Steam Linux Use Ticks Back Just Under 1% For Starting 2021

[stiiixy]

From what I last heard, Chinese were being asked to not travel as much as possible. Some moght listen and stay home and get Rusty.

Who knows!

[Sonadow]

Chinese are about to have their New Year celebrations.

Michael, pretty sure you meant 'whittle' in your article, as 'widdle' is to urinate.

Unless the CCP re-imposes lockdowns as a preventive measure to further contain the spread of Covid 19 in China (which has already been completely under control for almost an entire year), don't except Steam numbers to jump up significantly during CNY.

[HEL88]

After 8 years on Steam Linux has 0.9% - such success.

[stiiixy]

Chinese are about to have their New Year celebrations.

Michael, pretty sure you meant 'whittle' in your article, as 'widdle' is to urinate.

[xen0n]

Unlike the rest of the world still stuck on their first wave of lockdown, normalcy has returned to China and the kids in most provinces except a handful are back in school, and the adults back at work.

Obviously the numbers are going to drop drastically.

While it's true that virtually all Chinese are back to normal life lately, IMO it's more like the initial Cyberpunk 2077 fad has passed...

[kescherPh]

One further thing that could contribute to people going back to Windows systems for gaming is issues with Proton 5.13 onwards. A lot of issues with their new "Soldier" Linux Runtime combined with these issues, in fact. Steam Play has hit some really bad regressions.

[Naquatis]

Here is an unpopular opinion, EVEN if all the games work flawlessly on Linux, the percentage is not going to change much. Maybe 1% to 2%? That would be on the optimistic side.

Well at least you would have Linux users who use Linux because now the matured Linux user use Windows to get something you can call a flawless gaming experience.
(By the way gaming is the only task I am using Windows since 2006 for everything else I am using Linux .. ok thats not 100% true -> if it comes to creating music I like to use IOS / OSX)

[Zoll]

Here is an unpopular opinion, EVEN if all the games work flawlessly on Linux, the percentage is not going to change much. Maybe 1% to 2%? That would be on the optimistic side.

[Naquatis]

What promises?

That Linux will become the future of gaming.
They started with a lot of energy showing everyone that they are serious about this plan.
But the time is already over for AAA native Linux ports.
Even their own tools to modify Dota 2 never saw a native Linux version.
And after all we had a lot of promises from devs who tell us that the native Linux ports for titles like Darksiders or Giana Sisters is already finished.
They also forgot about this: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/wiki/Unreleased_Ports

And what have people started to use instead, according to you?

GoG has a nice model -> DRM free software.
Drilling into the kernel to put more DRM software to Linux is sick!
We should create some Linux exclusives that using the full native potential of our Linux system.

[david-nk]

Steam is simply a bad distribution system no matter if for Linux or not.
That people begin to reject them after all promises are broken is no wonder.

What promises? And what have people started to use instead, according to you?