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Windows gaming is way, WAY bigger than Steam!

by baal80spam 2y ago

dagw 2y ago
Is it? A quick search seems to indicate that Steam has 75-80% of the Windows gaming market share.
- diggan 2y ago
  I'm guessing that's based on official and legal purchases, while I'd wager than "Windows gaming" is a whole lot bigger than just the legal stuff. Unclear if parent is referring to "Gaming" as a whole or just including boring capitalism numbers like "marketshare" etc.
  - iib 2y ago
    Older games are usually easier to run on newer versions of linux than windows, in my anecdotal experience. Not sure about cracked AAA titles, I guess that's a bigger part of the "illegal" stuff.
    - diggan 2y ago
      Yeah, that's true. The other week I tried to get Svea Rike II (1998) to run on my desktop. Tried everything with Windows 11 since I thought it would be easier but nope, nothing worked, couldn't even get past the installation. Switching to trying it on Arch with Wine and boom, five minutes later I was up and running.
  - moomin 2y ago
    Hey Gabe, who’s your biggest competitor? Mark Rein? Nah, Peter Sunde.
- paxys 2y ago
  I doubt that. Looking at a random list of most popular PC games, a lot of the top ones aren't on Steam (Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, League of Legends, Valorant, Genshin Impact, Rocket League).
  - lizardking 2y ago
    Steam is the only place I've ever played Rocket League. Did it move off the platform?
    - paxys 2y ago
      Yes, since 2020 when the developer got bought out.
  - arcxi 2y ago
    Minecraft famously runs on anything. Roblox works through Sober. Genshin Impact and Rocket League both run through Proton. The rest have kernel level anticheat, unfortunately.
hamilyon2 2y ago
Proton launches my non-steam games on linux just fine. Flawless experience
diggan 2y ago
"What do you mean personal computers will change the world? Time-sharing is way, WAY bigger than personal computers!"
eigenspace 2y ago
"way WAY bigger" is a major overstatement. But even if that were true, SteamOS can handle lots of other non-steam storefronts. For example, I recently went and played some World of Warcraft for old times sake with some friends on Linux. All I had to do was open Lutris which is available through a Flatpak on the SteamOS discovery tool, and then from Lutris you install the Blizzard Launcher. Opening the Blizzard launcher lets one install and play any of their games.
- varnaud 2y ago
  Steam can install and run the blizzard launcher. Add the blizzard-setup.exe using "add a non-steam game to my library". Set the compatibility mode to Proton. On first run, it will launch the blizzard client installation. The next runs will just open the launcher. I was able to play Overwatch on an AMD ubuntu laptop flawlessly.
  - eigenspace 2y ago
    Ah nice, I hadn't tried this but it makes sense!
qiine 2y ago
for now...
solardev 2y ago
Cite?

Windows gaming is way, WAY bigger than Steam!

dagw 2y ago

Is it? A quick search seems to indicate that Steam has 75-80% of the Windows gaming market share.

diggan 2y ago
I'm guessing that's based on official and legal purchases, while I'd wager than "Windows gaming" is a whole lot bigger than just the legal stuff. Unclear if parent is referring to "Gaming" as a whole or just including boring capitalism numbers like "marketshare" etc.
- iib 2y ago
  Older games are usually easier to run on newer versions of linux than windows, in my anecdotal experience. Not sure about cracked AAA titles, I guess that's a bigger part of the "illegal" stuff.
  - diggan 2y ago
    Yeah, that's true. The other week I tried to get Svea Rike II (1998) to run on my desktop. Tried everything with Windows 11 since I thought it would be easier but nope, nothing worked, couldn't even get past the installation. Switching to trying it on Arch with Wine and boom, five minutes later I was up and running.
- moomin 2y ago
  Hey Gabe, who’s your biggest competitor? Mark Rein? Nah, Peter Sunde.
paxys 2y ago
I doubt that. Looking at a random list of most popular PC games, a lot of the top ones aren't on Steam (Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox, League of Legends, Valorant, Genshin Impact, Rocket League).
- lizardking 2y ago
  Steam is the only place I've ever played Rocket League. Did it move off the platform?
  - paxys 2y ago
    Yes, since 2020 when the developer got bought out.
- arcxi 2y ago
  Minecraft famously runs on anything. Roblox works through Sober. Genshin Impact and Rocket League both run through Proton. The rest have kernel level anticheat, unfortunately.

hamilyon2 2y ago

Proton launches my non-steam games on linux just fine. Flawless experience

diggan 2y ago

"What do you mean personal computers will change the world? Time-sharing is way, WAY bigger than personal computers!"

eigenspace 2y ago

"way WAY bigger" is a major overstatement. But even if that were true, SteamOS can handle lots of other non-steam storefronts. For example, I recently went and played some World of Warcraft for old times sake with some friends on Linux. All I had to do was open Lutris which is available through a Flatpak on the SteamOS discovery tool, and then from Lutris you install the Blizzard Launcher. Opening the Blizzard launcher lets one install and play any of their games.

varnaud 2y ago
Steam can install and run the blizzard launcher. Add the blizzard-setup.exe using "add a non-steam game to my library". Set the compatibility mode to Proton. On first run, it will launch the blizzard client installation. The next runs will just open the launcher. I was able to play Overwatch on an AMD ubuntu laptop flawlessly.
- eigenspace 2y ago
  Ah nice, I hadn't tried this but it makes sense!

qiine 2y ago

for now...

solardev 2y ago

Cite?