Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I swapped on win10 death day and haven’t looked back. Everything I’ve played so far not only runs, but runs phenomenally.

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• favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The biggest impediment at this point is anti-cheat. Can’t play many AAA games because of that.

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  • Rookeh@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Personally any game that requires a rootkit in order to play is not a game I’m interested in, from either a gameplay or a security point of view.

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    • iloveDigit@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t know from a gameplay point of view because it’s not worth finding out. There are plenty of good games

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  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is there any data what percent of steam users are playing multiplayer games with anti cheat? Just curious.

    I ditched windows over a year ago and couldn’t be happier. I dont play multiplayer games, apart from the occasional co-op, but there are no issues whatsoever.

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• sidebro@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s only gonna keep going upwards as long as new hardware like the Steam Deck comes along, I wager. I am for sure going to buy the next Steam Controller when it hits, but then again, I already am a 100% Linux gamer.

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• Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As encouraging as that is, I suspect it’ll drop a it as the Deck becomes obsolete and while SteamOS or Bazite don’t come pre installed with more machines. Microsoft has lots of money to burn to prevent Linux gaming from happening

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Me getting a deck was the catalyst for me, and later three other people I know switching on our main rigs. They saw it worked for me, and that was all they needed.

    Also the deck is kind of evergreen. The games that run on it aren’t going to stop running on it. The same way people still play games on GBA or PSP, I don’t see it becoming “obselete” the way laptops or phones do.

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    • BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same for me and everyone I know.

      It’s borne out in the stats too, SteamOS is only 27% of linux use on steam. Mint increased in proportion this month as well. People are increasingly using it on desktops and laptops.

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  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Valve and Lenovo released a SteamOS machine not long ago, and it showed marked improvement in performance over windows. Then people have been installing bazzite on the Rog Ally and reporting 30% fps gains on identical hardware over the “xbox optimized” W11. Microsoft might have money but I’m not convinced they have the competency to compete. They’re trending towards digging their own grave in the portable market.

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  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nah, I know one person who has been asking me about my steam deck because they think it would be perfect to buy for games they play (older titles or indie games like stardew), and I know another person that just switched from windoes 10 to linux on their main PC because they have used a steam deck.

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      While I love my Steam Deck, I always give the caveat that it’s best for 2D-rendered games. While it can run 3D games, it doesn’t do it particularly well and has terrible battery life while doing so. Meanwhile every 2D game gets great performance and 3-4 hours of battery even on the oldest Steam Decks, and that’s not going to change anytime soon

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• altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think that gamers can sacrifice a bunch of fps if it comes to that, but they should know why, and they should have an otherwise working game. If everything gets to work on a SteamDeck, that would be a huge booster in confidence. This one platform is a flagship of linux gaming not because it’s better, but because it’s a frame of reference we can use on other setups and distros.

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  • Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some games get better FPS since Linux runs with much less overhead. Mileage may vary, but a few games I play run better so far.

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This doesn’t even include October right? I suspect we will see a non-zero spike there too

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