I can only speak for myself, but as a gamer I don’t have a lot of complaints with gaming on linux. If most of your games are on steam they should work fine on linux thanks to proton (and steamdeck too). Sure, if you play a lot of multiplayer games where the anti-cheat doesn’t tolerate linux, then staying on windows is understandable. Outside of steam, there are other launchers, lutris and heroic, for example.
I’m personally still dual booting, because one game that I played still doesn’t work on linux, but as I don’t play that game anymore nor have I booted to windows in like 6 months, I might as well get rid of windows once and for all.
Personally I don’t really touch EA or Ubisoft so, I don’t miss anything, and even if I was into them, from the looks of things, I wouldn’t be missing much.
I will say though that Steam’s Proton is amazing. I play Guild Wars 2 and all previous emulations were awful and buggy. With Proton it’s no different to running in Windows.
Maybe my Linux skills (which doesn’t surprise me) were lacking. I tired in the past and gave up as it was buggy for me. That said I ran the game on a potato for the longest time so adding in emulation probably didn’t help.
I believe only one of the like 200 games I tested didn’t work on linux. Everything else works except for some anticheat titles. But I’m playing titanfall 2, aoe2 and drg without any major issues. Everything else just works.
If video games weren’t my primary hobby, I’d have switched already. But the gaming experience on Linux is still wanting.
Worth checking into Steam and Nobara if you haven’t.
I can only speak for myself, but as a gamer I don’t have a lot of complaints with gaming on linux. If most of your games are on steam they should work fine on linux thanks to proton (and steamdeck too). Sure, if you play a lot of multiplayer games where the anti-cheat doesn’t tolerate linux, then staying on windows is understandable. Outside of steam, there are other launchers, lutris and heroic, for example.
I’m personally still dual booting, because one game that I played still doesn’t work on linux, but as I don’t play that game anymore nor have I booted to windows in like 6 months, I might as well get rid of windows once and for all.
I mean, if you’re still wanting, it’s wanting.
Personally I don’t really touch EA or Ubisoft so, I don’t miss anything, and even if I was into them, from the looks of things, I wouldn’t be missing much.
That’s a big issue for lots of people.
I will say though that Steam’s Proton is amazing. I play Guild Wars 2 and all previous emulations were awful and buggy. With Proton it’s no different to running in Windows.
Definitely worth a try.
Guild Wars 2 has been fully playable with regular WINE since launch. I’ve always played it (and GW1) on Linux, never on Windows.
Not to take from Proton’s benefits but this is probably not the best game to give as an example. 🙂
Maybe my Linux skills (which doesn’t surprise me) were lacking. I tired in the past and gave up as it was buggy for me. That said I ran the game on a potato for the longest time so adding in emulation probably didn’t help.
I believe only one of the like 200 games I tested didn’t work on linux. Everything else works except for some anticheat titles. But I’m playing titanfall 2, aoe2 and drg without any major issues. Everything else just works.