Uh, gross.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

My guess is [play time]:[spend amount] ratio is not a constant amongst various people. In my own narrow sampling of friends, I have seen both sides. I've seen people that have just a couple games that they play the hell out of and I've seen people often buy games but only play a little. When I get into an EVE Online kick, I will play that game like an addict for months. It's like no other games exist. I play a lot, but I don't buy anything from Steam during that time (I subscribe outside of Steam even though the game is in my Steam library).

View this comment - View article - View full comments

This is also why Macs are poor gaming machines. They look cool but they can't keep a good GPU cool.

Sounds to me like:
Want a small box for your SteamOS machine? Put an APU in it and live with its performance.
Want faster hardware? Make a mid tower and live with the size.

Other options are simply not worth the cost IMO.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

The Debian mailing list announced that Jessie is end of life and will no longer receive even security updates as of June. If I was maintaining a fork that still relied fairly heavily on Jessie, I would work to get it converted to Stretch ASAP.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'm going to unpause this month for Escapists 2... wonder what the throwaway games will be.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: ShmerlIt's good to see an RPG project crowdfunding succeeding, unlike one for Project Resurgence which was promising too, but failed financially.

Yes. Divinity: Original Sin 2 (and I think 1 as well?) were successful. Hopefully this game and Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness and Last Epoch turn out well also.

Quoting: Mountain ManYou know, studios could be a lot more creative with their advertising art for fantasy RPGs since every one seems to use a variation of the exact same image. It gets to the point where I will often overlook a new game simply because the "box art" looks so familiar that I assume I've already seen it before.

For that matter, the in-game art isn't much more distinctive.

I agree with you. I had to keep looking at this one and ask myself, "Is that really not Pillars of Eternity?"

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: skinnyraf

Quoting: 14I am not going to check my bank account, read/write emails, apply to jobs, VPN to work, write scripts, manage family photo library, etc. on a gaming console. In short, I don't use gaming consoles to work with my more intimate data, thus complete control over the platform is not as important to me.

That's why I separated my dual-boot Linux and Windows installations quite extremely: one is on GPT and the other uses MBR and I'm using BIOS-level selection of a boot device to boot into Windows rather than GRUB :) My Windows install is basically a Windows gaming console - no other software installed apart from games, Steam, Battle.net and Origin (The Sims 4 and Plants vs Zombies 2...).

On the other hand, my Linux installation is pure workstation. My Linux gaming happens on a Steam Machine.

Ha. My dual-boot setup is similar. I have Steam and Origin installed in Windows and nothing else. I only boot to it about once a month or longer. Windows and Linux have their own drives and the only way I can boot to Windows is pressing a key during boot to get to BIOS boot selection menu. :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: 14By the way, what is the cross-platform multiplayer problem? I know I can play Rocket League and FF between PS4 and PC clients, which makes me think any other blocking would be a publisher decision. What's making the publisher choose that would be the important question.

Sony have blocked anyone doing cross-platform play with other consoles, while Microsoft and Nintendo allow it. To the point that Nintendo recently put out an official trailer showing off Switch and Xbox One playing together. Sony are basically abusing their position.

Oh. Did they break Rocket League and FFIV cross-platform play?!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: wolfyrion

Quoting: 14

Quoting: Whitewolfe80Honestly and I know am going to get slated for it this is just one more nail in the coffin for me the lack of triple a gaming on linux this year aside from Tomb Raider reboot 2 means and i hate to say it i am going back to dual booting after six years on pure linux.

That's a bummer for you. For me, I'd go to PS4 before Windows and keep a Linux computer. Windows 10 is like renting a computer. It's not yours.

That said, my two cents in this seasonal conversation is that not everyone who gives Linux a shot sticks with it. I'm an IT professional who works on a team of admins that administer many Windows and Linux servers. We all despise Windows (supposedly), but guess how many of us run a Linux/GNU computer for personal use? Just me. It's too much work to not be mainstream.

Of course, I love Linux/GNU and don't imagine myself leaving any time (never say "never" ). But other people? They probably need to grow up with it, or there is like no hope.

@14 Hi, I am an IT as well :)

I am using Linux for work and other things as well but I dont think I will ever dualboot
I have a PS4 just to play AAA Titles (if I ever have time) that I cant play on Linux.
(Imagine that I have Resident Evil 7 , God of War,Monster Hunter,Shadow of the Colossus + so many other AAA tittles and I havent played anything so far)

I want to buy a VR but at the moment I am waiting for Linux support otherwise I may buy VR for PS4.

At the moment Linux Gaming is VERY VERY BAD !

1. No AAA titles are available in Linux (Especially the newest titles like PUBG etc)
2. NO VR Support and no cool VR Games in Linux
3. No gamer will want to play a game after 1 or 2 years if it will be ported.
4. Gamers jump from one game to another , I mean that gamers test every new game is getting released and if is trending they just stuck on it and play it until the next trending game tittle.

More than 5 years have passed and still Linux gaming is not a thing.
Yeah we do have many tittles especially indie games but until big companies decide to support Linux , Linux gaming will stay as is.

We're in the same boat it sounds like. I also have a PS4 mostly for exclusives and Ubisoft games.

When you say "AAA game," do you mean big hit games or big budget games? I don't consider PUBG or Fortnite AAA, but they're obviously the hottest thing besides LoL and Dota2. But I won't get too tripped up on semantics. I completely agree that it's hard to be a strictly Linux gamer when you have to forgo the games the majority of people are playing. Some of the games I really wish I could play are BF4 and BF5, PUBG, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, others. Yes, some of those can run in WINE. That's only if you're desperate IMO. What keeps me from booting into Windows and playing those games? I don't have time for all the games I want to play. So, I cut out the ones that don't run on Linux. I still don't have enough time to play all the Linux games I have. That's what I console myself with anyway.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: skinnyraf

Quoting: 14That's a bummer for you. For me, I'd go to PS4 before Windows and keep a Linux computer. Windows 10 is like renting a computer. It's not yours.

Don't you realise inconsistency here? You prefer PS4, a fully locked-down system, both hardware- and software-wise, where the vendor has full control over what you can do and what they can do with the system you purchased, with a Windows-running PC. While Microsoft moved towards walled garden approach a lot in last few years, Windows 10 is still relatively open compared with consoles. And, if it comes to the worst and Microsoft disables Windows license key, you still have a PC you can use. If Sony decides to brick your PS4, there's nothing you can do about it. And let's not even start talking about cross-system multiplayer...

That said, I will probably follow your route. I won't replace my aging PC. It's fine for indie games on Linux. For AAA I will probably buy PS4 Pro - though issues with cross play between PS4 and other platforms might change my decision.

You're not wrong. But a gaming console and my general purpose computer have different requirements even though the computer can overlap in the gaming function. I am not going to check my bank account, read/write emails, apply to jobs, VPN to work, write scripts, manage family photo library, etc. on a gaming console. In short, I don't use gaming consoles to work with my more intimate data, thus complete control over the platform is not as important to me.

By the way, what is the cross-platform multiplayer problem? I know I can play Rocket League and FF between PS4 and PC clients, which makes me think any other blocking would be a publisher decision. What's making the publisher choose that would be the important question.

View this comment - View article - View full comments