Yeah but imo there's a difference between "we are not actively helping" and "we are going to stop this working for no particular reason"

As folks have said, they could have enabled anticheat on Linux and they chose not to, or chose to ignore it. Either way, not sure they deserve my money for other games as I could lose access to them later at their whim.

@Fishd well the particular reason was: rampant cheating

it's up to Valve to convince them it's worth it

But the anti cheat they picked can work on Linux ... they chose not to do that. There was an outcry from the gaming community and Rockstar chose not to respond.

It is partially down to Valve, but it's also down to customers to not support companies who don't cater to you.

I'm a gamer who plays almost exclusively on Linux (the rest is macOS, don't judge)... and whilst I'm not expecting firms to do full on Linux ports (though games that do earn a lot of love from me), I at least expect you not to deliberately or through negligence interfere with proton.

@Fishd well, look at the reality: it's a 2% market they never supported to begin with

I'm not blind to how much it sucks, it does, but people need to look at the situation as it really is

I'm not sure I get your point?

Things suck, oh well just keep throwing your money at them?

I'm not denying it sucks, but gaming is hardly a necessity so folks should be prepared to go without their fix of Destiny 2 or Red Dead Redemption in this case until those companies start paying attention to this market. It's 2% now but it was less than 1% a couple of years ago and will grow if we force it to. And god knows, the way Microsoft is going, I think Linux can do well in the next few years.

There are plenty of other developers who support (or at least acknowledge and do not hamper) Linux gaming so give them your money instead.

@Fishd Because it's a completely different game, with a completely different situation.

Do whatever you want. People keep going on and on about it like their opinion right now matters - it doesn't. Linux / Steam Deck is a tiny market, and GTA V was in no way supported to begin with. That's my main point and the reality.

Nothing will change that until Valve convince them otherwise, or the market is bigger.