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Valve rumored to be working on Android emulator for Steam (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

No idea why it's difficult to run android on PC in the first place. Windows 11 can do it, but I'm clinging to 10 until it's gone.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago

Not a priority for Microsoft anymore.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091370/microsoft-windows-11-android-apps-end-of-support

[-] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Still pisses me off, this was one of the reasons I updated and they half-assed the implemenation then said they're killing it because no one is using it... no shit no one is using it, you hid it it behind the Amazon App (that no one uses) in the MS Store (that no one uses) and layers of docs for sideloading.

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's been around in one form or another since the Windows Phone 10 days, it was a weird beta that would sometimes work and required a lot of faffing about.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Have you heard the good news about Linux?

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It is still surprisingly far from straightforward to get it working

EDIT: I mean Android on Linux is difficult. Not Linux itself.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Fair enough. I'm just fulfilling Lemmy's contractual obligation to mention Linux any time someone doesn't want to "upgrade" to Windows 11.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Linus pays me $100 a month for spamming Linux. You also get payed, right?

[-] hoch@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Every. Fucking. Thread.

[-] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Hey instead of complaining about a few minor annoyances on Windows, why not just switch to Linux?"

Like I have many uses for Linux and appreciate it, but the amount of suggestions that I see telling someone that Linux is the fix is way too many

The point here is that MS made a pretty killer feature that was easy to set up, and it failed because nobody used it.

[-] FreeLikeGNU@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

In the end you are still at the mercy of their shareholders and their core mission of EEE over end-user empowerment. Every thing they build is designed with lock-in and obfuscation to protect themselves.