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WoodenPints on 22 November 2023
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Chazore said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I really don't like the idea of where this could very well be going.

We already had crap like Windows 8 trying to aim for a mobile/tablet focu7s, and the "leaner" centralised look of 11, we do not need desktop OS's going back to a crappy lite looking mobile style again...

Like all I have ever wanted was a basic OS, at least on the level of XP/7, but MS seems hellbent on locking settings/features away from the user, implementing more spy shit, some reasons to have to be connected to the net most of the time, and also them feeling like the UI has to be uniform with a much younger platform (mobile) that had 0 to do with the platform the OS originally hailed from. 

At this point I just want Valve to hurry the hell up with Steam OS, so I can hop over onto that and forget about MS, because it's becoming obvious now that MS is that one company on the planet that 100% refuses to let go of a dream no one asked to be dreamt of, let alone realised

Zkuq said:

Gaming is really the only thing keeping me using Windows, and Valve is doing a pretty good job at making Linux gaming more viable. I seriously considered installing Linux instead of Windows on my new PC, but unfortunately Linux support among the games I care about wasn't quite there just yet. Perhaps some tweaking could resolve the issues, but I don't really enjoy tweaking (a bunch of time wasted on mostly niche knowledge you'll never need again).

I suspect it's still going to take time before Linux gaming without major compromises becomes a thing, if it ever does, but at least the situation is looking better than it has, probably ever. And if Microsoft pulls off some of that ridiculous stuff I think I've seen some rumours about, I guess my capability to play games might take a hit after all, just to steer clear of nonsense.

Bofferbrauer2 said:
Conina said:

Previously, Newzoo had assumed growth of 7.4% for console games in 2023 compared to 2022, and only 1.6% growth for PC games.

Following the October update, growth of only 1.9% is expected for console games compared to 2022, but a whopping 5.2% growth for PC games:

https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/games-market-estimates-and-forecasts-2023

Best news out of this is that mobile is finally dropping! Take that, whalers!

Looks like they all bought their Genshin waifus on PC instead of mobile this quarter the $1b or so revenue swap between the platforms backs up my claim!