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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by ekianjo on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:25AM (#14818059)
In total number yes, but in percentage of the total market, there's hardly any change, Windows and Mac gamers are also growing segments too.

And the GP comment was right anyway, 90% of the Market is for sure not running Linux for gaming on PC. 1~2% is nice but it's hardly enough to convince large publishers to support Linux.

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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by shmerl on Friday July 21, 2017 @12:35AM (#14818092)
That's about hardware makers, not about publishers.
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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by ekianjo on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:18AM (#14818435)
Hardware makers also care about what gamers use to game. 90%+ gamers on PC use Windows. That's it.
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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by karrotwaltz on Friday July 21, 2017 @04:09AM (#14818887)
To give some numbers, Steam has 96% Windows users.

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by shmerl on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:22AM (#14818449)
Hardware makers unlike publishers compete more directly. So everything counts.
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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by coldtea on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:10AM (#14818646)
Like publishers, hardware makers understand Opportunity Cost, and know where they should concentrate their efforts for maximum payback.
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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by shmerl on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:19AM (#14818677)
That's why AMD actually have a team of developers who are working on FOSS drivers. And Intel as well for the reference.
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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by coldtea on Friday July 21, 2017 @05:47AM (#14819215)
No, because they still make money off the Linux enterprise/HPC/etc.

If you noticed, the main article speaks about how those "teams of developers" DON'T plan to support XWayland.

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Re:“We currently have no plans to support Xwayland” by shmerl on Friday July 21, 2017 @09:57AM (#14820555)
They don't need Mesa for that, their "worsktation" customers are using their closed driver. But if you missed it, unlike Nvidia, AMD have a team which contributes to Mesa directly.
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