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Its not that easy. There is no alternative for some of the big games. I play genshin impact and honkai star rail and these games do not run on linux.
I use linux but keep windows dual booted purely for these games.
Asking people to give up their hobby is not a solution.
genshin works now btw
Oh thats great! Thanks for the notice :)
A solution doesn’t mean everyone will use it
Even if no one uses it that is still what has to happen for devs to target Linux instead of Windows
Imagine every Genshin player moved to Linux. Would the game move to Linux or just die?
I hear you, it sucks sometimes, especially with Asian-made games/software which LOVE locking themselves to one OS or platform literally for completely random, arbitrary reasons. You can still play them on mobile though. Especially given that you don't quite want to install a Linux OS on your phone yet (I mean traditional Linux, not Android or a de-Googled Android offshoot) since that's still largely a work in progress and not ready for primetime yet.
aren't these both like pay 2 win, or at least free to play? Isn't the whole genre of these games to make money off of it's players?
Sounds like a really healthy hobby.
If you want the characters, yeah. I have been playing since it came out and never paid a cent.
While playing you get a ton of the gems you need to get characters. I play for the story and the world and music etc. If i get a character, that's great. If i don't, i don't.
The whole game and story and world is free. Only the characters cost gems.
The only part to me that is pay to win is the abyss, but even that i got through with my free characters.
Also, it's not nice to tell me my hobby isn't healthy when you don't know me or how i play.
i mean, i just said it sounds like it. Doesn't even mean im right or wrong. We all have really unhealthy habits, and hobbies tend to accentuate them as well.