That may be the case to some extent but the overall Linux playerbase for a lot of games is still super low. These studios don’t want to offer support and potentially have to troubleshoot for operating systems that only 1.4% of PC gamers are using (in the case of Steam survey). That number has been growing at a better pace recently, which is a good sign though.
That being said I wish it was different. Seeing some Anti-cheat developers (EAC and BattlEye) working with Valve to make the anti cheat side of things work properly under Proton over the past couple years gives me hope yet. If enough of that keeps happening then more users will be willing to switch and the market share can convince publishers that it’s worth it to at least target Proton compatibility, which some studios/publishers have been doing more often since the Steam Deck dropped.
That may be the case to some extent but the overall Linux playerbase for a lot of games is still super low. These studios don’t want to offer support and potentially have to troubleshoot for operating systems that only 1.4% of PC gamers are using (in the case of Steam survey). That number has been growing at a better pace recently, which is a good sign though.
That being said I wish it was different. Seeing some Anti-cheat developers (EAC and BattlEye) working with Valve to make the anti cheat side of things work properly under Proton over the past couple years gives me hope yet. If enough of that keeps happening then more users will be willing to switch and the market share can convince publishers that it’s worth it to at least target Proton compatibility, which some studios/publishers have been doing more often since the Steam Deck dropped.