Sure, but from the end user perspective, it doesn’t matter whose fault it is - the result is you can’t play a game you otherwise just can in Windows. We know it’s their fault.
If you never play any games with anticheat that’s fine, but all it takes is one game, and then later another, and then later another, to make Linux a dealbreaker for many gamers. These are not unpopular games.
It can be the whole difference between someone sticking with Windows but itching to make the switch, and someone actually making the switch.
What good is 90% of games working if you have 3 games that you really want to play that don’t work?
I 100% get what you are saying. But I’m also 100% fine with voting with my wallet and not support game developers that want kernel-level access to my machine.
Think about the EA stuff. You install one of their games, and now Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner* now have kernel-level access to your machine. Why, why the hell is that worth a game?
*I wish I was joking
Those are likely shit games.
I used to be huge into Battlefield. Even on Linux, I played the shit out of BF4. But I will never be sad about avoiding kernel level anticheat. I don’t even feel like I’m missing out, quite the opposite really, especially after Saudi Arabia bought out EA. Why would I ever want kernel level anything from them? They’d have to pay me.
I guess that’s all to say that I just don’t play those games, and I’m better off for it.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What good are those 3 games you want to play if they don’t work on the OS you want to use?
It’s just a matter of priority, about 8 years ago, I just made the decision to not play a game if it doesn’t work on Linux.
avatar@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The game doesn’t become inherently less enjoyable just because your system doesn’t meet the requirements to run it.
There is a big problem in having to change your worldview so that no longer being able to enjoy a game you wanted to experience becomes a non-issue.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure I understand what you mean, but if I understand you correctly, I think the same logic can be applied to using n OS of choice.
I still think it’s an issue of priority.
cmeu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The fomo is real