• Hydroel@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If they’re playable on the Deck they’re playable on Linux, or am I missing something?

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      8 months ago

      It’s a reference to tons of posts about Linux gaming being filled with (erroneous) comments that most games don’t run on Linux.

      True 3 years ago. False now.

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        8 months ago

        Oh, that! Yes well that argument doesn’t hold up anymore but Windows has been successfully positioned as the only gaming OS for years (deservedly, too), it will take a while to fade off. Besides, many games on Linux still require some tinkering (although that’s probably not the case of the 12000 verified and playable games on there).

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          8 months ago

          “deservedly” sounds like windows is inherently better… Which it definitely is not.

          I have always had to do some level of tinkering on windows too, and it’s funny that people act like that’s only a thing on Linux. True if you buy a game that has had a chance to get the bugs worked out on windows it will probably work without much effort, but there are plenty of poorly architected games that will start to have issues after a couple of years. Windows is not a magic OS it’s just the most common