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Re:Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches to enable complete... by phkahler on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:33PM (#24496617)
>> > What is the point of bringing native DX12 to linux if not that?

>> Oh, easy: it’s so games written for DX12 on Windows—that are currently run on Linux using Wine

And why does Microsoft give two shits about that?

Re:Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches to enable complete... by derefr on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:44AM (#24505223)
I said above: because Microsoft (or rather, their Xbox division) owns a bunch of gaming studios, and acts as their publisher. And one of the roles of a publisher, is to get the games the publisher has rights to, ported to more systems, to get them into the hands of more people, to make more money.

Make no mistake: any time an Xbox title isn’t explicitly chosen to be a “console exclusive” for marketing purposes, Microsoft would love nothing more than to port it to every system imaginable. Look at what they did with Minecraft.