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The Steam Hardware Survey for October 2018 shows a small drop for Linux, a look at daily and monthly active users
2 Nov 2018 at 2:04 pm UTC
2 Nov 2018 at 2:04 pm UTC
Sorry to say that, but Valve surveys are not reliable. If they do not know how to count/interpret surveys - perhaps they should outsource it to someone more reliable like steamdb.info.
But some data are sure without surveys - Linux gaming market is very small (almost no AAA new native titles plus abandon Linux port by many Indie developers means that even this virtual 648000 monthly Linux users it is not worth native port).
Linux native games even with Steam Proton is simply not enough to convince "average Windows/Mac user" to learn how to install Linux on his/her computer. Without some "big company" involved (Dell Steam Machines 2?) - I do not think that situation will change...
But some data are sure without surveys - Linux gaming market is very small (almost no AAA new native titles plus abandon Linux port by many Indie developers means that even this virtual 648000 monthly Linux users it is not worth native port).
Linux native games even with Steam Proton is simply not enough to convince "average Windows/Mac user" to learn how to install Linux on his/her computer. Without some "big company" involved (Dell Steam Machines 2?) - I do not think that situation will change...
DXVK 0.81 is out with better performance for 32bit builds, minor CPU overhead reduction and more
6 Oct 2018 at 6:24 pm UTC
6 Oct 2018 at 6:24 pm UTC
Quoting: RoadapathyI installed the latest and greatest. Now Steam Play runs Windows games in Linux better than they run in Windows. I know that seems crazy but I noticed it in No Man's Sky. The stary scene at the beginning use to stutter and now it doesn't. The game itself seems to run more smoothly.True, No Man's Sky is working good, but in fact it is OpenGL game...
What even more developers think of Valve's Steam Play
24 Sep 2018 at 12:22 pm UTC Likes: 3
24 Sep 2018 at 12:22 pm UTC Likes: 3
About Marc video: yes, nice Linux native gaming advertisement. I know that in adverts everything need to be pretty, working great, big "native" numbers, etc.
But reality is more brutal. Easily could be prepared quite opposite video with very sad information: Linux native support very often it is illusion. Linux native ports often are abandoned (Ticket to Ride), with start issues (War Thunder) or even cannot be finished (even in Valve game: Half-Life Opposing Force - end map is not loading after kill main boss).
But reality is more brutal. Easily could be prepared quite opposite video with very sad information: Linux native support very often it is illusion. Linux native ports often are abandoned (Ticket to Ride), with start issues (War Thunder) or even cannot be finished (even in Valve game: Half-Life Opposing Force - end map is not loading after kill main boss).
One of the fine folks in the Intel Mesa driver team has written up a post on their work improving games in DXVK
19 Sep 2018 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 5
19 Sep 2018 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 5
Sorry for my ignorance - I'm not developer but something went very wrong with game development and/or graphics SDK development (I mean everyone: OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan) and/or GPU drivers development.
Every new AAA game means NEW nVidia/AMD driver with special workarounds for this particular game. Why?! In theory it shouldn't be needed! It is normal for every AAA premiere on Windows side. It looks like similar workarounds now are needed for Linux drivers - even when it is started via wine/proton...
Probably the same situation is on console side - every "big" title require download/install new console firmware (so in fact - new system probably with dedicated workarounds)...
Every new AAA game means NEW nVidia/AMD driver with special workarounds for this particular game. Why?! In theory it shouldn't be needed! It is normal for every AAA premiere on Windows side. It looks like similar workarounds now are needed for Linux drivers - even when it is started via wine/proton...
Probably the same situation is on console side - every "big" title require download/install new console firmware (so in fact - new system probably with dedicated workarounds)...
For those on NVIDIA, the 396.54.05 driver seems to have some noteworthy performance improvements
16 Sep 2018 at 11:21 am UTC
16 Sep 2018 at 11:21 am UTC
DOOM is not using DXVK because it is Vulkan native game (as option, by default it is using OpenGL), so probably in this case there is no improvement at all.
Valve officially confirm a new version of 'Steam Play' which includes a modified version of Wine
22 Aug 2018 at 1:03 pm UTC
My previous comment is about Steam hardware survey that has been collected from win32 Steam started via wine on Linux. In the past it was not clearly indicated how Valve is treating wine surveys (or at least I did not find Valve official statement about surveys from wine).
