The number of titles that can be played on 'Proton', which was developed so that Steam users can enjoy the game without any inconvenience even if they switch to Linux, has exceeded 12,000.
Valve, which develops
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Released in August 2018, Proton is software co-developed by Steam developer Valve and software developer CodeWeavers . Proton is a fork of Wine because it is based on Wine , which was created to run software for Windows natively on UNIX-like operating systems. Since Proton is open source software, the source code is published on GitHub .
Proton DB is a database that summarizes such data about Proton, and on the same site, 'total number of reports on gameplay in Proton', 'number of titles submitted reports', and 'using Proton, immediately on Linux without any modification' The number of games (platinum games) that can be played on Linux 'is summarized.
As of April 2020, there were 6502 platinum games that could be played on Proton without any problems, and about 50% of the games released on Steam were playable on Linux as platinum games.
As of December 8, 2020, the number of platinum games has increased further, reaching a whopping 12,753 games. The total number of reports on gameplay in Proton is 104,508, and the number of titles submitted for reports is 16,232.
In addition, Proton version 5.13 was just released in November 2020. At the time of the upgrade release, CodeWeavers President James Ramey talks about the Proton project and the current state of the company.
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Proton version 5.13 is making progress on the process of avoiding anti-cheat software, which is a major bottleneck in game compatibility issues. However, the battle between the anti-cheat software installed in the game and Proton has been a problem since the release of Proton, so it is not a complete settlement in version 5.13, and the battle will continue in the future. pattern. In addition, the number of titles that can be played in Proton will increase as President Ramey mentions that 'games blocked by NTDLL will be playable' around the next upgrade or even the next upgrade. It seems to be.
Regarding the pandemic of the new coronavirus that raged in 2020, President Ramey said, 'Fortunately, we are a fairly dispersed company. Many of our development teams are based in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia. So I'm already working from home. The office in Minneapolis had 25 employees, but this is also moving to working from home. Normally, we go to the office on a regular basis. However, since the second week of March 2020, I have only been to the office once. Originally, I established a company so that I could work remotely, so from the perspective of productivity, the impact of the new coronavirus And there were some employees who tested positive for the new coronavirus, so they gave them vacations as needed. '
Furthermore, it has been pointed out that the number of game titles that natively support Linux has decreased from Steam due to the advent of Proton. Below is a graph showing the number of game titles distributed on Steam that are natively compatible with Linux. Since August 2018, when Proton was released, the number of titles that natively support Linux has clearly decreased.
'Proton offers not only the experience of'gameplay on Linux', but also an opportunity for game developers to have easy access to the Linux market. Windows has already been released. Proton will allow game developers to bring the game to a second market without redevelopment, 'said Proton, making it easier for game developers to bring games to Linux users. Claims that it cannot be said that the point that it can be provided is irrelevant.
Ramey emphasizes that developers who aren't using Unreal Engine as their game engine can easily bring their games to the Linux market as well as the Windows market without recompilation or modification. Also, due to the variety of distributions in Linux, it is very difficult to sell games to a wide range of users in the Linux market, Ramey said. On the other hand, Proton says that developers developing games for Windows can easily provide games that run on Linux for many users.
Also, more and more game developers are beginning to notice Proton, Ramey said, 'Although it's not in the fuss yet, not only are many indie developers starting to pay attention to Proton, but it's also large Many game developers are also interested in Proton, largely because they have access to another market at a very low cost, so more games can be played comfortably on Proton in the future. It's also possible that developers will be able to test on Proton during the development process, so at some point (a turning point), 'Proton on whether the game works' We hope that the need to contact CodeWeavers, the developer of the game, will be significantly reduced. Much of what we are doing is laying the groundwork for that. ' President Ramey also claims that the turning point is 'coming within the next 12 months.'
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