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Black Myth: Wukong shows very clearly Valve are selling a lot of Steam Decks (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A particularly fun bit:

So then, how about Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said when it hits "tens of millions of users" that it "would actually make sense to support it". We must be pretty close by now right? Why ignore a platform that's sold multiple millions, and is clearly just continuing to fly off the shelves?

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It’s ironic that Tim Sweeney is against Linux as it would give Epic more independence from Microsoft. Doesn’t he want to avoid “gatekeepers” like Apple and Google.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

I bet he has a Steve Ballmer like thinking "Linux is cancer" and cannot think beyond his preconceptions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They did sponsor/donate to someone who got the Epic Games Launcher working through wine. Don’t remember the exact details and can’t find a link though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I think it was a one time grant for lutris or something, not Wine. It wasn't out of their good heart or ethical fibre. It was also a one time thing 5 years ago for so little money that it wouldn't cover even a single developer for a single year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In his mind Epic doesn't need independence from Microsoft because Microsoft isn't taking a cut of his Fortnite money. Microsoft is bad but Apple and Google take it to the next level. Imagine if Microsoft needed companies to verify their software and with that verification Microsoft can take a cut of every purchase done in that software. So if Steam was verified games sold in the steam software would cost more than opening up a steam website and buying from there. That is Google and Apple in a nutshell. That is actually the case with Twitch subs, they cost more in the Twitch app because of the fee Google adds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Valve are one of the major reasons that Microsoft's attempts at the iOSification of Windows failed. Their investments in Linux are directly aimed at preventing what Apple is doing.

Tim Sweeney is a freeloader depending on companies like Valve to protect him from these threats to his company.