Personally, I still think the VR launch at Valve was badly managed.

The Index as impressive as it is in terms of tech. It was (and still is) way overpriced in the current VR market. Let's not forget who is in front of them in that market, Facebook and Oculus has been leading the way with less good tech but way, way, way more convenient and less expensive. If it wasn't for the Quest 2 I would never have gone VR.
Compared to that, the Index impressive tech is loosing ground very fast ... against worst headset. The inconvenience of cable and price is putting it in a loosing ground. I feel like Valve should have eaten the loss and sell it around 500€ a bit like a console manufacturer. And go all out on the software part to make it easier for studios to make and sell VR games on steam. When the Valve sold the HTC Vive on steam, I've seen a good number and even try a couple of them, with the Index I have yet to see one by myself. I really hope the future standalone headset won't go that way in terms of price.

The other mistake was in a way HL:Alyx, the logic behind it is clear, get a flagship game to make people go VR. But with the price of VR in general putting countless people out, and the HL franchise has been gone for so long? The choice feel completely removed from reality. Instead of gathering people around VR it has made them outright despise it. I've met a good number of people who refuse to buy VR headset just because of Alyx (some even refuse to try it). Even if I found the reaction pitiful, I kinda can understand it. They see this as the "useless overpriced gimmick tech" that robed them from an HL game.

So, I'm happy in a way they can play that game by themselves with that kind of initiative. Maybe it will make that kind of people rethink about VR. Same for people who can't afford a VR headset. As for me, I will finally play through the game. I don't know why, but HL:Alyx give me motion sickness all the time. I can't play more than 2 min. Also, the fact you can't assign the controls as you want has been a problem for me, I can't find a control option I like in steam vr they are all awkward for me.

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Quoting: CatKillerSo now all Valve need to do is keep this device highly desirable, and sell enough units that it represents a significant number of users rather than a potentially significant number of potential users.

EZ.

That will be a big problem if Valve keep selling their hardware exclusively on Steam and not in the usual store circuit. Particularly for the Deck, whatever people say it's not just an ultra-mobile gaming computer it's a handheld console. And console sell way better when you can found them everywhere.

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Exclusives are always bad.

We can't make a fuss about interoperability. And things not coming to Linux all the time. And as the same time cheer up when some important project like this one is exclusive to Linux because the devs "don't care". It's the exact same attitude a lot of Windows game-dev are giving us. I truly believe we are better than that.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: TeodosioI would like to see a new game from Valve, released on GNU/Linux only.

Exclusives are bad.

Nah it's "ok" as long as it runs on Cygwin or something like it XD

Like it's "ok" if Windows games run on Wine/Proton.

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I way prefer GamerOS over ChimeraOS at least you know what the target is.
I understand GamerOS is not perfect, but the new one doesn't make any sense at all.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: DerpFoxWell, I just got this thanks to this article.

The game is very bugged on linux, game breaking bugged. Can't even start the first chapter. Tried with proton the game just crash. I don't recommend it right now.

Might be an idea to ask for help then and post your game logs to our Tech Support forum as it worked fine here.

After fiddling I've found what is the problem. I used the color blind option. It makes the game unstable.

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Well, I just got this thanks to this article.

The game is very bugged on linux, game breaking bugged. Can't even start the first chapter. Tried with proton the game just crash. I don't recommend it right now.

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I hope for you guys that will change. Because if they keep going that way people trust into Google won't get better. And I'm afraid Stadia will one day follow the way of the dodo. And I don't want that because I think that's a good service.

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Quoting: EikeThere's even an FAQ on the front page (retranslated):

Couple month ago that FAQ wasn't even there. At least they've changed that. Now the information is there, but you have to get out of your way to find it. It's better but not quite there yet. I can imagine why people who went on Stadia website last year would not want to go back. And keep the idea in their mind that Stadia is a paid service that you have to pay games on top of it.

This kind of miscommunication can easily stain a reputation for a long time. And when you add to that Google reputation of killing projects, you have a nice explosive cocktail.

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Quoting: MohandevirI don't know why this false perception persists? You rent a PS Plus like game catalogue. I'm a Stadia user, you don' need the subscription to use Stadia or to buy games. I don't know why people keep saying this, it's just plain wrong.

That's because of the terrible communication from Stadia.

A couple month ago I was corrected by Liam on that topic. So, I searched why I understood I had to pay to use stadia.
Well, to put things simply in a lot of language Stadia choose a translation from English and a choice of words that will make you think you have to pay to use Stadia. I don't think that an innocent choice. I feel like they are trying to push Stadia Pro. For example, each time I went to Stadia in French I was understanding things as "you have to pay", it's only looking at the English website I discovered the difference in choice of word. In French, they go as far as never mentioning that Stadia is free.

On this article topic well ... the possible failure of Stadia is a self-fulfilling prophecy, unfortunately. Google/Alphabet has killed so many projects over the years that now people have cold feet using their new products. Many people feel like: "Why should I use it if it will be kill in 2 years". That makes few users > less revenue > non-profitable service > terminating the service. Google has put themselves where they are now. No one trust them any more, look at this comment section, it's the perfect example.

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