• @iopq
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    221 month ago

    Unless your game bans you from playing because you’re on Linux, then market share matters a ton

    • @sheogorath
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      01 month ago

      I want to move to Linux but the value proposition for game pass is too damn good, I haven’t bought games the last 3 years because the last 5 games that I bought all got into game pass. It’s like they have this one executive that has the same taste as me.

      I’ll stick with windows for gaming (sadly) until my financial situation improves ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

      • @theangryseal
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        21 month ago

        My daughter uses game pass on Linux. I think she streams it though.

    • Possibly linux
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      -41 month ago

      Gaming has nothing to do with Linux. I wish that we could just move on from that. It isn’t the fault of Linux or anyone in the community that some companies choose to ban from you to running there software. Market share is unlikely to cause major changes.

      • @iopq
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        31 month ago

        If it was 50% market share, nobody would ignore Linux

        • Possibly linux
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          11 month ago

          I don’t think that’s ever going to happen.

          But even if it did, do you seriously think legacy companies would want to support it? Linux encourages knowledge, tinkering and vendor independence which is not what these companies want. They want a locked down platform that keeps the companies safe.

          • @iopq
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            21 month ago

            Valve wants a platform that they don’t need to pay fees on

            • Possibly linux
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              11 month ago

              Honestly that’s a valid reason. However, a lot of companies don’t like Linux for one reason or another.

      • Ketata Mohamed
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        11 month ago

        @possiblylinux127 @iopq
        in reality, gaming on Linux became since a long time way better than on winlol, and Mesa & CodeWeavers are actively working to make it better every day, the problem comes from developers, mainly kernel-level anticheat, according to members on the fediverse or one of the communities I follow on fb, it all comes down to a simple checkbox if you want the game to allow running on Linux or nay, so the blame falls down to stupid devs not the OS