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Microsoft is so powerful they'll be able to force many games to only work on Windows
Microsoft is so incompetent that they're buying IPs and doing fuckall with them.
They havent even done that to their own games
I know some people who use linux exclusively for the better performance it has when playing modded minecraft
I was so surprised when I was preparing for the battle of installing it on my kids' computer and found out the answer was ... dl the linux version from the minecraft website.
You could also install one of the third party launchers( as flatpacks or from their website) to easily download mods
Thanks, I'll check that out.
Prism launcher and ATlauncher are 2 good options
For prism launcher, it may be required to manually choose which version of java to use
The Trillion dollar company spent hundreds of billions aquiring the biggest name in the industry, but let me assure you they're never going to exploit their position.
My proof? Why, they haven't yet! And they've owned Activision Blizzard for, like, a really long time, like 18 whole months.
Then why haven't they?
Do you think 24 months is a long enough time to be confident about how a company will behave over the next decade?
Especially wheb Moore's Law is dead and they need to take ever more extreme measures to make those numbers go up.
Why would Moore's law matter here for an operating system? Also both are far older than 24 months.
Microsoft is a tech company, so if tech has hit a way they're going to have to find new ways of monetization to keep the numbers going up
Their money doesn't really come from selling hardware though. I mean they sell a bit but it's a pretty small portion of their business
Still plenty of other games to play. I'd be happy to not give them any money.
I mean, they haven't been able to do that so far. Not even close.
Linux is already the superior OS for gaming and has been for a while. Windows represents a consistently degraded experience.
We're entering the robber barron era, get ready for them to play hardball if their monopoly is threatened
How could they do it though? For already released games there is nothing they can do. Even future games they don't have direct control over most as they don't own the games. Banning steam from Windows and require using the Windows store perhaps? I think that is basically Windows in S mode.
Diablo V: Exclusively with Gamepass Ultimate - only on Windows
Then I won't play it
Guess I won't play Diablo 5 either. POE is better anyways.