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Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

(arstechnica.com)
433 points Sporktacular | 1 comments | 04 Aug 23 00:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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joshe ◴[04 Aug 23 05:08 UTC] No.36995710[source]▶
Finally Linux will get the same respect Mac gets from gaming publishers.
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deaddodo ◴[04 Aug 23 05:11 UTC] No.36995728[source]▶
As in: "If we built it in OpenGL/Vulkan, we will attempt to compile it on Mac; and if it works, release it in a mostly untested form"?

At least Vulkan is a first-class citizen on Linux, so the aforementioned issues are even less headache-filled.

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troupo ◴[04 Aug 23 05:47 UTC] No.36995917[source]▶
And yet, game developers don't care about Vulkan since it's non-existent on actual gaming platforms that bring in money
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jhasse ◴[04 Aug 23 08:16 UTC] No.36996987[source]▶
Red Dead Redemption 2 has a Vulkan renderer. Doom and the new Wolfenstein games, too.

Also the Nintendo Switch supports Vulkan.

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1. wiseowise ◴[04 Aug 23 09:04 UTC] No.36997362[source]▶
Valve games also able to run on Vulkan, as far as I know.