Quoting: CyrilThe Game Kitchen, I hope you don't plan to do it like THQ Nordic... Aka "No Desperados III on Linux/macOS for GOG". :angry:

I may of missed something is that common knowledge that it was THQ call or was that GOG making the decision not to support a linux version. What is the licensing model do gog have to pay a few for each platform they sell a game for ?

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Without getting into a full debate yeah i know there are tons of linux native indie games but lets be real here most of them are trash.

Without getting into a full debate, I think I've just read some trash.

Ha good one, so have I you may love indie games that look like really bad snes games but i grew up in that era and snes games looked better than that. I know what i like and i know what i find engaging while you may think they are innovative i see re treads of better games with worse graphics.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Case in point Mac has a larger base than linux and by all accounts porting games to mac is still highly profitable. My main point is we are not getting native games again anytime soon the buzz has gone on that.

We are not getting native ports of AAA games. We're still getting plenty of new native games, I see articles about them right here every single day. They're just generally not from the very top tier, which is a problem, but it's not the same problem you're describing.

Again i repeat my previous statement most of them are drek and you would not normally look at them but because we are getting so few native triple a games people are buying them.

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Quoting: WJMazepasThey are buying ARM to be more competitive in the AI space so i think that mobile space will not see that much of a difference in the long run

Mmm yes but that also has a flip side are they going to continue Mobile development or is all R & D going into AI, in which case are we not going to see any improvements on current gen ARM cpu/GPU SOC chips. Obviously am only thinking about gaming of course there could be massive benefits in the broader market for AI improvements. Still not keen on driverless cars but that is a discussion for a different forum.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Am guessing they will keep the name and you we start seeing propriety drivers for them on nvidia website, also nothing is going to stop Mesa drivers still working on Mali gpus granted support is still relatively new.

Yeah, just like nothing prevents to have noveau woking as expected :P

Quoting: NvidiaNVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang also sent a letter to NVIDIA employees, which was posted officially online as well. In it, Huang mentions "Uniting NVIDIA’s AI computing with the vast reach of Arm’s CPU, we will engage the giant AI opportunity ahead and advance computing from the cloud, smartphones, PCs, self-driving cars, robotics, 5G, and IoT.".

Quoting: AlsoNvidiaThe transaction does not include Arm’s IoT Services Group.

Are they contradicting them self?

but noveau is to be fair to it is useless, Mesa who only what six months ago started supporting mali has already surpassed its capabilities when it comes to gaming.

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Quoting: GuestI am vaguely worried at a possible license change as nvidia now owns the IP that was sold to competitors. More anecdotal, i wonder what will happen to the MALI GPUs and their open source drivers.

Am guessing they will keep the name and you we start seeing propriety drivers for them on nvidia website, also nothing is going to stop Mesa drivers still working on Mali gpus granted support is still relatively new.

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Interesting I do not think they bought it for desktop cpus though i think they are more targeting the mobile market but it could potentially be a big push towards cheaper gaming SOC whether that be for streaming or esports games. As for most you need a quad x86 performance if nvidia were to combine that performance with a Nvidia enhanced Mali gpu and we all know they have the r & d budget to do it. You could see a potential console/pc hybrid that might be worth a look if those are the games you are into.

On the other hand it could be terrible for consumers like acquisition like this see IBM buying red hat there are pitfalls and potential. Am glad they are keeping the offices here in the UK as they are driving a lot of jobs in the area thanks to them and Microsoft UK being based about 5 miles away.

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Quoting: Salvatos

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoImagine the next super AAA being six months timed SteamOS/Linux exclusive because, instead of taking the regular 30% cut, Valve takes the 10% of the game price only with that condition... 2 points less than Epic Store, by the way..

That’s just a race to the bottom—who runs out of money first? Valve can afford to keep its current cut because they have the features the users want and the audience the publishers want.

Quoting: Whitewolfe80Hate to say i called it but i called it Aspyr have seemingly given up on linux that much i expected but to give up on mac as well there publisher arm must be doing well if it can let the porting side of business go.

The Mac version is already at parity with the Windows updates as far as I know. Took them a few months, but they updated that port. So it’s not much to say that they don’t plan to update it again.

Case in point Mac has a larger base than linux and by all accounts porting games to mac is still highly profitable. My main point is we are not getting native games again anytime soon the buzz has gone on that. Maybe is steam machines were outselling consoles maybe if valve had actually supported the project with a game that ended in 3 that people have been waiting for it would of been a whole different story. But back to the topic at hand basically if you are on linux and determined to game on linux proton/wine is it forget everything else. Without getting into a full debate yeah i know there are tons of linux native indie games but lets be real here most of them are trash. There are good indie games but there is more drek then gold.

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Hate to say i called it but i called it Aspyr have seemingly given up on linux that much i expected but to give up on mac as well there publisher arm must be doing well if it can let the porting side of business go.

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Quoting: fagnerlnWoah... Motocross Madness! That's (g)old, I played a lot when I was a teenager, it's funny.

What custom build of proton do you recommend? ProtonGE slowed the releases, and I want to try newer versions of wine.

I recommend using lutris and running any version of wine you like on whatever game you want and chances are there is a more recent script to overcome issues.

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