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Do you also own a PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Nintendo Switch? Do you miss the exclusives on them? You'll survive without the handful of games you

Do you also own a PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Nintendo Switch? Do you miss the exclusives on them? You'll survive without the handful of games you have to leave behind.

shawndellysse 9y ago
User: "I don't use product $X because it doesn't support $Y" Dev: I'm gonna be a dick and make false equivalences because I personally am not affected by product $X not supporting $Y User: ...
badsectoracula 9y ago
FWIW there are some games on those systems i'd love to play (Last of Us being an example), but at least i know that they'll eventually be emulated so even if it takes 10, 15 or whatever years i'll play them at some point. But the two major differences between what you are talking about and what others are talking about are that a) we have the hardware, it is totally a software issue and b) we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future. But hopefully as Linux becomes more popular with gaming (and Microsoft is distracted with UWP and the like), Wine will also see improvements that make gaming better. Already since Valve shown up and rattled things, Wine's gaming compatibility seems to have improved a lot compared to previous years.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
  >we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future. A solution for this is to set up dual boot or whatever and use it only for the Windows-only games, until you get bored of them. Then kill Windows and you're free.
  - craftyguy 9y ago
    This is the exact path I took ~15 years ago. Once I realized I didn't care much for the 'exclusively windows' games, I killed my windows partition and haven't looked back since. The exciting twist to this story is that many of those games are now playable on Linux because of Wine!
  - badsectoracula 9y ago
    Yes, this is what i'm usually doing, although i tend to use Windows even for games that are available on Linux since they tend to perform and/or look better. I mainly use Linux for gaming when i'm already doing something on Linux and i don't feel like rebooting.
Sohcahtoa82 9y ago
The only exclusive that I've remotely cared about is Last of Us, and I'm not about to buy a console for 1 single game. And the number of games I'd leave behind in Linux is way more than a simple handful.

Do you also own a PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Nintendo Switch? Do you miss the exclusives on them? You'll survive without the handful of games you have to leave behind.

shawndellysse 9y ago

User: "I don't use product $X because it doesn't support $Y" Dev: I'm gonna be a dick and make false equivalences because I personally am not affected by product $X not supporting $Y User: ...

badsectoracula 9y ago

FWIW there are some games on those systems i'd love to play (Last of Us being an example), but at least i know that they'll eventually be emulated so even if it takes 10, 15 or whatever years i'll play them at some point. But the two major differences between what you are talking about and what others are talking about are that a) we have the hardware, it is totally a software issue and b) we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future. But hopefully as Linux becomes more popular with gaming (and Microsoft is distracted with UWP and the like), Wine will also see improvements that make gaming better. Already since Valve shown up and rattled things, Wine's gaming compatibility seems to have improved a lot compared to previous years.

Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
>we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future. A solution for this is to set up dual boot or whatever and use it only for the Windows-only games, until you get bored of them. Then kill Windows and you're free.
- craftyguy 9y ago
  This is the exact path I took ~15 years ago. Once I realized I didn't care much for the 'exclusively windows' games, I killed my windows partition and haven't looked back since. The exciting twist to this story is that many of those games are now playable on Linux because of Wine!
- badsectoracula 9y ago
  Yes, this is what i'm usually doing, although i tend to use Windows even for games that are available on Linux since they tend to perform and/or look better. I mainly use Linux for gaming when i'm already doing something on Linux and i don't feel like rebooting.

Sohcahtoa82 9y ago

The only exclusive that I've remotely cared about is Last of Us, and I'm not about to buy a console for 1 single game. And the number of games I'd leave behind in Linux is way more than a simple handful.