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I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

While this is funny, it is not true: Valve has contributed tremendously to the Linux environment (Mesa above all, and Proton) and based their own console on top of it, making it possible to play almost every game you own, both from their store and from elsewhere.

People at Valve have been cooking every day. Never sitting idle.

This without considering the countless features Steam already sports: friends, achievements, cloud saves, a curated front page.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Even though proton is legitimately amazing, I love turning on the filter in steam that shows Linux native games in my library. There are so many of them!

And it’s not just new stuff. Plenty of old favorites have Linux versions too. All the big valve titles of course (including Alyx) and classics like all the infinity engine RPG Enhanced Editions. Being able to hang out with my family, sitting on the couch, but also playing high res Baldur’s Gate with a trackball is some real gaming comfort food.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

including Alyx

Huh? Am I missing something? All of Valve's VR games show up as Windows only, running on proton. I think Deadlock is in the same boat, though maybe they'll add cross platform support before release.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Huh? Am I missing something?

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/546560/view/3758762298552654077

I think Linux is not formally still not production ready.

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