot sure why they thought it would be a good idea to make developers perform a "few clicks" to enable other platform support. Developers quite frankly shouldn't have a say about what platforms people run their software on. Just enable it for all EAC games, with no way to turn it off. :S

Hm, freedom of choice - but not for game devs?
No one should be forced to support Linux IMHO.

Your point makes no sense whatsoever. EAC automatically working in WINE without having to be activated wouldn't constitute official support of Linux any more than a game not having anti-cheat in the first place running in WINE without the devs being able or required to consent with it.
On the contrary, if an active step is required to allow a game to run in WINE, people WILL view that as "official support", even if the devs otherwise don't want to officially support WINE.

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Not sure why they thought it would be a good idea to make developers perform a "few clicks" to enable other platform support. Developers quite frankly shouldn't have a say about what platforms people run their software on. Just enable it for all EAC games, with no way to turn it off. :S

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Quoting: BumadarAm not British or anything, but putting thatcher in that list seems a bit extreme?

She was one of the most damaging politicians in post WW2 history. Together with Reagan she brought us the extremist form of capitalism that in the following decades led to an insane concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, while leaving everyone else in the dust. Because of her, more and more people had to work two or three jobs and STILL couldn't pay their bills.
The current state of the world, where leaders emphasizing nationalism and protectionism are getting elected by the disenfranchised, is a direct result of Thatcher and Reagan's dismantling of any kind of social accord. Even the Brexit is very unlikely to have happened without her and her divisive politics, so that woman is influencing world politics in a damaging way even from the grave.

She actually deserves to be in place worse than hell.

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I sometimes wonder why developers having so much talent put so much time and effort into projects that they know, are a legal minefield on the best of days. They could take the idea and implement a GTA-like game from scratch that they'd own 100%. Yes, it would take longer, since they'd need to create the assets and levels, too. But it would be theirs and theirs alone, and there would be no constant fear of hordes of greedy corporate lawyers breaking down their door.

That being said, while I am against abolishing copyright, it needs to be scaled back to sane levels. Copyright on software needs to expire after 20 years at latest. Not getting extended on Disney's request for all eternity every time Mickey Mouse is set to become public domain.

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Quoting: ShabbyX

Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: ShabbyXAllow me to clarify, IIUC, kokokk's point is that even if the developer truly wants to support the platform and even if they honestly will try their best, forcing them like suggested may scare them so much they would decide not to take the risk.

They wouldn't be forced to support anything. They'd just have to give the money back if they lied about providing support when they don't, rather than just keeping it.

To put it another way: if you've written on your store page that you're going to support a platform, to entice customers on that platform to give you money, but you are unable or unwilling to provide that support, why should you get to keep the money?

I get your point, but your assumption is that any developer who drops Linux support has a malicious intent, and they were trying to cheat people out of their money right from the get go. That's where the disagreement really is. I don't believe for example the developer in this article intentionally thought "let me boost my sales by 1% through lies and deceit". They simply bit more than they could chew.

Well, here is the thing. 100% of game developers who ever promised their game to run on Linux and it ended up not doing so, were either malicious or incompetent. There is no other explanation. All games can be made to run on Linux. 100% of them, 100% of the time. If your game does NOT run on Linux...that was your CHOICE. And if that was your choice (which it always was), and you promised otherwise...the only remaining explanation for your action is malice or incompetence. Take your pick.

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