Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 11:14 am

  Re: Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
  By: Arelor to hollowone on Tue Jun 03 2025 01:00 pm

 Ar> 2) Valve has proven you can do high-end gaming on Linux, and in fact they
 Ar> invested a huge amount of resources in order to develop a hardware package
 Ar> and the supporting software just to ensure they could keep selling games
 Ar> if they ever entered a conflict against Microsoft. So they no longer have
 Ar> the monopolly on high-end gaming because you can buy a canned Linux
 Ar> solution or build your own with readily available software tools.

Of course high-end game is possible on Linux, and has been for a long time. I think the main issue is developer support, as most PC games are still developed for Windows. My understanding is that what Valve has done is to help in getting Windows games to run on Linux by providing ways to make it easier to set up Windows games with compatibility layers such as Wine and such.  Also, by making their Steam softare available for Linux, they're helping to make it easier to provide a game store for Linux, which I hope should encourage developers to develop their games for Linux in addition to Windows.

 Ar> 3) Money is not in the sort of videogames you think it is. It is in crappy
 Ar> mobile games that run on cheap ARM devices. Look at the numbers, proper
 Ar> gaming is but a flea in comparison to the mighty power of the titan made
 Ar> of f2p crappy Android games. Wintel is already a non-player.

I don't think that means there is no market anymore for PC or console games. I think there will still be plenty of PC and console players who still want games on those platforms.

To me, Wintel still seems significant, and I've been seeing a fairly steady release of PC games. One example is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, which was just released last year. I bought a copy and I think it's an impressive flight simulator.  Also, for flight simulation, there's X-Plane, which is available for both Windows and Linux natively.

Nightfox
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