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Steam’s June Client Update Brings Proton Default on Linux (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While I agree, I think that getting more games on Linux is far more useful. When Linux is almost 3% very few studios will care much. If they can do a small bit of testing on Proton and maybe work around a bug or two they are far more likely to do that then make and test a native build. If this then gets Linux usage to 5, 10 or 20% that will drive more native builds.

So I agree that it somewhat reduces the incentive to release a native build. But I think that is outweighed by the benefits of making the Linux gaming experience better today which will have a greater impact on availability of native builds in the future.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Absolutely. You are right, the initial uptake is more important right now. Most of the Linux market share on Steam is the Steam Deck right now.