Subj : Re: Latest Valve's announcement
To   : Nightfox
From : hollowone
Date : Fri Nov 21 2025 13:50:16

 Ni> I don't have a Steam Deck, but I do use Steam.  I use it mainly in
 Ni> Windows, but a couple years ago, I installed Steam in Linux, and I've
 Ni> since installed a couple Linux-native versions of games from Steam:
 Ni> X-Plane 11 (and 12, I believe) and Overload (a 2018 successor to
 Ni> Descent/Descent 2).  I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of those
 Ni> games in Linux (though of course, those games aren't developed by
 Ni> Steam/Valve themselves).

Same on Mac. Steam/Valve did a lot of good job with wine backed launchers to launch windows only games on other major OSes. Not even speaking that more companies are actually releasing multiplatform these days.

Windows is not that critical for PC gaming anymore.

-h1

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