I remember people were very skeptical of steam when it was new. But then they just kept making it better without charging the customer. Cloud backups. The steam overlay. Forums (ok they suck but that’s a separate issue). Chat. Remote play.
Meanwhile, Microsoft was busy jerking off to Xbox.
Yes absolutely, Wine is the necessary basis of the technology, and if Proton weren’t forked from it, it would have been a lot less open, maybe even exclusive to steam itself like steam input is.
People weren’t just skeptical. They fucking hated it. It was seen basically the same as Uplay or origin or epic games launcher. Just bloatware garbage that the company is forcing you to install to play games.
But then they made it good, unlike all those others, and the reputation recovered.
I remember people were very skeptical of steam when it was new. But then they just kept making it better without charging the customer. Cloud backups. The steam overlay. Forums (ok they suck but that’s a separate issue). Chat. Remote play.
Meanwhile, Microsoft was busy jerking off to Xbox.
Steam Input is massive. Literally the only thing it doesn’t facilitate is remote touch screen support.
Steam Input is huge, and Proton is even bigger.
Also thank you to the countless volunteer Wine devs over the years :)
Yes absolutely, Wine is the necessary basis of the technology, and if Proton weren’t forked from it, it would have been a lot less open, maybe even exclusive to steam itself like steam input is.
People weren’t just skeptical. They fucking hated it. It was seen basically the same as Uplay or origin or epic games launcher. Just bloatware garbage that the company is forcing you to install to play games.
But then they made it good, unlike all those others, and the reputation recovered.