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amatai Feb 25, 2021
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Could you do store statistics again ? That was very interesting and that would let see the big trend. I'm very curious about the relative result of GoG vs Steam and Steam vs 3rd market store and how many Linux User use Epic + Wine (still have not dare doing that despite the free games, I'm still shy about using proton too extensively).
Liam Dawe Feb 25, 2021
Could you do store statistics again ? That was very interesting and that would let see the big trend. I'm very curious about the relative result of GoG vs Steam and Steam vs 3rd market store and how many Linux User use Epic + Wine (still have not dare doing that despite the free games, I'm still shy about using proton too extensively).
Not opposed to it but it would need careful wording, since this is something that people don't update every month.

Happy to take suggestions.
Eike Feb 25, 2021
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Happy to take suggestions.

"What's your favourite store to buy a game?"
[ ] Steam
[ ] GoG
[ ] Humble
[ ] Itch.io
[ ] 3rd party Steam key sellers
[ ] other

"Favourite" wouldn't be subject to frequent changes.
Maby one should add something like ("it it would be available at all stores") or the like.
scaine Feb 25, 2021
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Who the hell is this absolute mentalist? Utmost respect, if not trolling...



Edit to add... holy cow, there are THREE such people. Three. smh.


Last edited by scaine on 25 February 2021 at 1:45 pm UTC
Corben Feb 25, 2021
Happy to take suggestions.

"What's your favourite store to buy a game?"
[ ] Steam
[ ] GoG
[ ] Humble
[ ] Itch.io
[ ] 3rd party Steam key sellers
[ ] other

"Favourite" wouldn't be subject to frequent changes.
Maby one should add something like ("it it would be available at all stores") or the like.
How about a checkbox instead of a radio button? Because I'm not buying only in one store, though there might be the most favorite one.

But if the question would be more like: where did you buy games in the last month? And then you select the stores you used to buy something. And with buy I mean actually paying money, not grabbing the free EGS game. This could reflect if a store became suddenly interesting, because of an exclusive has been released (e.g. Stadia). Of course there should be a way for Linux users to use this store and play its games. But I think atm they are all somehow useable (lutris, heroic, Chrome browser)

What do you think about an option for subscriptions? Stadia Pro, Geforce Now, EA Access, etc.?

Wouldn't be a PC Info survey anymore, but well ;)
Ehvis Feb 25, 2021
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How about a checkbox instead of a radio button? Because I'm not buying only in one store, though there might be the most favorite one.

But if the question would be more like: where did you buy games in the last month? And then you select the stores you used to buy something.

Problem with that is the same as with the wine/proton questions that used to be there. It changes too frequently to keep the data somewhat reliable. For that sort of thing you'd be better off running a periodic poll to get the view of the moment.

The favourite store question has issues too though. Humble serves as a both a key reseller for all stores and a distributor of DRM free builds. But at least it's not likely to change frequently.
Eike Feb 25, 2021
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"What's your favourite store to buy a game?"
[ ] Steam
[ ] GoG
[ ] Humble
[ ] Itch.io
[ ] 3rd party Steam key sellers
[ ] other
How about a checkbox instead of a radio button? Because I'm not buying only in one store, though there might be the most favorite one.

How could you not recognize my ASCII art checkboxes?!? :D

This - obviously! :p - is what a radio button looks like:
( )

But if the question would be more like: where did you buy games in the last month? And then you select the stores you used to buy something. And with buy I mean actually paying money, not grabbing the free EGS game. This could reflect if a store became suddenly interesting, because of an exclusive has been released (e.g. Stadia).

Yes, but it would have the problem the WINE question had back in the days: It would need frequent updates by the users, which most people probably won't do.
buono Feb 25, 2021
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Who the hell is this absolute mentalist? Utmost respect, if not trolling...



Edit to add... holy cow, there are THREE such people. Three. smh.

It was a good job I wasn't drinking my coffee when I read this. :)

I really did laugh out loud.


Last edited by buono on 25 February 2021 at 3:42 pm UTC
Cyril Feb 25, 2021
Who the hell is this absolute mentalist? Utmost respect, if not trolling...



Edit to add... holy cow, there are THREE such people. Three. smh.

