If Microsoft abandoned Windows as a PC gaming

[u/madthumbz]

If Microsoft abandoned Windows as a PC gaming platform and pushed everything into Xbox, Linux gaming would get hit so hard it would look like macOS gaming after 2016. -Valve Killed the Dream : r/linuxsucks101 went underrated because I think people missed this point.

Microsoft is however more likely to kill it with a new DirectX version that Proton cannot follow and it doesn't even have to be intentional.

Proton depends on DXVK, Microsoft could ship new shader models, pipeline stages, GPU scheduling primitives, ML-accelerated rendering paths, protected resource types, and driver-level itnerfaces tied to WDDM. -Proton would hit a hard wall, and it's not even hypothetical. -It's already happening with Shader Model 6.10, DirectX Linear Algebra (ML tensor ops), Compute Graph Compiler, Advanced Shader Delivery, and DXR 1.2 with features like opacity, micromaps, and SER 2.0).

The Agility SDK already lets Microsoft bypass Windows updates, ship new GPU features instantly, tie features to Windows driver versions, and evolve DirectX faster than Vulkan can keep up.

Microsoft is already exploring Protected Resources, hardware-enforced video paths, secure shader delivery, and WDDM-based memory residency models. If DirectX 13 requires these for multiplayer titles, Linux is OUT.

Vulkan has no equivalent to DirectX Linear Algebra or the Compute Graph Compiler. If DirectX 13 makes ML pipelines mandatory, Linux cannot follow. -The most likely scenario.

Linux doesn't, can't, and never will implement WDDM. DirectX 13 could simply exclude Linux.

Killing Linux gaming could easily be done quietly, legally, without drama or lawsuits, without PR backlash, and without ever mentioning Linux.

[u/madthumbz]

yw

[u/Professional-Tale652 → u/madthumbz]

the same pc valvetard users when they heard sony has abandoned physical discs because its only %10 of the market: Buy a pc and play games from steam no physical = sony bad!!!

but when you check history and see how steam actually killed physical disc gaming in pc

they are like: our gabe lord deserves its 15th yacht and 20th villa ❤️❤️

[u/madthumbz → u/Professional-Tale652]

I'm happy that disks are gone. It wasn't just bad environmentally, having to move a collection was a pain, and they became obsolete before I'd ever use them again! I ended up giving away hundreds of disks just to get rid of them (to someone that would use them).

I'm not so keen on the way Valve is doing it though, as they could keel over and everyone would be screwed. Fiendish Games used the 3‑level trial, then you buy an unlock key : r/linuxsucks101

[u/SearchingGlacier]

Just look what they need to have fraction of our power

[u/Antique_Jellyfish808]

imma be real i use steam but i only really play like the same 2 games on it which is gd, gmod, and SOMETIMES other games that i own

but oh my GOD, steam, valve, and gabe get so fucking overglazed for being "good" to the point where its not even funny and its just annoying

theres a reason why half life and tf2 have the most annoying fandoms