What's disappointing is how so few outside Linux community realizes what good Deck can bring to desktop OS platform. They see mostly a Switch competitor. And how they fail to understand why Steam machines failed, and why Deck won't fail (at the very least). Microsoft literally force upgraded people to Windows 10 i.e not a mistake but intentionally. Yet somehow people continue to defend Windows and it's exclusionary DX12 software. Everytime Microsoft with Phil Spencer improves gaming on Windows, to compete with other, they see it as some kind of "Microsoft good guy" thing. Or how in PC community they frown upon console exclusivities or poor ports to Windows, but that same crap is happening to Linux because of Microsoft.

Microsoft’s latest trick: Clicking ‘X’ to dismiss Windows 10 upgrade doesn’t stop install [External Link]

And they casually admitted to deception

Interestingly, Microsoft is trying to make amends. This has been seen in a recent interview where Chris Capossela, Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, detailed how it was to find the world reacted to its abrasive tactics.

"There was one particular moment in particular where, you know, the red X in the dialog box which typically means you cancel didn't mean cancel," Capossela said. "And within a couple of hours of that hitting the world, with the listening systems we have we knew that we had gone too far and then, of course, it takes some time to roll out the update that changes that behavior."

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Goes without saying this is a good article :)

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I wish I could say that I believe this to be significant, but unfortunately I find it that only within context of indie development. The game looks technically simple. Not a big and complex network of software involved. If I am not mistaken indie development for Linux is not the issue, but AAA development is. There is 99,9% chance that you can play almost any indie game either natively or through WINE with little to no hiccup. But for complex games, e.g Control, software like raytracing and DLSS are involved and not to mention alot other. It is when developers of such big games decide to release for Linux that I will be surprised to hear about. Such as the recent Metro Exodus release.

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Looks wonderful. They should consider raytracing for their roadmap.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleWith so many platforms to support, it boggles the mind why these big professional studios still don't build using cross platform solutions. You even get libraries that can abstract out store specific gumpf like achievements.

Like all good things it pays less than bad way. Whatever profit a game will yield for how good it's game design is with a healthy monetization model it will give five to ten times or more profit if you inject greedy models into it. Add in distribution and tech exclusivity and you get some extra cash on top of it. It doesn't surprise me. What boggles my mind is people who think that unless you have 100% hard proof your opinion or speculation is 100% void. As if gaming sites have to report something before it's true or believable. If any company does something shady, with NDA in midst of this action, what are chances of this coming to light? Little.

Stadia-Linux: Strange how it's conflicting messages about how close it is to proper Linux. But I am not surprised. Try to install MicroG or try get away from using Google services and products and Android, and you will find yourself in a cumbersome spot.

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Quoting: RoosterFortunately there are more than enough good alternatives for Discord, in case they screw it up.

Honestly Mumble should be used by everyone on Linux. Unfortunately server setup and lack of better chat options is holding it back.

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Quoting: ShmerlDLSS is DOA being Nvidia only. AMD are working on cross GPU solution that will work everywhere. Once that is ready may be Wine can pick it up.

I think it's this: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/vsr [External Link]

I don't think so. VSR is for lack of better description AMD's primitive resolution upscaling feature. This was a feature equivalent to Nvidia's Dynamic Super Resolution. I know this because prior to switching to Linux, in 2016, I tried out VSR.

The upscaling AI like AMD is working on will be part of Fidelity FX [External Link]. And there is no reason to believe Linux will be supported the first year this feature is made available as DirectML is the sole AI implementation. The crossplatform option, whatever it is, will likely come later. I think Sony like always will go for their own implementation.

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Great to see a native game succeed to this big degree. Something to keep in mind, that the less success developers have the more they depend on other tech companies. Which gives leeway for Microsoft to influence these "vulnerable" developers to use their tech. Beyond that the game looks fresh, far more so than Valhala if you ask me.

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$80 more for inferior RT

Quoting: TheSHEEEPAnother GPU you can buy at the low price of 400% of whatever it actually should be.

It's really crazy out there, just had a look at what a RX 6800 would cost. Easily 3x the official price...

Heres to Intel disrupting the market insert_beer.

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Holding out for Steam controller 2. Is there any hope for that to happen? Last I read was about patents but according to the post it was old and didn't indicate it was being developed.

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Quoting: jrtI think optional Game streaming can be a good thing (for example to bridge the time with GPU shortages)

Game streaming as a option is undoubtedly a great thing! Noone can dispute that. With streaming you can buy a slim and cheap laptop and still be able to play major games. The issue with streaming is actors trying to monopolize it and tell you how and where to stream your games. Not unlike what Microsoft is doing with local releases. I hope Valve's streaming becomes better and better because I sure want them to succeed knowing their streaming option is one that gives you the most flexibility as of right now.

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