I thought this would end up happening, the developers of Cobalt which is published by Mojang and even shares one of the Minecraft developers has dropped the planned Linux version.
Annoying, as I purchased a copy when they mentioned Linux all over their website originally, and after waiting a long time it has now been dropped. I purchased a copy years ago before I set myself the rule of never pre-ordering, and I kept trying to keep up with their progress.
Originally Linux was due in their Beta phase (you can see here thanks to the Wayback Machine).
I spoke to the developers on reddit, who confirmed a refund for me shouldn't be an issue, but after poking them a few times it seems it's currently falling on deaf ears.
This serves as yet another reminder: Don't ever pre-order, and don't ever buy on a promise. Buy a game when the Linux version is out, never before. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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yeah this is one of those hard lessons for the current status of Linux. if there isn't at least a beta version available to play then don't bother. these companies only care about the bottom line especially when it is a big company involved somehow.
I could care less about anything Mojang ever does. As it stands they are heavily in bed with MS at this point.
on a side note, i'm still waiting on my linux version of Divinity: Original sin that was promised at the Kickstarter. So even kickstarter projects need to be taken with a heavy grain of salt.
I could care less about anything Mojang ever does. As it stands they are heavily in bed with MS at this point.
on a side note, i'm still waiting on my linux version of Divinity: Original sin that was promised at the Kickstarter. So even kickstarter projects need to be taken with a heavy grain of salt.
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Quoting: neowiz73yeah this is one of those hard lessons for the current status of Linux. if there isn't at least a beta version available to play then don't bother. these companies only care about the bottom line especially when it is a big company involved somehow.
I could care less about anything Mojang ever does. As it stands they are heavily in bed with MS at this point.
Just no wondering: Microsoft is the mother company of Mojang at all. But the name and trademark "Minecraft" has more than enough followers at all. I even like the older versions but decided just to use my backup version when Mojang implemented the forced account-usage. And now with Microsoft on board the company and game is just dead for me!
Quoting: neowiz73on a side note, i'm still waiting on my linux version of Divinity: Original sin that was promised at the Kickstarter. So even kickstarter projects need to be taken with a heavy grain of salt.
I think we get the Linux-version in the near future. I'm also waiting for this! :)
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Stop thinking in terms of politics, it's mostly economy that matters. Microsoft didn't kill Skype. Microsoft introduced Linux debugging in new Visual Studio 2015, opensourced .NET, works to support docker containers. Whenever Linux makes money, it gets supported.
Didn't you see in Liam's reddit link that the game's developers are sympathetic to Linux ("we like Linux and what it stands for", "haven't given up on it personally" ) ? But without a monetary incentive you can only do so much in your free time, and 1-5% of extra revenue may not justify spending money to support an additional platform.
Last edited by RCL on 14 August 2015 at 6:09 am UTC
Didn't you see in Liam's reddit link that the game's developers are sympathetic to Linux ("we like Linux and what it stands for", "haven't given up on it personally" ) ? But without a monetary incentive you can only do so much in your free time, and 1-5% of extra revenue may not justify spending money to support an additional platform.
Last edited by RCL on 14 August 2015 at 6:09 am UTC
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