[pjc50]

I think there's a reasonable argument that the most stable Linux gaming API surface is actually Proton.

None of this is really going to change until we end up with a situation like the EA/Apple Store conflict: a major player unable to sell a game on Windows for some reason.

[ascagnel_]

Also, it's something of a pragmatic choice -- Valve did put major effort into native Linux games around 2013, but the effort fell flat for a number of reasons.

Proton is them trying a different path towards severing or lessening the Windows dependence, in my opinion.

[pjmlp]

That is like saying the most valuable gaming API is Dolphi, MAME, or LinUAE.

[pjc50]

Almost certainly more people playing 80s and 90s games through emulation than on original hardware, so .. yes?

[pjmlp]

Except the main reason is because 80s and 90s hardware is dead, or hard to come by and repair.