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    22 days ago

    why doesnt valve demand devs make linux builds?

    Because nobody would do that. Valve is not PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo. Every publisher would rather release games elsewhere than spend resources on Linux builds.

    Plus, most Linux builds are terrible and Proton works much better. To make this happen, first of all you’d need Unreal to die and for most bottom game developers to either lose their jobs or to learn actual game development.







  • Of course it’s possible. Just not financially viable, according to corporate logic. It’s not about profit. It’s about ever increasing profit. So what do you do when the sales have reached their peak and stopped increasing? Lower the production costs and/or increase prices.

    I’ve worked in the video game industry for a few years, both at and with large corporations as well as smaller studios. Game optimization has rarely, if ever, been a concern for anyone. Usually, as long as the fps only occasionally drop to 25 on high-end systems - it’s good enough.

    To be clear, smaller game studios care significantly more about optimization/accessibility. There’s no denying that. However, with their limited resources, sometimes there’s not a whole lot they can do.

    What you’re asking for is completely reasonable and would be great. But it’s just not gonna happen. Most studios prefer Unreal, because it lets them outsource a lot of work to India, and potentially cuts the development time ever so slightly.



  • Nobody wants to admit this, but you didn’t own your Windows 8/7/Vista/XP PC either. Or any of the previous iterations, or any MacOS devices.

    It was just less noticeable and invasive. Same idea, same process, but simply closer to ‘in early development’ than to ‘final build’.

    Windows 11 isn’t the problem. The problem started long before at least half of us were even born. Until recently most ignored it, because it ‘wasn’t that bad’. Then it got really bad.


  • If he’s really building a nuclear bunker, then it’s pretty much a confirmation that he’ll not be leaving office in 2028.

    It’ll not be finished before 2027. There’s no way he’s building a bunker to potentially use within a maximum time frame of 2 years.

    Not to mention it’s another sign that his administration is preparing for a war involving nuclear weapons. Which nobody but the USA is capable of igniting. So, yeah… Great times ahead.