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I think Microsoft will not sit idly and let valve make money thanks to an emulation tool. I hope they will let it go, but if they see an opportunity to sue, th
by jokoon 5y ago
I think Microsoft will not sit idly and let valve make money thanks to an emulation tool.
I hope they will let it go, but if they see an opportunity to sue, they will.
Not to mention that they could change a few things in their toolchain or direct x to make proton's like difficult...
- vyrotek 5y agoI'm planning to install Windows. It seems like you don't really lose anything doing so. If Linux can catch up someday, great! Until then, I just want a device that works.
- SixDouble5321 5y agoCongrats on being part of the problem. It does Just Work for the majority of cases.
- beepbooptheory 5y agoAw geez I didn't even realize that was a concern! Really thought proton was an above board implementation. That would definitely be disappointing.
- BaseballPhysics 5y ago> Really thought proton was an above board implementation. It is. This is just fear mongering. I can't think of a good reason why Microsoft would want to get in the way, here. Maybe if Windows was a major revenue stream for them, but they make most of that money through OEM licensing and the Deck is very unlikely to cut very deeply into gaming laptop or PC sales. Beyond that, maybe Microsoft might view the Deck as a competitor to XBox itself, but the Deck is just such a niche product targeting different audience/use case that I don't see why they'd do anything anti-competitive to get in the way. It simply isn't worth the trouble. Frankly, this just smells of anti-Microsoft sentiment that dates back to the 90s and early 2000s. But Microsoft is a very different company today. Besides, in the absolute worst case (which I truly don't believe would ever happen), Valve could just start shipping Windows on these things.
- stuu99 5y ago
- johnny22 5y agoWhy do you think it's not "above board"? Nothing there says anything about it not being above board at least in a general sense.
- leodriesch 5y agoI don’t think Proton is Valves endgame for Linux gaming. It is necessary to kick off SteamOS, but in I’d guess they are betting on capturing market share with their devices and OS, so that developers will put in the time to do Linux ports. Proton is always a catch-up game and can’t seem to be the end-all solution.
- ThatPlayer 5y agoDo they care about Linux ports when Proton works just as well if not better? And plenty of Linux ports of games don't work on modern Linux anymore because of dependencies. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30490570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30490570 from just this week.
- husam212 5y agoIf Valve managed to acquire a good marker share, developers will care about having something that works in Valve's SteamOS, Microsoft will push developers to native ports if they tried to degrade Proton ports, so I think they'll prefer to keep their control over DirecX.
- 999900000999 5y agoIt's more like GamePass won't run on Steam Deck. That alone makes Steam Deck a non starter for me. Microsoft doesn't care about a tiny niche.