I think it’s more just getting ready the MS deal to finalise as MS have commited to make sure all their stuff is available on Steam. Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Diablo 4 soon too.
Unlikely. Microsoft is now first and foremost a cloud provider and has been putting a lot of time and effort into their own Linux offerings, and desktop Windows just isn’t the hypercritical lynchpin for their bottom line that it used to be.
Yeah, it was a disaster, but to be fair to them, they were trying to bring in stone stuff that’s now standard like PC/Console crossplay and play anywhere on one purchase.
For most games it’s not viable to stay exclusive away from steam forever. I feel like most alternative platforms are going this way with temporary exclusivity because it’s still more profitable than being on steam from release.
A few months with a 100% revenue share with less sales down to 30% will always beat 30% forever, especially when that 2nd launch brings a massive wave of sales because Steam also likes to market bringing big releases to it’s platform
Sometimes it does work great. I imagine Apex Legends would be dying or dead of it hadn’t moved to Steam. The increased playerbase was a huge boon to the game
Actually they replaced it with “EA App” last year. I’m pissed because the replacement for Origin doesn’t open The Sims 3 properly when using Create a World, so it thinks I’m just launching the game normally and doesn’t go in the correct mode to edit my world.
This is good for Linux users. Valve has been fantastic for supporting games on Linux since the Steam Deck and Blizz has never had proper Linux support. Now Linux users can ditch Lutris, Bottles, or WINE if they want to just simplify and use Steam, which does have a native Linux build.
Always has. Overwatch has been a great game for Linux and I played it regularly up until OW2 came out and shit all over the franchise with its stupid battle pass and F2P.
Now I only play occasionally as it’s still a fun experience with the right people, but I don’t play solo anymore. The progression is completely ruined since it’s locked behind BP. I used to buy the limited time skins every once in a while to support what I believed to be a very fair monetization system, but they’re not getting a cent for OW2 from me. Complete trash.
I actually did like most of the gameplay changes they did for ow2. They managed to save a lot of stuff they managed to fuck up in ow1. Ow1 was good a few years ago, but got worse from patch to patch.
Their monetizing system sucks obviously. I think they had a massive problem with declining player rates (because they fucked up the gameplay) and making it F2P was their way of gaining a bigger player base. But now they have to monetize everything to acctually make money from their players. So gameplay got better, everything else got way worse.
Valve has been amazing for linux long before the Steam Deck. They have been putting in a huge amount of work and support for Linux when they launched the ill fated Steam Machines. Back when MS was looking to force 3rd party stores out of the Windows ecosystem.
I see what you’re saying, but Steam Machines came out in 2015 and was more a push for native Linux support. IMO, Proton was the paradigm shift where native support immediately started mattering less and that came out in 2018
I feel like games from alternate launchers that launch on steam do so as a last ditch effort.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 does this and I’d hardly say that applies lol
Balders gate 3 was always on steam though
I think it’s more just getting ready the MS deal to finalise as MS have commited to make sure all their stuff is available on Steam. Wouldn’t surprise me if we see Diablo 4 soon too.
Hopefully this doesn’t stop valve from continuing to push for Linux compatibility
Doubt it given what a success the Deck has been.
Unlikely. Microsoft is now first and foremost a cloud provider and has been putting a lot of time and effort into their own Linux offerings, and desktop Windows just isn’t the hypercritical lynchpin for their bottom line that it used to be.
Remember Games for Windows Live?
Yeah, it was a disaster, but to be fair to them, they were trying to bring in stone stuff that’s now standard like PC/Console crossplay and play anywhere on one purchase.
For most games it’s not viable to stay exclusive away from steam forever. I feel like most alternative platforms are going this way with temporary exclusivity because it’s still more profitable than being on steam from release.
A few months with a 100% revenue share with less sales down to 30% will always beat 30% forever, especially when that 2nd launch brings a massive wave of sales because Steam also likes to market bringing big releases to it’s platform
Sometimes it does work great. I imagine Apex Legends would be dying or dead of it hadn’t moved to Steam. The increased playerbase was a huge boon to the game
I think apex moved to steam bc ea killed origin.
Ah well in that case, it’d certainly be dead if it hadn’t moved
Actually they replaced it with “EA App” last year. I’m pissed because the replacement for Origin doesn’t open The Sims 3 properly when using Create a World, so it thinks I’m just launching the game normally and doesn’t go in the correct mode to edit my world.
This is good for Linux users. Valve has been fantastic for supporting games on Linux since the Steam Deck and Blizz has never had proper Linux support. Now Linux users can ditch Lutris, Bottles, or WINE if they want to just simplify and use Steam, which does have a native Linux build.
Does OW2’s anticheat support Linux?
Always has. Overwatch has been a great game for Linux and I played it regularly up until OW2 came out and shit all over the franchise with its stupid battle pass and F2P.
Now I only play occasionally as it’s still a fun experience with the right people, but I don’t play solo anymore. The progression is completely ruined since it’s locked behind BP. I used to buy the limited time skins every once in a while to support what I believed to be a very fair monetization system, but they’re not getting a cent for OW2 from me. Complete trash.
I actually did like most of the gameplay changes they did for ow2. They managed to save a lot of stuff they managed to fuck up in ow1. Ow1 was good a few years ago, but got worse from patch to patch. Their monetizing system sucks obviously. I think they had a massive problem with declining player rates (because they fucked up the gameplay) and making it F2P was their way of gaining a bigger player base. But now they have to monetize everything to acctually make money from their players. So gameplay got better, everything else got way worse.
It works with wine. I expect it would work with proton too.
Overwatch has anticheat?
Yes, just battle.net that made things complicated
Valve has been amazing for linux long before the Steam Deck. They have been putting in a huge amount of work and support for Linux when they launched the ill fated Steam Machines. Back when MS was looking to force 3rd party stores out of the Windows ecosystem.
I see what you’re saying, but Steam Machines came out in 2015 and was more a push for native Linux support. IMO, Proton was the paradigm shift where native support immediately started mattering less and that came out in 2018