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So can anyone from the Windows Gaming on Linux crowd can answer this:
How the hell something works on X distro why it doesn't work on Y? I did the same thing, installed through Lutris, and installed the dependencies before. Yet both Heroes of the Storm and Magic Arena works perfectly on Ubuntu MATE, and didn't work on Manjaro Linux. I played these games on Manjaro before, but due to various things I had to reinstall it (distrohopping mainly), but I always made sure to do the same thing.
Also: do you think a Steam Proton only game doesn't need the same support as a native Linux game? Why would it be easier? What makes you think that a Proton supported game doesn't drop that support in the future, simple because of how Wine/Proton/whatever development goes?
In fact it happened before with a major title, called iRacing. Yes it's a niche game, but it is the biggest racing title in the past 10 years! It had an official Wine support, until they had problem with it, I think 2 years ago? I even played it about 5 years ago, just to see how it plays on my machine (it was great!).
#gaming #games #Linux #SteamProton #Wine #nativesupport #winesupport #LinuxSupport #WindowsGamingOnLinux -
CW: short rant about Google Stadia
This is an interesting thought about Google's Stadia:
"Please don't forget the advances Stadia brings on the technical side for game developers.
If popular game engines improve their start to have proper Linux support due to Stadia, it will make it a lot easier to port games to Linux, ideally even to a point that there are no extra costs once you have a Stadia port, and minimal costs if no Stadia port is required."
Because of Stadia, we won't have proper Linux support, because it's just another version of Windows gaming on Linux. It's a DRM filled system, that requires you being always online, with monthly subscription and top on that you still have to buy the games you want to play, except it will never be yours, in fact it will never be on your computer. It's a worst version of Steam and Epic Store.
But go ahead, tell me how this will help development of games. What will happen to indie devs?
#Google #Stadia #gaming #cloudgaming #WindowsGamingOnLinux #Linux #GamingSucks #GamingFutureSucks #FuckingHashtagsSucks