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Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again
The day I'm sure many have been waiting for, and just as many probably thought it wouldn't happen. Linux has finally hit 1% again on the Steam Hardware Survey.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Final Fantasy pixel remasters review-bombed on Metacritic
No, it's not because of the font.
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Edit: Kinda clickbaity as the review bomb was only a dozen or so negative reviews lol
Metacritic links: I / II / III
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Will be interesting to see if Deck will have a noticable effect in pushing up the Linux/SteamOS share of Steam users.Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again
The day I'm sure many have been waiting for, and just as many probably thought it wouldn't happen. Linux has finally hit 1% again on the Steam Hardware Survey.
Final Fantasy pixel remasters review-bombed on Metacritic
No, it's not because of the font.
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Saw that Valve VR ERA thread on Twitter. I hope Valve continues with VR, I mean, I would obviously play any regular games from Valve, but Alyx was magical BECAUSE of VR.
Like, I have no doubt a Half-Life 3 in non-VR would be amazing, but as someone who played Alyx, anything Half-Life related without VR would be downhill compared to Alyx.
Still though, Valve does what they want. If they want HL3 to be VR, it will be VR, if they want it to be non-VR, it will be non-VR.
Like, I have no doubt a Half-Life 3 in non-VR would be amazing, but as someone who played Alyx, anything Half-Life related without VR would be downhill compared to Alyx.
Still though, Valve does what they want. If they want HL3 to be VR, it will be VR, if they want it to be non-VR, it will be non-VR.
New anime thread! 
Anyhoo, I played the free Weekend trial of Grounded on Steam with 3 other friends over the past 3 days. I’m usually not a fan of survival crafting games…in fact, I hate most the genre but I’ll admit I had a lot of fun with this one. Is it something to play alone? Maybe…depends if you like this type of game, I’m sure you’ll find some enjoyment but this definitely shines with more people. It’s a big buggy still cuz Early Access and I’m hoping Obsidian adds something that will make enticing for people who can play alone but I’d keep my eye on this one.
Anyhoo, I played the free Weekend trial of Grounded on Steam with 3 other friends over the past 3 days. I’m usually not a fan of survival crafting games…in fact, I hate most the genre but I’ll admit I had a lot of fun with this one. Is it something to play alone? Maybe…depends if you like this type of game, I’m sure you’ll find some enjoyment but this definitely shines with more people. It’s a big buggy still cuz Early Access and I’m hoping Obsidian adds something that will make enticing for people who can play alone but I’d keep my eye on this one.
Watched Bladerunner the other day and I know where the image is from: it's from Bladerunner.
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They're not going to abandon VR, lol. Anyone saying otherwise has no clue about how Valve operates.
Gabe just said in the IGN interview a few days ago (the actual interview is a bit older than a few days though) that they're happy with Alyx and VR and that it's a long-term investment for them.
They will keep developing VR games, I don't know who that twitter user is but so far I'm confident to say that I would get any of that wording with a big grain of salt.
Kind of weird he says that when last month Index was again the third most used headset on Steam and keeps growing at a steady rate.
Yes, it needs to be connected, that's why numbers are even lower than reality.
Its pretty incredible how Steam Linux has managed to keep up with the large growth the whole platform has had. Once Deck starts going out it will be really interesting to see how the numbers change
To be honest as I don't have a VR headset I wouldn't mind at all if Valve scaled back VR game development to focus on traditional games for a while. It would be nice to push the Steam Deck with a game suited for it.
Yeah, I have several VR headsets and I don't think a single one of them was ever captured by a Steam HW survey.
Hmm.. GRIME looks interesting, but these days a store description like "a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure " is not very enticing to my old man ass.
I selfishly agree
Over here getting a VR headset it's stupidly expensive. The only option I can even consider is the Quest 2, and even that is way too much to pay for a hardware with an uncertain future... and then there also the whole "little" thing about Facebook being terrible.
So I would personally also not complain if Valve took the Deck as an incentive to develop for normal displays again.
I selfishly agree
Over here getting a VR headset it's stupidly expensive. The only option I can even consider is the Quest 2, and even that is way too much to pay for a hardware with an uncertain future... and then there also the whole "little" thing about Facebook being terrible.
So I would personally also not complain if Valve took the Deck as an incentive to develop for normal displays again.
I don't have a VR headset but I want Valve to continue because I think it's a really interesting technology and I don't want it "owned" by fucking facebook.
