You mean games aren’t listed on Steam unless a Linux build is provided? I know Steam has a de-facto monopoly on PC gaming, but I’m afraid studios would just quit the PC market (or move to another PC store) if Valve were to enforce such a rule.
if microsoft changed their apis wouldnt new games just not work on proton?
It’s very unlikely Microsoft would introduce such breaking changes in their APIs. And even if they did, well yes, it would until Proton maintainers add support for these new APIs.
if microsoft changed their apis wouldnt new games just not work on proton?
Also, this is antithetical to the purpose of Windows when it comes to backwards compatibility. Remember that one of its main selling points is the ability to run old programs, regardless of what version it originally targeted.
Believe it or not, the industry would probably start a riot if ms breaks that paradigm. It’s like, one of the main reasons that it has the market-share that it does.
You mean games aren’t listed on Steam unless a Linux build is provided? I know Steam has a de-facto monopoly on PC gaming, but I’m afraid studios would just quit the PC market (or move to another PC store) if Valve were to enforce such a rule.
It’s very unlikely Microsoft would introduce such breaking changes in their APIs. And even if they did, well yes, it would until Proton maintainers add support for these new APIs.
Also, this is antithetical to the purpose of Windows when it comes to backwards compatibility. Remember that one of its main selling points is the ability to run old programs, regardless of what version it originally targeted.
Believe it or not, the industry would probably start a riot if ms breaks that paradigm. It’s like, one of the main reasons that it has the market-share that it does.
Exactly. Thanks for pointing that out, I lacked the time to mention it in my answer.