Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoAs I said before: This work justify the 30% cut.
We will never see a feature like this from EPIC, Ubisoft or EA.

No true you wont because they see little value in supporting the realtively small market that linux makes up i would include mac but EA have a client for mac. It justifies it to us the end users but clearly developers are not seeing the same value prospect hence the many takers of epics cash and 12 percent revenue split.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80... I know people love to white knight them but no the track record of cancelling projects and features that they have invested heavily in the past when the demand was not as expected. I hope am just being negative and valve never turn off the money tap. However it must be working as they keep paying for development mmm I wonder if we could get hold of the steam play sales for the top ten steam games (excluding battle eye games)

I am not sure what kind of track record you are talking about, that kind of behavior is typical to Google... I am not aware of project that would eat lot of money and got canned (except rushed Steam machines, but that probably didnt cost that much).

But to be honest, I don't think they can stop supporting Linux at this point... Linux as gaming platform is the "future", because of the same reason as it is on servers and in other cases. Sure, it might not always be direct support, like Google Stadia is basically walling off the user from it. But that's where Valve will beat Stadia, because you still have to buy games on Stadia, so yet another library and one that you cant even play locally. Steam offers local play and once streaming service goes live you will be able to stream (almost?) any game from your massive library... no need to port thanks to Steam Play or already native games. If they offer some basic streaming for free like Stadia (fee taken from the 30% cut) then it's no brainer. So no, they really can't stop supporting Linux as it is their competetive edge and future-proofing.

Well its clearly not just me as Valve felt the need to come out and publically state they are fully committed to linux, I have worked at enough large companies for that statement to worry me. If everything was fine you wouldnt need to keep saying something it would be a given yeah why wouldnt it be. Same sort of feeling a soccer manager gets when the chairman gives you the full confidence line in the press. Like I said maybe its just me be cynical but not sure i have have the same rosey picture as most, I hope am wrong.

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Quoting: BeamboomI'm slowly gliding over to the conclusion that Steam Play probably is the solution for gaming on Linux.

Don't get me wrong, I will always be eager to support native binaries, but let's face it: The companies/individuals who work on porting to Linux are way too few and the interest at the game developers too low.

I would tend to agree native games would of been preferable however steam play comes with no cost to the end user or more importantly from a developer point of view zero overhead cost we are back to relying on valve and i have to be honest i kind of hate that. I know people love to white knight them but no the track record of cancelling projects and features that they have invested heavily in the past when the demand was not as expected. I hope am just being negative and valve never turn off the money tap. However it must be working as they keep paying for development mmm I wonder if we could get hold of the steam play sales for the top ten steam games (excluding battle eye games)

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Its going to be debian because its basically ubuntu with some tweaks some major i grant you

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Yeah sorry once burned never again put out a linux build with the windows demo that has parity or close to parity performance then i ll think about it but until there is something tangable i can get my hands on under linux its just more pie in the sky.

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Quoting: [email protected]Anybody know why humble don't have the American Truck Simulator Special Transport DLC?

possibly because its the latest dlc no idea not an avid fan of truck simulators but check steam if staem are not offering it on linux then thats your answer.

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Also currently Chrono gg is offering Strafe ME edition for 3.50 dollars (24 hours only)

https://www.chrono.gg/ [External Link]

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Mmm problem seems to be that kickstarting games are being used to push an indie studio into the light enough for a big publisher to sweep them up couple of examples Double Fine & Obsidian indie darling praised for indie and kick starter games done right both now under the microsoft banner. I get it they have stablilty and resources provided they keep the games coming however they now have to answer to microsoft which use focus groups to decide what features go and stay in a game and sadly they always seem to ask the same four teenagers that want more multiplayer and less story. Kickstarter in itself is good for games that otherwise would never see the light of day however in case of pheonix point they got a publisher financial backing and then and they cancelled the linux version about two weeks later.

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Quoting: sbolokanovI have one and only question: But does Witcher 3 get performance like on Windows?

Well i mean can you run it smoothly on windows if the answer is yes it will be perfectly playable under proton linux if ran like crap on windows on your system then no you wont have a good experience.

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Quoting: kompressorI think Stadia will fail to make a meaningful impact.

Being whitelisted is on our list.

I have to agree personally the pricing and advantages of each model/tier seem very left field. I have visions of onlive all over again impressive tech however the broadband penetration just isnt there yet until everybody can get fibre even in the middle of nowhere this going to be a toy for tech enthusits just like vr and 3d tvs. Personally a game dev willing and open to linux is a good thing. I totally understand the benefits of steamplay for a dev no outlay no support costs i get that I would ideally like everything to be native but i am also a realist and know where the market share lies but if it was proton or nothing i would go with proton.

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