It seems the last article on this stirred up some heat, and the developer is back with a meaty reply about why a Linux port of Ori and the Blind Forest would be up to Microsoft.
It's worth a read.
QuoteAll this being said, if you want to see Ori on more platforms, it's really up to Microsoft, which is why I suggested that you guy should reach out to Microsoft themselves - Maybe they'll hear your voices and ask us to do the port.
Anyway, I just wanted to clarify why we made the decisions we made - I feel like we did the right thing here and if we wouldn't have made these choices, Ori would have never seen the light of day.
I won't copy it entirely here, but here's the main points:
> The game was started before Kickstarter and such was popular
> They needed a publisher and talked to Microsoft
> The game wouldn't have been made without Microsoft
So, basically, go bug Microsoft if you want to see it on Linux. Not an unexpected reply, but it doesn't sound like they are bothered enough about Linux to speak to Microsoft firmly about it themselves. I don't blame them though, as Linux is still a tiny market. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Microsoft studios games coming to linux? It's happened before, and with a somewhat similar title, not sure if humble were involved in the porting/negotiations, might be worth contacting them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust:_An_Elysian_Tail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust:_An_Elysian_Tail
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Companies have experimented with opening things up before. Between 1995 and 1997, Apple officially allowed manufacturers like Compaq to produce Mac clones. It can be argued that changes in management at Apple allowed that experimentation to take place. It's not out of the realm of possibility that management changes at Microsoft could change the way they operate at some point in the future. It's not out of the realm of possibility that they would consider a Linux port today.
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Silas Mortimer Jan 6, 2016
Quoting: apassinggamerMicrosoft studios games coming to linux? It's happened before, and with a somewhat similar title, not sure if humble were involved in the porting/negotiations, might be worth contacting them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust:_An_Elysian_Tail
I just made an account here to point this out because I didn't see the previous comment, lol.
Maybe the developer of Ori could talk to the developer of Dust and ask how that was done.
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edddeduck_feral Jan 13, 2016
Quoting: Mountain ManI think Microsoft is (finally) starting to see Linux as a legitimate long-term threat. Why do you think they made Windows 10 a "free" uprgrade?
Microsoft always made the bulk of their money with Microsoft Office, business licensing and OEM hardware bundles, actual end user Windows purchases are only a smaller part of the revenue.
The free OS is more a reaction to other closed source OS's going free like Apple did with iOS then OS X. They have noticed by doing this companies have gained a massive upgrade pickup reducing the support burden on older OS's allowing for quicker implementation of new features and reduced resources in supporting older releases which saves money meaning the revenue potentially lost in sales is actually saved through simpler support and maintenance paths internally.
I have noticed this on OS X development where the free OS upgrades mean we can focus on using the latest functionality of the OS as you know people can upgrade (and do upgrade) to the latest version as it is just a click away.
Just my view :)
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