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Out of The Top 50 Games, 70% Work on Linux Now by IPB 04/03/2021, 5:51am PDT
https://boilingsteam.com/out-of-the-top-50-games-70-work-on-linux-now/


Linux has more compatible Steam games than macOS. This fact sparks anger in the confused gaming heart of a Mac user

“Last but not least, Mac has ONLY 21 out of the Top 50 games working […] Mac is pretty much stuck in the dust with their non-existing Proton support.”

Even if you care about those other 29 games (how many games do you need to play, really?), that’s a rather one-sided view. You could equally have said:

Now that we’ve seen how successful Proton can be, we just have to have somebody (Valve or otherwise) produce a Proton-for-Mac. Then the Mac would have even better gaming support than Linux.


Valve or otherwise? Ah yes hmm who could be this otherwise to provide gaming support on Macs?


I agree, there is no technical limitation for a Proton-like solution to work on Mac. The largest hurdle is not technical: it’s that Apple has no interest in gaming on their own computers, which makes it a risky business to invest in (OpenGL is hardly supported anymore, Vulkan drivers are nonexistent, which means you have to write everything for Metal, and now you have a mix of x86 and ARM).


Apple's laptop and computer offerings have been afterthoughts for a while

What does Apple’s alleged lack of ‘interest in gaming’ have to do with it? Proton was based on Wine, which was developed entirely *despite* Microsoft, not due to any help they provided.


Imaging being such a corporate whore that you blame Apple's lack of gaming on everyone except the company itself
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