Re:Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers
by johnnyanmac on Friday August 04, 2023 @04:26AM
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>The other is that the notion of a 'proper port' here doesn't really matter. Source ports are rare and don't necessarily turn out better than compatibility layer ports.
It does to me, but I'm not a stranger to being part of an underrepresented niche. I have windows machines to make games playable if I want to play a windows platform game.
I simply prefer control where possible, and leaving something to a compatibility layers makes me rely on two separate platforms being maintained and contributed to (and/or not enshittified) in order to not be SO, be it now or in a future. 3 if you count Steam's contributions on Proton and choosing to carry whatever game you want to play. There can still be bugs in the game proper, but a native port eliminated points of failure for me to investigate.
It does to me, but I'm not a stranger to being part of an underrepresented niche. I have windows machines to make games playable if I want to play a windows platform game.
I simply prefer control where possible, and leaving something to a compatibility layers makes me rely on two separate platforms being maintained and contributed to (and/or not enshittified) in order to not be SO, be it now or in a future. 3 if you count Steam's contributions on Proton and choosing to carry whatever game you want to play. There can still be bugs in the game proper, but a native port eliminated points of failure for me to investigate.