Even until semi-recently a lot games were 32bit only. Luckily we got projects like WOW64 for Wine/Proton that’s helping assure compatibility of older games in the future when 32bit libraries are completely dropped by most distros. But that still takes time to work out all the edge cases.
Same thing for the people heavily pushing for everyone to SWITCH TO ARM RIGHT NOW!
I like Arm (I’d prefer RISC-V) but I like video games being preserved, playable and as easily accessible as possible for people more than any shiny new hardware.
people heavily pushing for everyone to SWITCH TO ARM RIGHT NOW!
That’s a thing? Not seen/heard that before. If people are saying literally everyone should switch and abandon the entire ecosystem of software, they are obviously idiots. If people are musing that they wish it could happen while preserving compatibility, they are reasonable and in the right. ARM CPUs use way less power and run cooler and that is good for everyone.
You might be right and I just haven’t seen that sentiment. People are often selfish and unreasonable, but in this particular case I’ve not seen it.
I’m probably overstating, I admit to spending too much time talking to “capital G gamers” and a while back something went around about “We’ve reached the limit of x86 and Nvidia’s new ARM processors will be the future of PC gaming”
I’ve had at least two separate people go on long winded rants about it to me, so now my eye twitches anytime I hear someone mention it.
Hah gotcha. I mean over enough timespan what they want will happen (pretty sure anyhow) and it will be good. But it may take 10-15 years. But I understand how annoying people can sometimes be about ideas like this
I don’t think it’s a super common sentiment across all crowds, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some groups see the benefits Apple got by switching and wanted that for themselves.
More people need to take this into account.
Even until semi-recently a lot games were 32bit only. Luckily we got projects like WOW64 for Wine/Proton that’s helping assure compatibility of older games in the future when 32bit libraries are completely dropped by most distros. But that still takes time to work out all the edge cases.
Same thing for the people heavily pushing for everyone to SWITCH TO ARM RIGHT NOW!
I like Arm (I’d prefer RISC-V) but I like video games being preserved, playable and as easily accessible as possible for people more than any shiny new hardware.
That’s a thing? Not seen/heard that before. If people are saying literally everyone should switch and abandon the entire ecosystem of software, they are obviously idiots. If people are musing that they wish it could happen while preserving compatibility, they are reasonable and in the right. ARM CPUs use way less power and run cooler and that is good for everyone.
You might be right and I just haven’t seen that sentiment. People are often selfish and unreasonable, but in this particular case I’ve not seen it.
I’m probably overstating, I admit to spending too much time talking to “capital G gamers” and a while back something went around about “We’ve reached the limit of x86 and Nvidia’s new ARM processors will be the future of PC gaming”
I’ve had at least two separate people go on long winded rants about it to me, so now my eye twitches anytime I hear someone mention it.
Hah gotcha. I mean over enough timespan what they want will happen (pretty sure anyhow) and it will be good. But it may take 10-15 years. But I understand how annoying people can sometimes be about ideas like this
“But Apple did it with absolutely 0 consequences”
I don’t think it’s a super common sentiment across all crowds, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some groups see the benefits Apple got by switching and wanted that for themselves.