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User Editorial: A different approach to calculating the popularity of Linux gaming on Steam
2 May 2016 at 8:32 pm UTC
Looking at it from a business/enterprising point of view, you have one market which is expected to plateau and another which has plenty of room for growth. The latter isn't necessarily an unattractive target.
Tomb Raider benchmark video comparison, Linux vs Windows 10
1 May 2016 at 9:41 pm UTC
Quoting: wojtek88While I agree in general, you have to keep in mind current gaming on Linux is not DRM free (Games require very often Steam to even launch, so you are locked in with Steam). Most of the games are ported thanks to Valve and very often you are locked to Steam. And while platform (Linux) is open, games you run are not. And it is not so different than being locked in to PSN...

Anyway, I agree that we have to do baby steps. What I wanted to point out is that we do not need only bigger number of games. We need bigger numbers of games with a quality that is comparable to otger platforms. And according to benchmarks, performance of the Tomb Raider (2013) is not yet there. But I hope it will be. And it will be soon.
I'm trying my best by using GOG and Humble as primary game sources but I cannot sacrifice too much at once. You need to take a little at a time. A crappy analogy might be that if you want to remove a tool from the mud, you have to enter the mud to retrieve the tool. I support Steam and Valve only until they're efforts have made commercial Linux games somewhat self sustaining. Only then can we start truly pushing DRM-free.

And this doesn't even account for the zoomed-out perspective that we eventually need to move away from x86 which is almost complete vendor lock-in if not for VIA and AMD. My bets are on RISC-V but, sadly, that is a fight for another day (or decade).
Tomb Raider benchmark video comparison, Linux vs Windows 10
1 May 2016 at 8:36 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: wojtek88Have to say that there is a level of performance that we can live with. But less than 50 percent of the original performance + regular drops to 20 fps in such a rig? And does hair look so awful for you all the time?
I currently play Definitive edition of that game on PS4 and have to say that sadly - it looks and works so much better than on your rig, while PS4 is a 350$ hardware and the game was bought for 49 pln (about 12 euro). How much did you pay for your rig? 1000 euro? 1500? 2000?
Sorry Feral, we love you, but we are not going to take whatever you give us.
I will buy this port but not now, especially with this performance for 20 euro. It is not OK in comparison with other platforms...
True, but what are players giving up in order to play the PS4 version? They're bending over for vendor lock-in. What's important here is that we can play this game at all on a freedom supporting platform... baby steps.
Tomb Raider benchmark video comparison, Linux vs Windows 10
1 May 2016 at 5:20 pm UTC
On the bright side, there's nowhere to go but up! :D

Right now I'm running an unoptimized Tomb Raider port, on unoptimized and world-renowned crappy AMD Linux drivers, all the while using the unoptimal state-machine design OpenGL. I can't wait for AAA games to start picking up Vulkan.
Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 7:14 pm UTC
As of 3:13 PM EST, Tomb Raider is ready to download. If you're reading this go install it!
Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 3:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: GBeeProprietary drivers are not the work of Satan, and if you were really concerned about it you'd not be able to drive a modern car, watch TV or make a phone call because all these devices, even those based on linux, use binary drivers and firmware.

If that fails to change your mind, consider the fact that you're refusing to use a closed source driver to play a closed source game - that doesn't make a jot of sense does it now?
And you're refusing to use a closed source operating system to play closed source games - that doesn't make a lot of sense so just use Windows ;)
Tomb Raider for Linux & SteamOS confirmed for release today!
27 Apr 2016 at 11:37 am UTC Likes: 6
Sigh. I haven't even finished playing through the Saints Row games yet. Game porters, plz.
Battlestation: Harbinger, a little favourite of mine, is now DRM free on GOG
22 Apr 2016 at 8:42 pm UTC
Take on ISIS in IS Defense now on Linux & SteamOS
21 Apr 2016 at 12:39 am UTC Likes: 3
Still only second place to Muhammad Sex Simulator 2015.
RuneScape Linux-native NXT client available to pre-load, they also have a trailer
17 Apr 2016 at 1:45 am UTC Likes: 2
I wish I had a dollar for every time the tech industry has used some variant of the word "next".
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