Quoting: metro2033fanboyThere are tons of DRM-free games on STEAM. VALVE games for one!

Valve's own games use Steamworks DRM.

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Quoting: subWho says PS4 will support Vulkan?

So far no one, but it kind of makes sense for Sony. It will give them a way to attract more developers and gain more advantage against MS.

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe problem with their "no reason to ship a DX12 game" argument is that Microsoft has invested tremendous resources in DX12 (and DirectX in general) and won't let it go without a fight,

What kind of fight if DX12 remains MS only? The only edge and argument MS can use are excellent development tools. And hopefully Valve will match them with Glave and such. When tools situation will reach parity, MS won't have anything to offer in DX12.

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Quoting: SirBubblesI know that the Witcher 3 is on the GamingOnLinux's release schedule for November, but is that actually confirmed? I would have thought there'd be a bit more chatter about it if that's the case, but I've seen barely anything.

There is no information about release date. All we know now "it's being developed". It can as well be a long wait.

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Short term - Armikrog (I'm a backer). Long term - Witcher 3 when it will come out.

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Quoting: ShmerlSo will there be an FOSS way to configure the controller? I hope Steam won't be required for it.

From what I undestand, outside of Steam it will simply function as an Xbox 360 controller.

As for it being open source, I remember that was Valve's original design goal, to make it a completely open design (hardware and software), but I haven't heard anything about that for a while.

I've heard it can be configured individually for each game. And it will have firmware which will send different events, i.e. it won't be in the driver, but in the controller itself. So for that to be configurable without Steam, such firmware must be FOSS (or at least documented how to configure it).

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So will there be an FOSS way to configure the controller? I hope Steam won't be required for it.

Quoting: BeamboomWired? Seriously? A WIRED controller in 2015? For a livingroom "console-PC"? You got to be kidding me, and kidding me hard. That cable must go. Please tell me this is a prototype or something.

I like a wired option. Too much radiation isn't needed. And good point about batteries waste others already brought above.

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Alt + Tab problem is usually a symptom of using SDL 1.2.

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Forget about EA. Who cares about them except for the old games they own (like the Neverhood)? As for the rest, EA can get lost. What else is new?

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I'd suggest another point for barriers for adoption (though it's nowhere new). Windows bundling / lack of Linux sold preinstalled.

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