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What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021
19 Jan 2021 at 8:15 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: GuestHas Valve actually been helping Linux gaming though, or has it helped mainly themselves and Microsoft?

Remember when we got big titles such as Metro Last Light, Bioshock Infinite, and Mad Max? Where are those titles now days? Even Serious Sam 4 from the developer who brought us the first Steam game for Linux, Serious Sam 3, has been canned for Linux with them saying there are no plans for Linux at this time.

Helping to get Windows games running on Linux has only made more developers choose Windows. While I'd never pay a developer for a Windows game, especially one that comes with zero support for and testing on Linux, what else could be the cause of games coming to Linux declining? The continuing monopolization of developers (like Valve) by Microsoft? A decline in gaming overall? You would think a pandemic is the perfect time to play more games if ever there was a time.
No, what makes developers ditch Linux is that there is no money in it. Simple as that.

I would love a world where Linux native is first class (especially since publishers are already spending money on Stadia) but before we can have that, the size of the market must be bigger first. And it will not get bigger if users cannot play their 15 year old Steam libraries on Linux if they switch over.
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17 Jan 2021 at 2:07 pm UTC
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What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021
16 Jan 2021 at 2:57 pm UTC Likes: 15
Steam Machines didn't work
They *could* have worked, and no reason why they could not now. But at the time, Proton was not a thing, you could not play your Windows games on SteamOS. There was no hardware subsidies in place, so most of the units were way too expensive for what they offered, and in general I thiuk it was marketed poorly.
Valve's review of 2020 shows off pretty big numbers - 120 million monthly active users
14 Jan 2021 at 8:33 am UTC Likes: 3
Would be interesting to see if the Chromebooks thing will have an impact. Even if it's significant, I still doubt it will encourage publishers to make more Linux native stuff. However, it might get them to at least make their games slightly more proton-friendly.
NVIDIA reveal the GeForce RTX 3060, plus lots of GeForce RTX laptops
12 Jan 2021 at 8:19 pm UTC
I am so confused. I have an RTX 3060ti by which I assumed the 3060 already existed. Guess I know nothing.
Looks like we may see Steam properly on Chrome OS by the end of 2021
11 Jan 2021 at 3:45 pm UTC Likes: 2
Well, this at least is one good explanation of why Valve is investing so much in Linux gaming.
Them's Fightin' Herds for Linux now planned for the 2.0 update and the port is 'done'
6 Jan 2021 at 10:37 am UTC Likes: 2
Geeze guys, get a moove on.
Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor delisted for Linux and macOS on Steam
5 Jan 2021 at 12:44 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: sbolokanovAnd unless the publishers keep track for who play via Proton, one is possibly counted as yet another Windows user.
You'll be happy to know that the data available to the publisher from Steam does in fact keep track of how many people are playing on Linux via Proton.
Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor delisted for Linux and macOS on Steam
5 Jan 2021 at 6:59 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: MohandevirThis piece got me thinking... Why is Valve still supporting Linux, at this point, if it all comes to this?
Well, there's good reason to think that Microsoft will slowly be phasing out the "PC" as it is in its current form by turning Windows into a thin client, moving to cloud based software mostly, with gaming being provided by streaming. It's easy to laugh at Stadia, but that too is a real threat to PC gaming in its current form. Desktop PC as it is today will then basically mean not running Windows.

Valve's goal for the contractors working on Proton is to make every single game work on Linux. So yeah, they can either do another round of Steam Machines then, to make sure their catalogue continues to have a place to live.

Or wouldn't it be hilarious if Valve signed a licensing deal with Sony to make the PS6 effectively a Playstation branded Steam Machine?
Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor delisted for Linux and macOS on Steam
4 Jan 2021 at 6:07 pm UTC
Quoting: EagleDeltaI don't think anyone posted this yet, but both games are based on movie properties rather than being standalone IPs
Totally not related. This is entirely just Feral's license to the ports that have expired.