That's true but I was referring to games that continue to add new features and improvements to their Windows client, but leave the Linux client on an old versio

That's true but I was referring to games that continue to add new features and improvements to their Windows client, but leave the Linux client on an old version, which is a separate issue. With online games this sometimes even means that Linux users will no longer be able to play with Windows users https://www.lustvollerjonas.com/ https://www.lustvollerjonas.com/ . On the other hand Wine probably has better backwards compatibility with old Windows games that Windows does in many cases.