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Why there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac? (fedia.io)
submitted 2 days ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Does the existence of Wine compatibility layer discourages the creation of native Linux games?

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[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

A few devs who did have commented that Linux users are like <1% of players but most of the crash reports or things like that. That was before the Steam Deck blew up though, so now you might have more Linux players, but those mostly use Proton, so why do you need a native Linux version.

[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

This was true, but a big part of that reason (as followed up on by some other devs) is that Linux users are usually tech-savvy, and frequently work on software. They contribute more bug reports because they know how to report a bug. You'll have more bug reports, but not necessarily because there's more bugs (though that too), and as a bonus the users reporting them will probably be able to help you fix those bugs a lot better than the average Windows user.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I think it's still nice to have just so that way if for some reason Proton suddenly disappears alongside Wine (alongside all their forks and other related things) in some catastrophically low odds event you can still play the game or use the program.