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Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] owf@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

NGL, I'm surprised macOS was even ahead of Linux given Apple's deep-seated, cultural disinterest in gaming.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, you're wrong! Apple is going all in on gaming. Again! First Myst, then Quake 3, then iPhone games on M1, and now a port of one game from 2019 using Wine. What a time to be a Mac gamer.

[–] naeemthm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol! Weirdly the upcoming release of MacOS actually will be the most they’ve tried in decades.

https://youtu.be/jTsc_UvlT3E

Their translation layer is basically a rip of Proton. Obviously this isn’t going to replace anyone’s Desktop or gaming laptop. But it’s nice to see Mac users are at least being thrown a bone.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Their translation layer is basically a rip of Proton.

Of CodeWeavers' Wine which I already mentioned. Proton is more than just Wine but Apple's implementation does not use the Vulkan translation but their own Metal wrapper.