Won't lie.... I Like the idea of Intel GPU's, and the 770 looks interesting as a replacement for my Nvidia 1070Ti... I think I'm just hesitant because they are so new...

Def keeping an eye on them though. I want this to be successful!!

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Guest

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??

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Quoting: denyasisIf you're taking that much from a dev that did 100% of the work making a game as a cost for a sales platform, you better be doing something much more that processing credit card payments and running an E-stote.

The 30%-cut was established for decades, including the storefronts on consoles. It's only after Tim Sweeney started pushing this false narrative of 30 percent being 'too much', that the cut gets this undeserved scrutiny.

You know very well the 30% cut is not for Proton - Proton is an extra. Or did I miss Microsoft and Sony developing compatibilty layers for various operating systems???

Quoting: rustybroomhandleI am sure you know this and just making bad faith arguments to be edgy.

Yeah...

Correct. However, times change as do consumers expectations. Glance through almost any news article on this site about GOG or Epic and you'll see plenty of complaints about how the stores don't support Linux and that we, as a community, will prefer Steam because we demand/expect better support. We simply expect more: Cloud saves, steam input, achievements etc, and I would argue, for Valve, Proton as well. They have raised the bar. And yes... That is funded through their revenue from sales.

Or to flip it around. Imagine if Valve got rid of Proton? How many people would be thoroughly upset, especially given the reliance (and success) of the Steam Deck on it? Proton isn't an extra anymore, it's a committed part of their business practice. I'm glad to have it and, as a customer, I expect it to continue to get that support.

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Quoting: denyasisIf you're taking that much from a dev that did 100% of the work making a game as a cost for a sales platform, you better be doing something much more that processing credit card payments and running an E-stote

They are doing a lot more than "processing credit card payments and running an E-stote" and I am sure you know this and just making bad faith arguments to be edgy.

No, I'm not.... Please read my second paragraph where I mention the other things as a good start and say Valve should keep up the good work... Valve provides a lot more Value-add than other stores that charge the same amount. For the premiums they charge, they should. Not just Valve (which is), but the other stores too (which might not be).

Also, this article and comments are literally about a value add that Valve does, and should be doing. They want as many games to be playable on their platform, or people might go elsewhere. Doing work to fix up the environment (especially with dealing with multiple launchers, which is silly), ensure ppl stay on the platform which ensures revenue. Linux might be small, but an increase of even a precent or two in overall sales to Valve is massive.

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Quoting: GuestI am actually curious if there is any blind people playing on Linux... Afaik accessibility specially for blind people is not on par with Windows or Mac OS. Fully accessible games are already a minority, also I wonder how many of those work 100% with proton, because you'd be diminishing your choices a lot if some of them don't work. I suppose with such small userbase it would be really hard to hunt down accessibility bugs on proton, or on native games.

I dunno if it was Linux or not, but I remember a Rogue like Radio podcast years and years ago talking about accessibility with Roguelikes. The intro and outro was audio of a visually impaired player playing a Roguelike using a screen reader. It was a really amazing thing to hear them playing the game!!

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Quoting: benstor214Valve should charge them!

Valve does... What's it, like 30% of their revenue from sales for a dev goes to Valve?

If you're taking that much from a dev that did 100% of the work making a game as a cost for a sales platform, you better be doing something much more that processing credit card payments and running an E-stote.

Proton is a good start. As is infastructure and technical support for those things. Valve should keep up the good work!

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Quoting: constWhat holds me back is that I bought quite a lot of pis over the years and hardly used them. There are quite a lot of ideas what I want to do with them, but I hardly find energy to do such things these days. Also, some of my old devices crash quite often, even though I use official plugs and solid, expensive cases. With my SteamDeck handling emulation better then they ever could, I don't know why I'd need a pi with such power. Maybe as a secondary PC when I need to boot Windows on my desktop for work or VR... but only after a modern distribution is available.

Same boat. I thought about using one as a first desktop for my kids, but the more I thought about it, the less the idea seemed reasonable. I understand using ARM for educational purposes and general school work, but more stuff, including proprietary software, needs x86. Great tinker boards though!

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Quoting: hardpenguinOkay, I really wanna fight zombies in my own neighbourhood so I am sold 😁

Won't lie... always thought my old neighborhood might make a good post apocalyptic base area. Flat residential bound by a river and major highway.

I wonder how big the maps in game are.... IRL my neighborhood is on the order of 7sq km. My current one is a a 3-4km circle (I'm not doing that type of math today)

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FYI - I couldn't get Night of the Rabbit to work last winter with current proton... sounds issues. It does appear to work under the much older 3.x proton branch out of the box.

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I'm honestly and pleasantly surprised how many "old games" are still pretty popular/ played today.

Or maybe I'm just old and just recognizing the old games I remember (but never played)

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