But as I said, there's 0 chance Valve is dropping VR work so it's not a useful discussion to have anyways.
I honestly don't get the impression Valve cares too much whether VR is a great success or not. They like to explore VR as they seem bored by "regular" games, or at least don't seem to show great enthusiasm in making normal FPS games anymore.
same here, quite sad, to be honest.
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Not sure how one semi random dev saying Valve has cancelled all its VR projects is taken as anything more than speculation at this point. I would never say it is outside the realm of possibility, but I think Valve will continue to support Steam VR for at least another iteration.
I do think PCVR has a tough road ahead, but I also think it is an extremely important road for VR to preserve itself and not be coupled to the whims of Facebook who is still too much a wildcard despite how many folks are just sure the good times will flow when all that is flowing right now is speculative capital that could abandon it as soon as shareholders are no longer amused.
I do hope Valve iterates on Index, giving a wireless option, tracking options, and additional software. Stretch goal would be a VR fund for PCVR devs, but this is less likely.
I do think PCVR has a tough road ahead, but I also think it is an extremely important road for VR to preserve itself and not be coupled to the whims of Facebook who is still too much a wildcard despite how many folks are just sure the good times will flow when all that is flowing right now is speculative capital that could abandon it as soon as shareholders are no longer amused.
I do hope Valve iterates on Index, giving a wireless option, tracking options, and additional software. Stretch goal would be a VR fund for PCVR devs, but this is less likely.
Hey everyone I'm also a dev and I can say that Valve is working on TF4 (the third entry will be an animation movie tying all the lore together), L4D3 and Ricochet 2, this one being the most incredible game I've ever seen.
There is also inside talk about Valve buying Nintendo, though it will take some years until the deal is done.
There is also inside talk about Valve buying Nintendo, though it will take some years until the deal is done.
Valve is probably waiting for a powerful enough chip and they will just release a standalone headset for 400-500$ in a couple years.
The release would coincide with whatever new VR game they are working on as well. (assuming they are working on something)
Being able to tether or stream from your PC would be a feature tho I don't see Valve making some walled garden VR market. Maybe they will have some type of Proton VR solution as well so devs don't have to do additional work.
And the standalone graphics should be good enough seeing these new chips with AMD pushing a lot of power. Something like a Steam Deck attached to your face would already make for an impressive device right now tbh lol.
Its only a matter of time until you are able to strap something like a 1070 to your face. The tech is moving fast. I expect the Quest 3 to make a big leap as well.
The release would coincide with whatever new VR game they are working on as well. (assuming they are working on something)
Being able to tether or stream from your PC would be a feature tho I don't see Valve making some walled garden VR market. Maybe they will have some type of Proton VR solution as well so devs don't have to do additional work.
And the standalone graphics should be good enough seeing these new chips with AMD pushing a lot of power. Something like a Steam Deck attached to your face would already make for an impressive device right now tbh lol.
Its only a matter of time until you are able to strap something like a 1070 to your face. The tech is moving fast. I expect the Quest 3 to make a big leap as well.
...was that 2nd gif really necessary
man, the Storyteller demo is great - ingenious premise for a puzzle game, with a ton of polish and charm in the animations and presentation. looking forward to the full game.
Summer is soon over and it's getting colder (and dark as hell once more).
Winter is soon over and it's getting hotterSummer is soon over and it's getting colder.
I no longer believe in climate change, this summer in Paris has been rain and cold for the most part!
According to several people on Reddit and Era, the "improved" windows store in Windows 11 is still using the same locked down folders for games than the current store in Windows 10. This means still no file access, modding, pcgamingwiki fixes or whatever.
What a huge disappointment, especially since Microsoft is charging €70 for their games on Steam and bought a shitload of my favorite devs.
What a huge disappointment, especially since Microsoft is charging €70 for their games on Steam and bought a shitload of my favorite devs.
This shouldn't be a surprise in any way. And even better, we're able to buy these games on Steam just because of the goodness of Microsoft's heart, and they can change those policies at any time. Hooray for acquisitions!According to several people on Reddit and Era, the "improved" windows store in Windows 11 is still using the same locked down folders for games than the current store in Windows 10. This means still no file access, modding, pcgamingwiki fixes or whatever.
What a huge disappointment, especially since Microsoft is charging €70 for their games on Steam and bought a shitload of my favorite devs.
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