Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week
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Microsoft is getting ready to close its Activision Blizzard deal, with a decision from a UK regulator expected imminently.
  • illiEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    thanks to Proton Microsoft’s de facto stranglehold on PC gaming OS’s is weaker than ever

    Can you elaborate? I had to miss something…

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      Proton is the abstraction layer that Valve made to allow the steam deck to easily play games developed for windows. It’s made the moat that Microsoft has in the PC gaming space a lot more shallow. It’s based on Wine

      • vind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        And Proton is so good that can at times exceed the performance you can get on native windows. Mind, it is rare.

      • illiEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        So i guess this can be included in other Linux OSs to help with game compatibily and that’s why it’s a big deal? Or just foe the steamdeck (sorry for maybe stupid question but I’m completely new to this).