• artyom@piefed.social
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    8 hours ago

    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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      8 hours 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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      7 hours ago

      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?