One of the Minecraft developers shared a graph today of different launches of Minecraft across PC platforms, and the results are interesting.
We asked what these launches covered:
Looks like Linux still has some ways to go for Minecraft fans. It's good to see it as high as it is though, as I honestly expected it to be lower than it is.
What are your thoughts? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
We asked what these launches covered:
@gamingonlinux A sample of Minecraft (client) launches from yesterday
— Nathan Adams (@Dinnerbone) December 4, 2014
Looks like Linux still has some ways to go for Minecraft fans. It's good to see it as high as it is though, as I honestly expected it to be lower than it is.
What are your thoughts? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I can't imagine that MS's acquisition of Minecraft has exactly endeared it to the linux-faithful. But for me, the real surprise:
Windows 95 - 1076
There shouldn't be that many Win95 boxes left. Period. Let alone running MC. :)
Windows 95 - 1076
There shouldn't be that many Win95 boxes left. Period. Let alone running MC. :)
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Without the sellout to MS, I could have been counted yesterday. I pondered playing again and renting a Realm for my friends and I, just before I learned the sad news which cut any will to come back to this once great, genuine indie game.
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Linux has a much smaller market share than Windows, so of course that's going to be reflected in the number of Minecraft users who are running Linux. I don't see why anyone should be surprised to see numbers like this.
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I can't imagine that MS's acquisition of Minecraft has exactly endeared it to the linux-faithful. But for me, the real surprise:
Windows 95 - 1076
There shouldn't be that many Win95 boxes left. Period. Let alone running MC. :)
What's shocking is that there is more Windows 95 players than 98. What the?
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I think it looks roughly as expected. Mac around six times bigger than Linux? Sounds like a reflection of the Steam stats.
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There shouldn't be that many Win95 boxes left. Period. Let alone running MC. :)
What's shocking is that there is more Windows 95 players than 98. What the?
This is madness!
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LOL I am on the list as 10.6.8 User :D
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Let's not forget that people can run Minecraft from WINE and choose Windows 95... I don't think that Windows 95 can natively run Minecraft :P
Or people can even run Minecraft from Windows Compatibility Mode and choose Windows 95.
Or people can even run Minecraft from Windows Compatibility Mode and choose Windows 95.
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StianTheDark 4 Dec 2014
Let's not forget that people can run Minecraft from WINE and choose Windows 95... I don't think that Windows 95 can natively run Minecraft :P
Wait, why would you run Minecraft in Wine? And Minecraft can easily run in Windows 95. If I remember correctly, it needed Java 5 to run and everything above that works.
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The Linux number is still pretty huge. I mean nearly 118,000 is not something a developer should scoff at and that's just the people who like Minecraft... I know a lot of Linux users who don't like Minecraft... Especially so after Microsoft bought Mojang.
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Also, Minecraft is not on Steam. It would sell much more Linux copies if it was on Steam, I'm sure.
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The Linux number is still pretty huge. I mean nearly 118,000 is not something a developer should scoff.
Exactly, and this is only a test from 1 day of logins.
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I can't imagine that MS's acquisition of Minecraft has exactly endeared it to the linux-faithful. But for me, the real surprise:i never even thought the game would still run on that OS...
Windows 95 - 1076
There shouldn't be that many Win95 boxes left. Period. Let alone running MC. :)
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Crazy Penguin 5 Dec 2014
Why would you have expected it lower then this? It's less 1%.
IMHO it was a bad timing to count as many moved off to minetest/voxelands, also 7D2D was released for Linux just a short time before. I would have expected higher numbers.
Nice try! But no thank you, this version is to crippeled for me. I prefer FTB xD
IMHO it was a bad timing to count as many moved off to minetest/voxelands, also 7D2D was released for Linux just a short time before. I would have expected higher numbers.
I presume the Linux version is mostly Raspberry Pi users.
Nice try! But no thank you, this version is to crippeled for me. I prefer FTB xD
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Since it belongs to M$ now, I don't really wanna play it anymore and I think a lot of Linux gamers feel that way :/
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StianTheDark 5 Dec 2014
I will continue to support Minecraft until the day comes when I can't play on Linux anymore or with any less features.
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