Are you alright scaine?
Corben Feb 25, 2021
How could you not recognize my ASCII art checkboxes?!? :D

This - obviously! :p - is what a radio button looks like:
( )
Haha xD
I did recognize the checkboxes, but the question "What's your favourite store to buy a game?" implied for me only one possible answer, which would result in a radio button ;)

Yes, but it would have the problem the WINE question had back in the days: It would need frequent updates by the users, which most people probably won't do.
Hmmm, I thought the monthly friendly reminder would help with that. At least I'm quickly cross checking every time if my answers are still up to date. And I'm sure everybody else does so too
scaine Feb 25, 2021
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Who the hell is this absolute mentalist? Utmost respect, if not trolling...



Edit to add... holy cow, there are THREE such people. Three. smh.

Are you alright scaine?

Well, I'm clearly 11 monitors short of "alright", but otherwise fine, I suppose.
Ehvis Feb 25, 2021
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Well, I'm clearly 11 monitors short of "alright", but otherwise fine, I suppose.

Well, to be fair, if you want to run all 12, you'd also need two extra GPUs.
amatai Feb 25, 2021
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Witch store did you use
Could you do store statistics again ? That was very interesting and that would let see the big trend. I'm very curious about the relative result of GoG vs Steam and Steam vs 3rd market store and how many Linux User use Epic + Wine (still have not dare doing that despite the free games, I'm still shy about using proton too extensively).
Not opposed to it but it would need careful wording, since this is something that people don't update every month.

Happy to take suggestions.

"Which store did you use last year" maybe ? Or in the last 3 month. Or In "Which store would you consider buying game". The updating stuff makes the wording very important.
Maybe it's a statistic to do yearly during the Gaming On Linux award. Aside from which is your favorite game of the year asking how many games do you purchase this year and in which store.
axredneck Feb 25, 2021
But if the question would be more like: where did you buy games in the last month? And then you select the stores you used to buy something. And with buy I mean actually paying money, not grabbing the free EGS game.
But i don't buy games every month... Maybe it would be better "last year"?


Last edited by axredneck on 25 February 2021 at 6:43 pm UTC
scirocco Feb 25, 2021
Fun too see that kde is so popular for gaming its even passed gnome, I normally use xfce for the best game performance, however with gnome 40, gnome is just as fast for gaming as xfce, so I switched to that.


Last edited by scirocco on 25 February 2021 at 10:05 pm UTC
axelb Feb 27, 2021
I'm still shy about using proton too extensively).
Imo proton and vk are among the best things (if not the best) that could happen (and happened) to linux gaming in the past years. I recently started playing kc:d via steam, which uses proton. I have 50+ hours now and i cant complain. It just works great (for me). I love it.
amatai Feb 28, 2021
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I'm still shy about using proton too extensively).
Imo proton and vk are among the best things (if not the best) that could happen (and happened) to linux gaming in the past years. I recently started playing kc:d via steam, which uses proton. I have 50+ hours now and i cant complain. It just works great (for me). I love it.
Sure. But transitioning from "no tux, no bucks" to "no tux, bucks" will take a few year more for me before feeling natural.
CatKiller Mar 1, 2021
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Sure. But transitioning from "no tux, no bucks" to "no tux, bucks" will take a few year more for me before feeling natural.

I've mentioned it before, but for me Proton can mean "no Tux, some bucks." Without Linux support there's no way they're getting full price, but if they haven't made their game not work in Proton then there's a chance they could get a couple of quid. More if they've committed to keeping it working, rather than having it work by accident and stop working at some point in the future by accident.


Last edited by CatKiller on 1 March 2021 at 1:41 am UTC
scaine Mar 1, 2021
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Sure. But transitioning from "no tux, no bucks" to "no tux, bucks" will take a few year more for me before feeling natural.

I've mentioned it before, but for me Proton can mean "no Tux, some bucks." Without Linux support there's no way they're getting full price, but if they haven't made their game not work in Proton then there's a chance they could get a couple of quid. More if they've committed to keeping it working, rather than having it work by accident and stop working at some point in the future by accident.

That's a great point. Every single game I've bought that's Windows-only has either been through Humble Choice or an absolutely mahooosive sale on Steam. Like 75%+ sale. Meanwhile, I'll generally pay full price for a Linux native game.
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