Yet another proof that Proton is a great stop-gap solution but Valve should be pushing game publishers to make native Linux ports.

The cost to maintain “native” ports is too high to make sense for most developers.

The cost to maintain “native” ports is too high to make sense for most developers.

If that was the case, no console ports would exist, except maybe Xbox because Xbox uses modified Windows internally.

Proton also makes it easier to preserve games since an “native” port would become incompatible overtime without work to adapt the software to changes in the system it’s running.

Inform yourself what Steam Linux Runtime is before making such comments. You are 100% wrong.

Inform yourself what Steam Linux Runtime is before making such comments. You are 100% wrong.

If a game depends on an API and this API gets discontinued, without adaptation it will have problems. That’s true for any software and any system. As a compatibility layer, Proton can keep old games compatible despite the system changes when it translates the API calls that the games depend on to what the base system has to offer. (I’m not talking necessarily of a game running on Steam in this case)

So, enlighten me, where am I wrong?