When you go far enough back less games work on windows then Linux just because you need emulation and compatibility software anyways for both of them.
And they tend to be better support on Linux.
Which is always a fun time.
hopesdead@startrek.website 1 day ago
Okay, but how far back does this go? It can’t really be that all games in existence that ran on Windows is being counted. Is it?
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
fin@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
…Wine Is Not an Emulator
paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 hours ago
First paragraph indicates that it’s pulling from ProtonDB’s list of games:
However, the most recent stats from ProtonDB (via Boiling Steam) highlight that we are edging towards a magnificent milestone. The latest distilled data shows that almost 90% of Windows games now run on Linux.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
You completely glossed over the question he was asking.
90% of Windows games…but, from how far back? Are we talking 1988 with Windows 1.0? Are we talking 1995 onwards with Windows 95? Are we talking modern Windows with Windows 10 onwards? Are we strictly talking Windows 11?
There are a lot of logical jumping off points for where you can start measuring, each with a logical arguement with why you start there, but also with multiple logical arguements for why thats a bad idea.
RustySharp@programming.dev 21 hours ago
There’s a missing implied knowledge they forgot to mention: ProtonDB tracks games on Steam. So it’s 90% of windows games available on Steam (without a native Linux build)
addie@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
Strangely, the search page for ProtonDB shows the ‘proton rating’ for games which have a ‘native but abandoned / broken’ native Linux build, whereas the actual page for the game just shows ‘native’ and I can’t see the button to show the rest of the information. I’m sure it used to be there; they’ve started hiding a lot of stuff in favour of making the ‘steam deck’ results more prominent. But in some cases, ‘proton rating even with a native Linux build’ is quite important.
eg. Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising.
- search page shows 'gold’
- actual page says ‘native’, but ‘loads of rendering issues, really slow, broken on multi-monitor setup, use proton instead’.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered:
- search page says 'platinum’
- actual page says ‘native’, but ‘frequent deadlocking issues makes game unplayable, use proton instead’.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The chart is based on ProtonDB, which covers all Steam games.