Comment on Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

• falseWhite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I was always under the assumption that I cannot run Windows games on Linux, and that in order for games to work on Linux they need to be compiled for Linux and not windows.

  All the pirated games are windows games. I haven’t seen pirated games for Linux specifically.

  So do I understand correctly that I can download pirated games for windows and run them on Linux?

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  • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Using a program like wine, yes. Though it’ll depend to what level is successful.

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    • falseWhite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      And I assume running wine adds overhead and makes games run slower?

      So I can only run pirated games by going through extra hoops and even then the level of success is varying?

      See that’s what’s been preventing me from switching to linux for years and years and it seems this hasn’t changed really :(

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      • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I mean really it’s like one more step and it’s pretty much just as easy as running a game on Windows I mean I don’t know what to tell you other than dual boot install or grab a laptop install or something else so you can just throw an instance on and give it a try you might be surprised

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• Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Malware is a decent reason. You may get the game, but you’ll likely get more along with it.

  Now movies on the other hand…

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