Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux

Re:Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux by deckard1 on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:08PM (#26359904)

I think people are vastly underestimating how much gaming sucks even on Windows. Nier: Automata still hasn't received a single PC patch to my knowledge. Many of the games on Windows are ports as well, such as Nier.

The PC has largely taken a backseat to consoles. It's a bit much asking for Linux native, let alone, Linux ports.

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Re:Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux by Shinkirou on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:07PM (#26362130)

Since you mentioned Nier: Automata, I'll just add that I've been playing it with proton for the past 2 weeks. I'm at ~20 hours of playtime and it's been flawless so far (without resorting to any 3rd party patch like FAR).

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Re:Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux by deckard1 on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:53PM (#26363825)

steam has it as mostly positive, so I'm not surprised. But who knows how many are using the fan patch and how many are not. But many many of these reviews are complaining about the port and it all seems YMMV.

I'm just using this as an example. If Windows isn't getting a port or getting shit ports, Linux is not getting native. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble here.

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