My fantasy is that PC games become similar to roms, where it’s a single file. Maybe encoded is the system specs, OS, etc.
Then the “emulator” just works.
Of course, no financial incentives and a lot of work just to exist. Not to mention, it’ll be impossible to do for modern games. But maybe every game that’s older than 10 years old gets this treatment.
Also I’m not a OS engineer and maybe this is what Proton is doing with Linux.
Then pure decentralized gaming on any OS - computer, browser, raspberry pi, “smart Fridge”, whatever has the specs. And the game just works.
I think people just prefer Steam to Epic or EA’s store fronts. Whenever GoG gets brought up, the only major complaint is is that there’s no official Linux launcher, even when there are Linux binaries for the games.
What? I’m not following. Steam isn’t federating with anyone. This is about having a link to an external site. Nothing more. Has nothing to do with federation directly.
That is so bad. They clearly don’t understand the appeal of decentralized systems…
At the same time people on here are defending the centralization of PC gaming on Steam so even fediverse users don’t understand decentralization
How do you imagine decentralized gaming? Every game comes with it’s own launcher?
Every game tied to it’s own console.
My fantasy is that PC games become similar to roms, where it’s a single file. Maybe encoded is the system specs, OS, etc.
Then the “emulator” just works.
Of course, no financial incentives and a lot of work just to exist. Not to mention, it’ll be impossible to do for modern games. But maybe every game that’s older than 10 years old gets this treatment.
Also I’m not a OS engineer and maybe this is what Proton is doing with Linux.
Then pure decentralized gaming on any OS - computer, browser, raspberry pi, “smart Fridge”, whatever has the specs. And the game just works.
I think will be something more like gog or itch io
What makes either of those decentralized?
I think people just prefer Steam to Epic or EA’s store fronts. Whenever GoG gets brought up, the only major complaint is is that there’s no official Linux launcher, even when there are Linux binaries for the games.
The instance I’m on isn’t federated with every other instance. Why would you expect steam to effectively federate with every instance?
What? I’m not following. Steam isn’t federating with anyone. This is about having a link to an external site. Nothing more. Has nothing to do with federation directly.