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I feel like Proton is Valve's bid to free themselves of their dependency on Windows, so I like to think #1 will change in time as the publishers come around to
by na85 7y ago
I feel like Proton is Valve's bid to free themselves of their dependency on Windows, so I like to think #1 will change in time as the publishers come around to the idea that Windows is slowly but surely losing its position as the only viable gaming platform.
- wyldfire 7y agoI think SteamOS and/or Steam-Machines were that bid. Both seem to have been deprioritized and now Proton is a fallback. I'm sad to say that Windows will likely stay this way for the foreseeable future. The additional test/QA work required in order to make additional platforms (linux, macOS, etc) have to have a business case associated with them. You could imagine the developers writing the game on linux, building and debugging/running locally on linux, but testing and shipping on windows. So even if the games work well on linux, they won't necessarily get a release. The only thing that might change this balance would be if somehow PC-style games would target Android, or if Android would somehow become some kind of desktop OS. Both seem infeasible to me now but something could change.