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[–] topperharlie@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I know we happen to be a minority, but given how much valve has done for linux gaming, I'm happy to vote and support them with my wallet.

For reference, before they started giving a good linux experience I didn't buy games for more than 15 years, so is not like the game developers were going to get 100% of the money I'm paying for games now, the choice is to get 70% or nothing because I wouldn't play their games. Not only that, if the proton compatibility layer fails, I'm very confident that steam's refund policy has my back, again, without this policy I wouldn't buy games.

Remember, not everyone is you, and not everyone plays games the way you do.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

I recently moved my main desktop to Linux (everything else has been for a long time), and - aside from some problems with Wayland (due to NVidia) - everything has just worked. Every game I've played has been working flawlessly. They've been doing an amazing job with Proton.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

This is me too. I'd moved away from PC gaming completely when I dropped Windows from my PCs back during the XP era. The Steam Deck has brought me back though. I really like the experience, and I get a kickass Linux handheld PC for a great price.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I've stayed with Windows just because of that, but I can't think of any games I regularly play that haven't worked on my steam deck.