I know there’s more to PC games than just steam, but honestly the only issue I’ve had playing games on the steamdeck is when there’s some horrible anticheat service required by the game.
I guess the problem is that the games with anticheat also tend to be quite popular ones with some people
I thought the same thing until a couple weeks ago, then tried out EndeavourOS which is based on Arch and comes with Nvidia drivers. It’s been awesome and I’ve been able to play whatever I want.
I can’t recall a specific title and didn’t take notes. I think the Batman Arkhams were problematic as well as one of the Ghost Recons.
Speaking generally, on Linux framerates were worse, stability was worse and there was more hassle to get games even running. Sometimes launching the launcher was its own adventure.
Of course that’s a Windows-born problem as all the software is designed towards it. But what gives? Linux was (and still is) at best on par with Windows but often not even that.
And this is what counts for me at the end of a working day: I don’t want to work more and then game worse.
A cheap Windows license is like thirty quid. Nothing in comparison to the cost of even an entry-level gaming PC. And it works. And it has all the other software.
What does Linux offer me as an ignorant gamer so I’d exchange that out-of-the-box experience?
My favourite game was always hacking around in Wine to make games work. Once I got them working I lost interest and moved on to the next game… Now I don’t have time to play games. :(
And I’d almost bet these two to three titles run fine in Windows which is exactly the point: what is Linux’s advantage here concerning gaming?
When I want to play a certain title I don’t want something similar because that derivate runs on Linux. That’s maybe okay for casual games like a round of Solitaire where the Linux alternatives are fine.
Because it does everything I need it to do and if I run into issues I can’t solve myself I know that just because of the number of people using it the problem will be known and a solution will exist.
I don’t mind playing with Linux on my RPi, but having to use it daily and always having to use command lines to deal with things (thus having to search for the right command line every time) gets tiring.
For the most part Windows just works out of the box and there are things I would much rather do with my time than searching the depth of the internet to find that one person that had the same problem as me and that might or might not have found a solution to their issue…
And as other people mentioned, my computer is mostly used for gaming these days so it’s easier to use the platform that’s the must widely supported for that purpose.
Why?
Windows runs 10 out of 10 games, Linux does 8 of which 4 only barely run at all.
Don’t get me wrong: Windows really is the worst OS, except all the others.
I know there’s more to PC games than just steam, but honestly the only issue I’ve had playing games on the steamdeck is when there’s some horrible anticheat service required by the game.
I guess the problem is that the games with anticheat also tend to be quite popular ones with some people
I thought the same thing until a couple weeks ago, then tried out EndeavourOS which is based on Arch and comes with Nvidia drivers. It’s been awesome and I’ve been able to play whatever I want.
Out of curiosity, can you name some games that don’t work?
I can’t recall a specific title and didn’t take notes. I think the Batman Arkhams were problematic as well as one of the Ghost Recons.
Speaking generally, on Linux framerates were worse, stability was worse and there was more hassle to get games even running. Sometimes launching the launcher was its own adventure.
Of course that’s a Windows-born problem as all the software is designed towards it. But what gives? Linux was (and still is) at best on par with Windows but often not even that. And this is what counts for me at the end of a working day: I don’t want to work more and then game worse.
A cheap Windows license is like thirty quid. Nothing in comparison to the cost of even an entry-level gaming PC. And it works. And it has all the other software.
What does Linux offer me as an ignorant gamer so I’d exchange that out-of-the-box experience?
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My favourite game was always hacking around in Wine to make games work. Once I got them working I lost interest and moved on to the next game… Now I don’t have time to play games. :(
That stat about games doesn’t track for me
Most Windows games i try run fine on linux
“Most”.
Yeah, out of dozens and dozens of games I’ve ran, about 2 or 3 didn’t work
And I’d almost bet these two to three titles run fine in Windows which is exactly the point: what is Linux’s advantage here concerning gaming?
When I want to play a certain title I don’t want something similar because that derivate runs on Linux. That’s maybe okay for casual games like a round of Solitaire where the Linux alternatives are fine.
Windows 95 maybe… these games were old AF. Nothing made within the past 20 years has this issue.
The only games that don’t run on Linux now, are games that don’t run on Windows, either
The advantage? I genuinely have a much easier time setting up games on Linux
Because it does everything I need it to do and if I run into issues I can’t solve myself I know that just because of the number of people using it the problem will be known and a solution will exist.
I don’t mind playing with Linux on my RPi, but having to use it daily and always having to use command lines to deal with things (thus having to search for the right command line every time) gets tiring.
For the most part Windows just works out of the box and there are things I would much rather do with my time than searching the depth of the internet to find that one person that had the same problem as me and that might or might not have found a solution to their issue…
And as other people mentioned, my computer is mostly used for gaming these days so it’s easier to use the platform that’s the must widely supported for that purpose.