In March Linux Proton Users Will No Longer Be Able to Play The Game

[Ransu]

Maybe you should take it up with valve then? Valve are the ones that wanted to cut costs by using linux so the problem is with them, not square.

[darkvalefor]

Maybe you should take it up with valve then? Valve are the ones that wanted to cut costs by using linux so the problem is with them, not square.

I don't think cutting the costs is the reason for Valve using SteamOS. It's more related to the hardware and integration, and having more control over which processes run on the console. Windows runs a lot of tasks and background processes you don't have control of and could drain your battery if those processes fire at a bad time.

If Microsoft launches a Windows version optimized for handheld devices that is not based on ARM maybe it would be a prefered option for Valve, but for now that's what they have and that's what they work with.

[Padudu]

I don't think cutting the costs is the reason for Valve using SteamOS. It's more related to the hardware and integration, and having more control over which processes run on the console.

Nah Valve just doesn't want to pay for the licensing lol. Windows is seemingly running fine on Steamdeck with some hiccups here and there, with no decreases as to performance as far as I'm aware of, looking through twitter. But this is looking solely through game emulation not through the Steam platform itself (Persona tbh lol).

edit: this isn't to poo on Linux people btw. I def think they should add support for it. Making a game unplayable through a launcher is ridiculous lol