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Quoting: DuncIt's a bit of an aside, but it occurs to me that this sort of thing is very much a modern phenomenon that's only possible with online distribution. Stellaris is almost a different game to the one that was first released too. And it's even more true of, say, Minecraft. In that case, it's definitely a Good Thing, especially as most of the older versions are still easily available for those who prefer them (right back to the astonishingly basic rd-132211 if you're so inclined). In others, I'm not sure.

Genuinely so; I can see the advantages, but what if most people like the changes but you don't? It's like having a game you enjoy snatched away from you. (To be clear, this isn't a comment on DOTAU itself; I downloaded it since it's free, but I've barely played it.)

Interesting times.

And then you get something like WoW Classic :wink:

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Quoting: KohlyKohlHow does this free promotion work? Will Feral receive anything from this?

I doubt it since no money is changing hands for the keys and the deal will likely of been made with Codemasters but a question to ask feral perhaps

*have been

Why do people like you feel the need to correct other peoples Grammar and/or spelling? To me personally, it's pig-ignorant. English is used across the internet as most people use it so it's easier for everyone. It may not be the first language of the person you are correcting. It could have been auto-translated. I use Grammarly to help me with my blog and it gives OF and HAVE as being fine in the sentence. What you added to this thread (much like this) added nothing. I think there should be a three strikes and you're out approach to comments like yours.

Because I want to help and want others to be correct. It really seems like some people are wrong on purpose when they lash out at people that correct them. What's the harm? It's no insult or anything. It's a correction. Don't you want to get things right?

And what does it matter if it's their first language or not? It's not my first language either and I made (maybe still make) silly mistakes, because I'm still learning. I'm eager to get things right.

And STRIKING somebody for HELPING? Wow. You know, Liam has a function on this side to send in corrections, because he wants his articles to be free of typos. Does he lash out at people for helping him? No. He sends out a "thanks!" more often than not, even though it's completely unnecessary.

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Quoting: KohlyKohlHow does this free promotion work? Will Feral receive anything from this?

I doubt it since no money is changing hands for the keys and the deal will likely of been made with codemasters but a question to ask fereal perhaps

*have been

Thank you Grammar nazi i missed you

Honestly there are better ways to express your displeasure with his unsolicited advice; "Thank you clippy" seems a good deal more on point, and a lot more insulting. ;)

Why insult somebody that helps you? People should know the difference between "of" and "have." They aren't interchangable. Why are people so allergic to that?

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80

Quoting: KohlyKohlHow does this free promotion work? Will Feral receive anything from this?

I doubt it since no money is changing hands for the keys and the deal will likely of been made with codemasters but a question to ask fereal perhaps

*have been

Thank you Grammar nazi i missed you

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80

Quoting: KohlyKohlHow does this free promotion work? Will Feral receive anything from this?

I doubt it since no money is changing hands for the keys and the deal will likely of been made with codemasters but a question to ask fereal perhaps

*have been

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Quoting: kuhpunktI'm afraid Epic will make them an offer they can't refuse.

Nooo... Why are you saying that? Did you read something about it, what make you think that?

Shovel Knight is an amazing game. People will be interested in the new game. That's what Epic is going for.

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I'm afraid Epic will make them an offer they can't refuse.

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Quoting: toojaysI have a Windows 7 partition which I used to boot into every now and then. It's not that all my Windows games work under Proton yet, but I have enough options that booting to Windows isn't worth the trouble. At Easter I switched GPUs from AMD to Nvidia, and I still haven't bothered installing the Nvidia drivers in Windows. Admittedly I will probably get to this next month to take advantage of the free Uplay+ trial to try Asscreed Odyssey.

I do find it interesting to think about the Proton business case. Just throwing some numbers out there. Assume ~100 million Steam users, and maybe 1 million of them use Linux. If Valve spend $3m a year on Proton development, they need to average an additional $10 sales from each Linux user to break even (assuming their 30% cut). This seems plausible to me, but only with a platform the size of Steam.

Developing and supporting an independent implementation of the Windows gaming interfaces in this way seems like a much more efficient use of development effort than each developer maintaining their own ports.

Uh Valve charges way too much, their profit is huge, they're rolling in money, they just wanted a way to combat Microsoft's store. So you don't need to worry or care about whether or not the cut that Valve takes from Linux game sales is enough to pay the devs they have improving Linux and Wine.

Sources that they charge way too much.

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Happy Birthday, Proton!

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