Activision Is Blocking A Game Coming Over To Linux UPDATED

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Quoting: Quote from adolsonI'm not sure what you're referring to. Are you saying that the <2% of Linux gamers on Steam, for example, are accounting for 10+% of the revenue for a bunch of games? So, say, random game, Monaco. 10% of Monaco sales are from the <2% of Linux users?

Yes, it is very probable that 2% percent of Steam's user base can account for over 10% of purchases on certain games. If that does not make sense to you, I suggest you brush up on your statistics. Linux users are prejudiced to buying Linux supporting games more than users of other platforms, obviously.

Tripwire the makers of Killing Floor have said that 10% of their sales after posting to Mac AND Linux were to those platforms. That's combined Mac and Linux versions not just Linux.

http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/red-orchestra-2-and-tripwires-future-titles-to-come-to-linux.2501 

My point was not necessarily that Linux would be 10% of sales on all games - although for many titles such as those by Frictional and Wolfire it was actually reported as being a little higher than that -  just that it is very likely that it would be more than 2% of games sales, as Linux users are biased towards purchasing Linux supporting titles more than those using other platforms.

They are trying to thread the needle. Based on a later response, it looks like the Linux port of Mobieus if giving them some trouble (updating licenses, etc.) so I'm guessing that at one point Linux was in the cards but they've cut it to trim some fat. But then every starts piling on Activision, so Jane has to defend their partner while trying not to admit that they are likely going to release a lower quality port.

Quoting: Quote from BurzmaliThey are trying to thread the needle. Based on a later response, it looks like the Linux port of Mobieus if giving them some trouble (updating licenses, etc.) so I'm guessing that at one point Linux was in the cards but they've cut it to trim some fat. But then every starts piling on Activision, so Jane has to defend their partner while trying not to admit that they are likely going to release a lower quality port.

The excuse doesn't even really hold water. Jane suggests that they've already updated to "a newer engine" for GK development, which since in the next post suggests that they're upgrading from Unity 3.5 to 4, means that the GK code base already supports Linux (through Unity 4).

I totally understand getting a late port, like how Linux users don't get a test copy of Moebius because it's built on Unity 3.5. But it's pretty poor to suggest that Linux users shouldn't be unhappy with their decisions.

While I did back for Moebius (at the $50 level to support a company that said it was making a Linux game), I certainly won't support them in the future after this behavior. It's feels like announcing Linux support was an attempt at getting funding to push them over the original $400k funding requirement rather than an honest indication of support.

It's them who have to create the market like they do all time and not the other way around. The fact it's they don't want to. Most of the time new markets start by creating a commodity nobody asked for in the first place, but they create it anyway and make it sell. I think they're waiting for others to create that market then jump in to reap the benefits.

Quoting: Quote from adolsonI'll have a look at Garry's Mod and probably end up adding one to the Linux sales at some point.

Its in the current humble bundle.

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Quoting: Quote from adolsonI'll have a look at Garry's Mod and probably end up adding one to the Linux sales at some point.

Its in the current humble bundle.

*sigh* So it is, so it is... I knew that too, I get their emails, but wrote it off because I had no interest in whatever it was, and the other Linux games I already bought a long time ago. But since it's for charity... Guess I'll go ahead and get it now. +1 Linux purchase.

Isn't it weird reading they don't develop for Linux then reading they develop for Android?