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[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully this encourages developers and publishers to re-evaluate kernel level anything.

[–] Cashmere@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sadly i don't think it has any impact. For example, for Riot games no one complained about Vanguard except Linux gamers.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I didnt buy Helldivers 2 because of it. Explained why to all my friends who kept trying to convince me to buy it. I didn’t convince them, they didn’t convince me… but hey I appreciate the warning in the future.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Meanwhile hd2 runs just fine under Linux, without kernel fuckery.

[–] Cashmere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, i mean it's not useless to make it visible. It's a good news in the end.

[–] HeckGazer@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Funnily enough it was HD2 that finally convinced a few of my friends to hop on over the Linux

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plenty of others complained, the difference was just that they could swallow the pill and keep playing. Linux players were just fucked.

[–] Cashmere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

True ! But now we have an excuse to play better games