[deadbunny]

How many people actually bought a separate license, and downloaded a Windows installer because they specifically wanted to install Windows on their device?

Pretty much the entire (DIY) PC gaming market? Granted they may not buy Windows but they are certainly making the choice to download and use it over linux.

Sure there is a pre-built market for desktop PCs but I would think the PC Gaming market skews to DIY though I have no stats.

Note: I run arch btw.

[executesorder66]

Yeah I know. But they must be less than 0.5% of the total number of Windows users. Probably even less. So you are just proving my point here that practically all windows users just use the OS that comes with the device they got.

[ac29]

The story you are commenting on is about a hardware survey of gamers. I think quite a bit more than 0.5% chose to use Windows intentionally.

[bitcharmer]

No, that used to be the case a few years ago. Proton runs practically any game on Linux these days. No good reason to pick windows these days

[pjmlp]

Except that Windows is the target OS emulated by Proton, which otherwise wouldn't have any games to run.

[bitcharmer]

Yes, and what's your point?

[pjmlp]

It is a failure regarding fostering the development of Linux games.

No difference of being a nice package for something like MAME.

[bombolo]

proton is good, but it's not nearly that good.

[bitcharmer]

Yes, it doesn't run 5% of games smoothly therefore it's shite. Give me a break

[dicytea]

30% actually.

Just a few weeks ago, I tried playing a Japanese game that I was interested in, but it didn't even get past the start menu. Not a big deal for me as I'm not an avid gamer, I just moved on.

But imagine telling a hardcore gamer that no, you can't play that new game released an hour ago. Maybe it'll become compatible a few months later, maybe not.

Or tell a professional artist that no, they can't use that art software anymore, they have to retrain their entire skillset with an entirely different software.

Now that's a show-stopper. For most people, it's 100% compatibility or bust.

[taeric]

The community is really responsive, such that you could point the hardcore gamer to the forums and they would likely get help getting it fixed.

Professional artists are also an interesting choice. If they are in a major art studio, they are probably having to use custom tooling there already. And Wacom is very well supported on linux.

[bombolo]

It's responsive but most people aren't so technically skilled.

I have a game that works fine with proton on one machine, but doesn't on another machine. But works fine with windows on both machines.

I tried for hours to get it to work on the other machine, since it clearly can. No luck.

In the end with proprietary software, it's always a black box.