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[–] 22 points 7 months ago (16 children)

I'm extremely skeptical about Steam's statistics. They seem to have wild fluctuations like this on a regular basis. Not to mention the statistics they show about me in their "year in review" are often just very very wrong.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago*

    They fluctuate a lot, but I have yet to see a fluctuation that can't be explained away as "a ton of Chinese players played this month" or "a ton of Chinese players did not return this month". You can check Gaming On Linux's Steam Tracker page, and the rise has been fairly steady when you filter for English only. That said, these surveys are often revised a handful of days after initial posting, so check back in a week to see the more accurate data.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    The survey is always offered only to a random subset of Steam users. The results only ever represent the fractions of users who took the survey, and are not representative of the entire Steam ecosystem as a whole. Unfortunately, this means that the increase/decrease in Linux usage is probably within the margin of error and is not a reliable statistic.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (11 children)

    Especially when compared with macOS, an operating system famously known as NOT a gaming operating system.

    That’s like saying you made a car that gets better gas mileage than a bicycle.

    Like, ok. But how well does it run Photoshop or AfterEffects?

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I'd be pretty impressed if you showed me a car with better fuel economy than a bicycle. I don't know about you lot, but I haven't had to refuel my bicycle a single time since I bought it.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    This isn’t a conversation about cars or bicycles or even about fuel economy. it’s not even about transportation.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    What you were trying to say and how it pertains to bicycles was very unclear but I think I deciphered it. But there are lots of Mac users who ride bicycles, I know one or two of them myself.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It matters when game devs argue that they don't support Linux due to player count, but are perfectly fine making builds for MacOS (See Riot Games). Showing these stats pushes back against that argument and gives devs more incentives to support Linux.

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