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Re:My trust in software, an all time low by creshal on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:07AM (#27782455)
It's still a bit rough around the edges, as the best compatibility is found in community Proton forks you need to install manually, plus the need for out-of-tree drivers and non-standard bluetooth module config flags to get game controllers to work reliably.

(OTOH, you're stuck with a similar driver mess if you want a DualShock or JoyCon on Windows, so w/e)

But it's gotten a lot better than it used to be.

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Re:My trust in software, an all time low by notemaker on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:17AM (#27782511)
> (OTOH, you're stuck with a similar driver mess if you want a DualShock or JoyCon on Windows, so w/e)

Recently bought a PS5 controller and while not supported natively on either Linux/Windows, Steam does pick it up without any configuration (on both OS:es).

It's really leveled up my PC gaming experience: I get the same feeling as playing on console with the freedom of PC.

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Re:My trust in software, an all time low by creshal on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:18AM (#27782515)
The last PlayStation I owned was a PS3, so my experience is admittedly a bit rusty.
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Re:My trust in software, an all time low by chaps on Friday July 09, 2021 @05:23PM (#27788697)
The need to manually install proton seems to mostly be out of the way these days. Their release schedule (within steam) has gotten a bit better. Though, I can imagine for bleeding-edge games you'd still need to do this for a month or two before steam includes that new version of proton.
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Re:My trust in software, an all time low by creshal on Monday July 12, 2021 @08:48AM (#27809680)
Persona 4 e.g. (which prompted me to go down the GloriousEggroll rabbit hole) is hardly what I'd call Bleeding Edge, it's a dusty port of a Playstation 2 game.
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