I'm still waiting on Tempest to satisfy my pirate fix.

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I want to like Itch in everything they do. Certainly a model for Steam and others to follow. But a quick glance at their catalog reveals it dominated by dating sims and romantic visual novels. Or am I just crazy?

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The main problem the game has right now is a lack of players, the servers seem to be basically empty.

This seems to be a chronic issue with early access multiplayer games with a few exceptions. I have at least four sitting in my library waiting to be populated. Maybe bots are in order?

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Quoting: dmantioneWhy do you call these big productions? Why are the games I named not big productions?

I only difference I can pinpoint is that you are naming typical console games that are ported to PC afterwards. But that would be a very bad definition of AAA. Deal with it, PC will always have a different portofolio of games.

I think that "big productions" needs to be defined for the sake of this thread. Let's set the bar with a game that went from being a "small production", low profile, indie game to being a well recognized, high profile game in just a few years: Minecraft. What really seems to matter in determining whether a game is big, is if the gaming public recognizes it by name. People want to buy into a system that has access to games which they recognize. The titles that he listed fit that criteria despite also being console centric.

Quoting: ElectricPrismCreate a compact, powerful enough gaming machine, and if it runs the SteamOS variants of these games well I'll get it. ...Lately I have a obsession with compact, portable and simple - hauling around full towers is a chore I'm done with - it makes lanning a chore.

So in essence - Convenience vs Cost. I've built probably 15 rigs so far and getting that sweet compact form is so hard.

Hopefully the next version of AMD APU Zen will rock this world, it would be ideal for a Mini ITX build.

If only the LAIN LI Mini ITX wasn't so ugly and it fit a fullsize gpu, but oh well.
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+++1 I'm nearly to the point where I would rather just give up on ultra high end graphics just to have a minimal nano PC. I'm so tired of heat and noise and size. But most of all I'm tired of waiting for new hardware to finally enable my goals. My dream system currently only serves as a staging platform and it sits next to my giant main tower as if to taunt me.
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Unfortunately, the only things that reasonably fit inside of it are old embedded Kabini APUs.

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Valve seem to be waiting for a few key milestones to be reached before they push SteamOS/Machines with any real clout. First, they probably want for Vulkan to be ready and implemented in a number of engines and, by extension, some games. Going hand-in-hand with that, video drivers still need to come up to speed. AMD is still floundering between fglrx and AMDGPU. And the last missing puzzle piece is a plethora of high profile games. Yes, Linux has a number of "AAA" games but still a far cry from where competing platforms currently sit. Once an arbitrary number (don't ask me how many, I'm only saying some number above what's presently available) of high profile games become available on SteamOS, we may see Valve become more vocal about the platform.

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Quoting: throghGreat, there is just a comment and because it doesn't fit in the image of some people here it has to be "trolling". Wow, have you ever encountered the idea of asking the experience behind? The only thing I can see here in the spot is some proprietary hardware, a complete closed box, should be sold, combined with a close, proprietary platform. Yeah, and you people like to party for having a Linux completely looking like the black-box Windows here. Party on! :D

You like to party for your Steam-platform and your Steam-machines? So go on: Make everything to let your Linux look like an open-source version of Windows.

I do keep forgetting that there are many Linux guys who also own consoles "for the exclusives" but I guess not everyone is here for the freedom. Like why complain about closed software and monopoly abuse then go out and monetarily reward companies who sell closed software to create abusive monopolies?

But like you say, I probably don't understand the experience behind that rational; somebody explain?

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Don't forget that it is also available on GOG [External Link]. I'm not sure what changes "Cursed Edition" refers to but it looks otherwise identical.

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Okay, this has to be asked: Why is there suddenly a huge influx of 2D games this week?

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I can count two occasions which would have led me to be with you guys for the first six years but I'm damn glad I'm here to see GOL through the new Linux gaming renaissance.

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Quoting: Comandante oardoThose games are not available for Linux, not because of the small market share, is because the devs lack of the proper programming skills...

Is a simple fact: Is necessary to have a powerfull brain for to develop AAA games for Linux, and those devs don't have it. The only team of devs with the skills for that is Croteam. That's why The Talos Principle is the only AAA game available for Windows, Mac and Linux from day 1.

While I don't agree wholeheartedly that devs who don't build for Linux are simply "too stupid", it must be said that a game like The Talos Principle certainly has the qualities and a theme that "powerful brained" individuals might find themselves developing.

Things that may spoil The Talos Principle if you haven't played it yet, tread cautiously:

Spoiler, click me

There are a ton of Yahoo answers type questions along the lines of "What is the ending of Talos Principle supposed to be about?". It is clear that Croteam had built a story around evolutionary computing (which is fascinating!) and it was such a refreshing change of pace from most other games being "Here, soldier. Take this gun and kill the bad guys."

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