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With the rise of steamOS gaming I would be surprised if things don’t change in the future.
by NotACop182 3y ago
With the rise of steamOS gaming I would be surprised if things don’t change in the future.
- smoldesu 3y agoEh, things didn't change when Valve ported their games and client to Linux and native SDL2. The Steam Machines didn't really encourage anyone to write Linux-native titles, and the Steam Deck runs Windows games like-native. Developers are not going to want to develop, debug, playtest and support a whole other operating system unless they have to. Unless you're already dealing with an ARM native port of your game (like Factorio or No Man's Sky), porting to Apple Silicon isn't immediately attractive.
- gs17 3y agoDo they have stats on how much of that rise is running through Proton? I've even had games run better with it than their native Linux builds.
- dagmx 3y agoOn the other hand, steamOS proves that you don’t need to target Linux to have a good experience. So why would developers bother?