22 Aug 2018 at 1:03 pm UTC
Quoting: johndoeYes, I know but you talking about developer Steam account statistics. Starting from yesterday - for example Bethesda - will exactly know how many Linux gamers bought Doom.Quoting: dannielloSo it depends how Valve was processed it... Add to Windows? Or Linux? Or "Other"? Or reject completely as "false data"?As Liam already communicated with Valve - IT WILL COUNT AS LINUX PURCHASE.
My previous comment is about Steam hardware survey that has been collected from win32 Steam started via wine on Linux. In the past it was not clearly indicated how Valve is treating wine surveys (or at least I did not find Valve official statement about surveys from wine).
Valve officially confirm a new version of 'Steam Play' which includes a modified version of Wine
22 Aug 2018 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 2
For example data collected by Valve from the last my survey:
Manufacturer: The Wine Project
Model: Wine
Operating system: Windows 7 (64-bit)
Wine version: wine-3.11 (Staging)
So it depends how Valve was processed it... Add to Windows? Or Linux? Or "Other"? Or reject completely as "false data"?
If they were adding it to Linux (like they should) - then Linux percentage probably will increase but probably not much. If they rejected such data in the past - perhaps Linux will gain quite big increase in statistics - perhaps even more than 1% usage! ;)
To be realistic: 10% Linux market share is not possible even if Proton will excellent support all Windows Steam games. "Average PC gamer" is not technically advanced enough to install Linux. And what for? To play games that already are working on Windows?
Unless... Valve will back to SteamMachine initiative. Steam PC that is easy to use as console could attract "average gamers" easily - console ones especially.
22 Aug 2018 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: johndoeI'm really excited what the next steam hardware survey will tell!?No idea how Steam hardware survey reports are processed by Valve but survey raw data has couple places that clearly indicates that Steam has been started via wine.
For example data collected by Valve from the last my survey:
Manufacturer: The Wine Project
Model: Wine
Operating system: Windows 7 (64-bit)
Wine version: wine-3.11 (Staging)
So it depends how Valve was processed it... Add to Windows? Or Linux? Or "Other"? Or reject completely as "false data"?
If they were adding it to Linux (like they should) - then Linux percentage probably will increase but probably not much. If they rejected such data in the past - perhaps Linux will gain quite big increase in statistics - perhaps even more than 1% usage! ;)
To be realistic: 10% Linux market share is not possible even if Proton will excellent support all Windows Steam games. "Average PC gamer" is not technically advanced enough to install Linux. And what for? To play games that already are working on Windows?
Unless... Valve will back to SteamMachine initiative. Steam PC that is easy to use as console could attract "average gamers" easily - console ones especially.
Humble Store and GOG have an interesting selection of sales this week for Linux fans
24 Jul 2018 at 12:30 pm UTC Likes: 1
Probably Amiga emulation it is legal nightmare, so they decided for MS-DOS edition. Anyway they should warn gamers in description that this edition has terrible sound comparing with Amiga original version... At least they could add extra Amiga version disk files without emulator - I think it should be OK from legal perspective...
24 Jul 2018 at 12:30 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: scaineI had no idea that Cannon Fodder and its follow up had launched on Linux. Those were awesome games back in the day. I might buy Cannon Fodder just for the theme tune alone!Unfortunately Cannon Fodder on GOG it is DOS edition - especially sound is terrible.
Probably Amiga emulation it is legal nightmare, so they decided for MS-DOS edition. Anyway they should warn gamers in description that this edition has terrible sound comparing with Amiga original version... At least they could add extra Amiga version disk files without emulator - I think it should be OK from legal perspective...
A fresh Steam Beta Client finally fixes Unreal Engine screenshots on Linux
26 Apr 2018 at 12:13 pm UTC
26 Apr 2018 at 12:13 pm UTC
Screenshots perhaps are more recognisable because it is concerning almost all Steam users, but in my opinion much worse is that "In-Home Streaming" was not working for UE4 games for years. Not only for frozen/abandoned Steam Hardware with SteamOS, but also for still officially supported Steam Link. Nice, so these users are waiting more than 3 years to start streaming UE4 games...
The Linux 2017 GOTY Awards are now open for nominations
3 Jan 2018 at 8:35 pm UTC
3 Jan 2018 at 8:35 pm UTC
EVERSPACE is nominated? Hmmm... Officially EVERSPACE is not available on Linux (according to Steam/GOG websites). It means that it could be abandoned. On the other hand - Ticket to Ride in theory has Linux version (according to Steam website), but in fact it is obsolete - developer has abandoned Linux version some time ago...