Quoting: Stella

But I think we can do better with a native solution.

I hard disagree with this statement. Pretty much all existing Linux games suffer from various problems ranging from complete inplayability over control and gameplay/visual issues as well as crashes. Running games over Proton is vastly preferable to Native most of the time because the Windows API is much more stable than the Linux API. I myself have had so many issues with native ports that the Proton versions never have, that I've given up on them completely

In the end it's all a matter of support.
The fact that Proton works better is not just because of Windows API being stable, it's because Valve and the community are doing the heavy work of maintaining Proton and related programs so it keeps working well across distros and evolving versions of the ecosystem.
If Unity and game developers are being serious in supporting native Linux, they'll need to commit the same way as Valve does with Proton.

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Imagine if it's open enough that we can install SteamOS on it :D

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Taking this decision in the middle of the generation is clearly not a good idea.
It's too late for me to buy a PS5 now, especially with the price of the hardware going up.

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Valve is really cursed when launching new hardware.
The Deck was also delayed because of chips shortage after the Covid crisis.
And now their new Steam Machine and Steam frame are also facing RAM and storage shortage because of the AI mania.
The concentration of high-end manufacturing capabilities is not helping the consumer electronic market.

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I played so much Moonstone on my Amiga 500 back in the days.
I didn't know there was a PC Dos version... The Amiga version is probably still better though :)

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I believe this could be an old testing hardware.
I'm pretty sure Valve aims at something beefier for a TV console.

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I still have the original disc on Playstation but the additional sound track from Chris Huelsbeck already sold me this version :)

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My all time record has been to survive 35 days... What a great game.
It has been my goto "casual arcade session" game for quite some times.
I love the small details in the graphics to make it look like a Vectrex game :)

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@soulsource AFAIK the game is using a native Vulkan renderer so this is not related to Direct3D nor OpenGL.

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I can't wait for this one.
Probably the best announce from the Nintendo Direct.

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