This is less unpopular opinion and more of just a fact that a lot of people don’t know yet. Native linux builds are often buggier than the Proton versions, especially if the game is older than a few years because Linux packages move fast and break old versions every now and then.

When Baldur’s Gate 3 made a native Linux version (mostly for Steam deck) everyone started reporting that the game is a buggy mess.

Terraria had a number of bugs on the Linux version back when I played, to the point where everyone on ProtonDB just said use the Windows version.

Hollow Knight Silksong on release had an issue where controllers on the Linux version wouldn’t work. I forced it to use Proton and get the windows version and it just worked.

So I can’t help but roll my eyes when somebody from the Linux community asks a developer with a perfectly working game to make a native version for Linux. For what? They’ll put a lot of time and effort making a more unstable version of their game where, at the end of the day, the performance will probably be exactly the same? You’d be surprised how many people still parrot the idea that native builds are magically better.

Relatively niche distro, relatively barebones installation, and it’s mostly aimed at low end PCs. There’s no point in someone new using that instead of any other popular distro.

CachyOS. Hands down the best for you.

• Gets updates as soon as they come out which is important for gaming and software development

• Really good performance, has access to a huge amount of software

• Beginner friendly, automatically creates snapshots (backups) in case you mess up

• Has a simple to follow wiki with lots of useful info. Also it lets you install all the gaming packages you need with one button click.

No offense to people on this site but every time this thread pops up there are a lot of terrible recommendations being thrown around. Don’t bother using base Arch linux if you’re new to Linux. Don’t use random niche distros like MX Linux. Debian is very barebones and requires you to manually set up a lot of things that come by default in other modern distros. And finally IMO don’t use an immutable OS unless you know what you’re getting into, as many people get burned by how hard it is to install applications on them.

Recommending MX Linux to a beginner is insane

Telling people to buy a Steam Deck used to make sense, but it doesn’t anymore when it’s twice the price of a Switch 2 (I say this as a Steam Deck fan).

I mean, it is news if he’s the one who made the game that’s being talked about.

Terraria, probaby. Got it on sale for $5 (it’s almost always 50% off) and I’ve played many playthroughs with many different friends over the past 15 years. When you factor in the very good modding support, its many difficulty settings, playthrough modifiers like the one that flips the world vertically (hell is up and the overworld is at the bottom), it’s a game you can play for thousands of hours.

It’s still crazy how cheap this game is for how much you get out of it. The devs are awesome for this.

I’m with you, this is an insanely ballsy move. One of the biggest pros of a console is that you could still buy physical games and trade it with friends or sell it used to someone else. If everything is going digital, what’s the point?

Here we even have a local chain that rents you physical games for a week at a time…

The spec difference between a PS4 and a PS5 was pretty big, SSD aside.

I would kind of understand it if the PS5 Pro doesn’t already exist. There’s already a high end expensive PS5 to play modern games at very high graphics, why would Sony make a PS6 any time soon if it’s just going to be the same thing? There isn’t any performance leap that would make it worth getting.

Levelhead is a Mario Maker-esque platformer with a huge emphasis on user-made levels and a very powerful level editor. It’s not too active right now but there’s thousands of awesome levels already made that you can play. The game is dirt cheap, too.

If anything Apple is probably the one that can get away with price increases the most since they have the best laptops on the market. Yeah, yeah, you’re stuck with MacOS but other laptops just can’t compete with M series chips.

If we’re counting spinoffs, then I’d definitely put in Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed

I didn’t have any issues after updating, have you tried using Proton GE instead of proton cachyos? That one is often more stable.

This has some serious “GAMERS RISE UP!!!” energy. It’s a video game, and people on Lemmy need to calm the hell down. Buying games was never about “actually standing up for what’s right”. Get off the high horse.

used to make good games… now they make stores and money pits with graphics and mechanics slapped on top.

Their last game was Red Dead Redemption 2 and it was critically acclaimed and loved. I don’t personally care about GTA 6 but I can see why people would be excited for their next game.

One of the fund’s main criticisms concerns the commercial management of Elden Ring. While the game has been a major success worldwide, Oasis believes Kadokawa failed to fully benefit from that success.

Huh??? They made a very successful DLC, a very successful spinoff game, a licensed manga, and a Hollywood movie coming up. What more do they want them to do?

But if they’re describing it as a “single player experience” it’s going to be a shitty offshoot of multiplayer instead of a ring campaign that has a multiplayer slapped on.

This is a massive stretch with zero evidence…

What’s different between Mineclonia and Voxelibre?

Are they anywhere near as big as steam sales are?

They are. Consoles also have big seasonal and holiday sales, a lot of big games can often be nabbed for $5 like Steam.

Could’ve been worse I guess. I know they did their best considering ridiculous market conditions, but it’s a hard sell if this was meant to compete with consoles, you can still buy a normal console for roughly half the price.

In terms of being a prebuilt gaming PC, it’s not bad. Some people have said a similar spec PC is roughly $100 cheaper if you get everything yourself. Now the question is how much stock Valve actually has to sell, because I assume they won’t have that many made because of the component shortages…