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Do you think eventually Windows will drop 32-bit support like Mac OS X did? What will that mean for a lot of those games?

• account42 4y ago
  WoW is already an optional component that is not always installed in server editions.
  • mattl 4y ago
    WoW is the name of the piece that runs 32 bit software? “Windows on Windows”?
    • account42 4y ago
      Yes, well more precisely WoW64 [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64
• squarefoot 4y ago
  Ironically, by then the best Windows 32bit compatibility layer might come from Linux with WINE and other tools using it. https://www.winehq.org/ https://www.winehq.org/ https://lutris.net/ https://lutris.net/ https://www.playonlinux.com/en/ https://www.playonlinux.com/en/
  • mattl 4y ago
    I hope so. The Steam Deck has been pretty nice but I hate leaving Steam and fiddling with Arch Linux and KDE to get non-Steam games working.
    • happymellon 4y ago
      Don't support Epic and other stores that are hostile to Linux.
      • mattl 4y ago
        I don't primarily play games on Linux, I play them on a console so I was trying to use the EA launcher to play some games I have access to elsewhere.
      • davrosthedalek 4y ago
        Are they hostile, or do they just not support it? For example, are they actively making it harder on purpose to run the store with WINE?