Comment on Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare

artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They fluctuate a lot, but I have yet to see a fluctuation that can’t be explained away as “a ton of Chinese players played this month” or “a ton of Chinese players did not return this month”. You can check Gaming On Linux’s Steam Tracker page, and the rise has been fairly steady when you filter for English only.

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• iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What statistics that they show you for year in review are very very wrong?

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The survey is always offered only to a random subset of Steam users. The results only ever represent the fractions of users who took the survey, and are not representative of the entire Steam ecosystem as a whole. Unfortunately, this means that the increase/decrease in Linux usage is probably within the margin of error and is not a reliable statistic.

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• homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Especially when compared with macOS, an operating system famously known as NOT a gaming operating system.

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  • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d be pretty impressed if you showed me a car with better fuel economy than a bicycle. I don’t know about you lot, but I haven’t had to refuel my bicycle a single time since I bought it.

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If I don’t refuel my bicycle I die

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      • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sounds like you need a riksha.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but how far will it go if you try to power it with gasoline?

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      • InnerScientist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Don’t know yet but it seems to just be running on fumes.

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This isn’t a conversation about cars or bicycles.

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      • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, but that was a joke about bicycles.

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  • GalacticHero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have a MacBook that I use opportunistically for games. It’s not my primary gaming machine, but I keep Steam on it for if I’m on a work trip and have some down time or whatever. I imagine a lot of the Mac users in the survey are in the same boat.

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I certainly am

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  • jerryq27@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It matters when game devs argue that they don’t support Linux due to player count, but are perfectly fine making builds for MacOS (See Riot Games). Showing these stats pushes back against that argument and gives devs more incentives to support Linux.

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• teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t seen any issues with year in review, I’m curious what you’ve seen.

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