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Re:Windows 11 is last in gaming performance tests against 3 ... by pjmlp on Friday December 08, 2023 @12:26PM (#38571571)
Windows game developers couldn't care less, Valve takes over all the porting costs, while Windows focused game studios get all the money, with increased sales, without caring one second about GNU/Linux.

A Phyrric victory if there was one.

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Re:Windows 11 is last in gaming performance tests against 3 ... by shmerl on Friday December 08, 2023 @12:34PM (#38571671)
Lock-in was MS's game here, not game developers'. MS used game developers' reliance on DirectX to make getting games outside of MS systems harder / more costly due to the need for extra porting. Does it make it more clear? So what Valve did is a smart knight move that breaks MS lock-in.
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Re:Windows 11 is last in gaming performance tests against 3 ... by pjmlp on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:36PM (#38573170)
As long as it emulates Windows and DirectX, they have achieved nothing, specially when SteamDeck clones running Windows 11 take over, as expected during 2024.

Now had they managed to convince said studios to write native GNU/Linux games, or to port their Android/NDK games into GNU/Linux, I would have agreed Valve managed something.

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Re:Windows 11 is last in gaming performance tests against 3 ... by shmerl on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:40PM (#38573212)
No point to repeat the same thing. Your "achieved nothing" is an empty argument.
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