Happy Birthday! I remember several sears ago, when I was searching for Linux (gaming) news and infos, way before Valve started to support Linux, and found GoL. Since then this site is my daily driver. And it will be for the forseeable future ^_^

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From what I've heard recently, Stadia might really bring us an indirect advantage here. Devs have to learn how to develop for Linux if they want to be on Stadia. And as I guess google is not going for big deals with exclusives (at least not promising as many sold copies as Epic does atm), they want to be on as many stores as they can. Especially Steam. And as Steam can distribute (native) Linux versions, why miss out the sales if you have it for Linux already?

So more devs have to go through the "uh-ah", which will increase the Linux experience among developers, thus making it cheaper in general as it can be done faster etc.

Well, I don't know where Microsoft Games Studios want to go. But as they're bringing e.g. the Halo Master Chief collection on Steam, they also just want to have as many customers as they can. And if Paradox can stay independent, they might have the freedom to choose to publish on Stadia and thus on Steam with a Linux version as well. Maaaaybeee...

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Quoting: smantz0rZI talk to a lot of other developers who say "How are you getting hundreds of wishlists on Linux?" and I say "you're not?" and they say "no!" -- "Well, are you building for Linux?" "...no" - "Maybe that's why you're not getting the engagement then."

Seems obvious, doesn't it? :D

But that's pretty cool to read, so those devs you talked to seem to have some interest in our favorite platform. Nevertheless, I've heard from other devs, that their sales are more like what the e.g. steam hardware survey shows. There are exceptions of course, like Helium Rain, who shared some numbers and wrote to have 10% Linux sales. Which is awesome!

I guess it depends on the game, for small studios a Linux version is often worth the effort, for those huge studios maybe not, at least not percentage-wise. Maybe with Stadia it might change a bit, as studios have to develop for Linux. And if it's not a Stadia exclusive, why not also get the Linux sales on e.g. Steam (fingers crossed for Destiny 2 :))

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Happy to have backed this one ;) And even more happy that the Linux version was not a hassle to do, sounds more like the opposite. Hopefully Eagre Games will include Linux in their next title as well!

edit:
I'm wondering though:

It seems stupid to have a storefront that supports Mac but doesn’t support a platform 5x the market of Mac.

Where does this impression come from? From all statistics I've seen, Linux is never 5x the market of Mac.

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go team Hare!

But looks like team Corgi is way ahead...

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On the one hand I'm sad that it doesn't work already with Proton due to EAC.
On the other hand, yep, I'll wait for the native version!

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Quoting: kuhpunktBeat Saber is amazing

Can't find the source right now, but someone wrote:

Beat Saber wasn't created for VR, VR was created for Beat Saber!

Somewhat true though :D

edit: ah, found it here [External Link]. Slightly different, but same meaning.

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Quoting: kuhpunkt

Quoting: CorbenMost PC VR HMDs can adjust the distance of the lenses to match your eye distance, at least I'm not aware of any that can't do it.

The Rift S at least doesn't have a physical slider

Ah okay. But they have a software solution to adjust the distance?

Quoting: liamdaweTo be clear, I've not owned any VR headset, so it's all new to me ;)

Yeah, I know, that's why I thought it might be helpful to explain what that stuff is needed for, or what might happen if you don't have that adjustment.

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Interestingly, I wasn't actually aware until this post that you could tweak the HMD's lenses distance to your eyes

That's a necessity though, otherwise the image would be blurry for you. Most PC VR HMDs can adjust the distance of the lenses to match your eye distance, at least I'm not aware of any that can't do it.

Unfortunately I missed that first badge, but I guess I'll get one on the next round. I'm especially interested in the Index controllers (fka Knuckles). Those might be the best controllers for Beat Saber :D

I just hope my hardware I use for the mixed reality VR stuff can still cope with the higher resolution of the Index etc. But nevertheless, I'm very interested in getting an Index.

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Quoting: hardpenguin

Quoting: liamdaweSteam Remote Play is one of the biggest changes (previously in-home streaming), now it's "experimentally" available outside the home too with the renaming. You should now be able to stream games from one Steam client to another, wherever they are.

It works pretty well with a rented Windows cloud computer (Shadow [External Link]:

https://twitter.com/hardpenguin13/status/1139482326562422790 [External Link]

How is Steam Remote Play performing compared to the Shadow streaming? It's kinda funny though to use one streaming service to test another :D

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