@Technopeasant
Truth to be told, my comment was a *bit* of a trolling. :)
I totally agree with your reasoning that a half-a$$ed "port" to Linux made by devs who do not know what they are doing ("The Witcher 2", "Divinity: Original Sin", "Pillars of Eternity" etc.) is almost always worse than using a wrapper made by a competent team (thanks, WINE team!).

But the phrase dropped by the same company which made one of the worst lazy attempt "port" their "Divinity: Original Sin" post-mortem (they deliberately waited for the code to become "dead" i.e. to be in the "final version" stage without any future updates or patches) is kinda ironic. It breaks the general consensus. So one has to wonder what is behind the "Just Use Proton" stance really: current game engines' deficiency in Linux support (Unity3D, Unreal Engine et al.) or developers' unwillingness to put any real effort into making Linux versions properly for what they perceive to be little to no monetary gain.

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I am quite confused…

"…more stable framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay…"

WHAT? I've read time and time again about devs ditching Linux version in favor of Proton©®™ for "better performance" left and right. And now I've read this. Where is the truth?

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"Cease And Desist" in 3-2-1…

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As long as itch.io does not accept MIR Pay I'm not interested. VISA and MasterCard are dead for me since 2022. Gone for good.

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Not available on Linux and a direct plagiarism of "Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League" (AKA "Goal 3" on bootleg Famicom/Dendy yellow cartridges).

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While I understand the Idea of the "Ultimate Victory" is to increase Linux user share to 100%… Let's say, I'm not entirely convinced increasing the number of Proton™ users counts towards it.

Valve made it abundantly clear that it does not support Linux, it propagates "SteamPlay". Nowhere on their site you can find a Linux logo (sans "hwsurvey" page). And Proton™ while being in fact just a re-branded WINE for uneducated "new" user looks like a Valve's technology not associated with Linux. And you are right, a lot of (around 17.59% or so if we look up the GPU section for "AMD Custom GPU 0405") so called "Linux users" are in fact "Steam Deck" users and something tells me most of them do not know what Linux is besides the fact that it is the same thing that is on their Android™ smartphone. For all intents and purposes these "new" Linux users are just Windows users who just happen to have additional device for in-travel entertainment. Well, that or we are counting all Android™ smartphone owners as Linux users :)

Meanwhile, the number of Linux game releases has declined. Maybe not as much as some anticipated, but still it is a net loss. Now we have "Just Use Proton" and "It Works Fine With Proton" as two additional catch-phrases developers use to justify their rejection of Linux (in addition to "Linux Is Too Niche").

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Hell no. I won't be giving this "store" any money, ever. Provided I will be able to and right now I'm not due to them "galvanizing" the global community.

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I'm still thinking getting Linux-native games takes priority. Even with Windows compatibility issues (which are marginal at best and) if two years ago Linux had 12% of all PC games and now it has only 10% then it is a net loss.

What I am trying to say is there is no point celebrating a victory in battle if we are losing the war. And what I want to know is… How are we faring in this "war"? Does Linux share grow or does it shrink?

P.S. I am firmly in the NTNB camp.

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And which percent of all the PC games do these 20k games make?
Meanwhile, if you install Windows™, there will be 100% of the PC games available.

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Nope. It (I mean build 42) is not available on Polish store.

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