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1. olliej+n9[view] [source] 2023-08-02 02:51:19
>>Bender+(OP)
Not surprising: the vast majority of major games are windows only, and then use steam deck/wine to work anywhere else.

You can do similar with some games on Mac but it’s done through the windows client which is what I assume is being measured - couple that with the comparative difficulty of setting wine+steam up and you have negligible mac usage.

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2. thefur+Qv1[view] [source] 2023-08-02 14:47:10
>>olliej+n9
> comparative difficulty of setting wine+steam

Which difficulties are involved in selecting a Proton version from a dropdown and clicking install?

I only boot windows to play VR. Gaming on linux is easy* compared to the early days. Nobody messes around manually with wine instances anymore, dude; wine/protontricks is a thing. (98% of the time at least).

[*] Easy for the games that run on Proton, which according to ProtonDB is ~70% of the titles on steam (those with silver+ rating).

Edit: I should mention, I swore off AAA gaming years ago, so that likely contributes to my satisfaction with linux gaming. Really, though, nothing of value was lost to me.

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