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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

No no, this year for real! Because (highly technical reason that doesn't affect most users).

For real though, how Microsoft plays this year could be interesting considering the lukewarm reception to Win11 and the impending ewaste pile of Win10.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not sure this is the year but my “highly technical reason” is that enough gamers switch.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why this year and not the last one or the one before that?

[–] quentangle@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I'm not going to claim that this year is the year, or that any will be. In regards to gaming though, two years ago the number of games which worked through Proton was quite a bit lower, and the number of anti-cheats which worked was effectively zero.

Anti-cheat support is still far from 100%, but it is significantly higher than it was even six months ago. It looks like it will only get better from here.

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