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I sincerely hope none of you pre-ordered Street Fighter V on the promise of the Linux version, as it has shown yet again how silly it is. Street Fighter V is now officially late.

The only word we had on the release was from Steam:
QuoteAttention Steam users and Street Fighter V players! Our development team is working closely with Valve engineers to bring the full Street Fighter V experience onto the SteamOS platform.

This will be a free update to all Street Fighter V Steam players and will be released this Spring. More news will be shared soon, so stay tuned.

That was back in February, so not only have we been given no new details ("soon"?), but the release window of Spring is officially behind us.

This is another port that was getting help from Valve, like Rocket League, Street Fighter V is now late. They have both joined our Unreleased Ports list on the Wiki (if we are missing some, add them!).

Why is it everything Valve touches gets delayed somehow? Are they really that unfocused?

Shame, wanted to play it myself, but it hasn't been reviewing well overall which is also a bit of a shame.

Sidenote: I know some of you don't like seeing the repeating message of delayed ports, but it's important to keep track. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Shugyousha Jun 22, 2016
*sigh* in this case I held back and still haven't bought SF V because I wanted to wait for Linux support. Just release the Linux version already so I can give you money, Capcom!
musojon74 Jun 22, 2016
I think now Valve have lost interest in Steam OS. Therefore so has everybody else. Valve breaks promises ( like with Rocket League ). Still, we've got more games than I ever thought we would a few years ago.
omer666 Jun 22, 2016
Either way, Street Fighter V is still pretty much incomplete to this day. Even if it had been ported this spring, I would not spend 50 bucks on this game in its current state. It is sad that Capcom went for this kind of half baked release.

On another hand, there is an SNK Humble Bundle right now, so you can have some real VS fighting fix playing Mark of the Wolf (still the best fighting game to this day).


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Mountain Man Jun 22, 2016
This is a game I was excited to see coming to Linux, until the reviews hit, and then I was considerably less excited.
Mountain Man Jun 22, 2016
Quoting: Nyamiou
Quoting: KristianYou need to read this to understand Valve: http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf
Beware that if you read this you might realise that there is now very little chance that HL3 ever come out.
It'll also make you really, really wish you could work for Valve.
Mountain Man Jun 22, 2016
Quoting: t3gIf Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS (in favor of VR), what makes you think developers and publishers are going to spend the extra effort if Valve is losing interest?
What gave you the idea that Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS? It's a large and flexible company. They can have multiple focuses.
GustyGhost Jun 22, 2016
Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: t3gIf Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS (in favor of VR), what makes you think developers and publishers are going to spend the extra effort if Valve is losing interest?
What gave you the idea that Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS? It's a large and flexible company. They can have multiple focuses.

"Echo chamber" effect, I think. He probably heard somebody else say it.
[email protected] Jun 22, 2016
Definitely the "Echo chamber" effect.
scujas Jun 22, 2016
I was stupid enough to pre-order. But hey that's how you learn.
Kimyrielle Jun 22, 2016
Quoting: dean36963
Quoting: t3gIf Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS (in favor of VR), what makes you think developers and publishers are going to spend the extra effort if Valve is losing interest?
Maybe if Microsoft lock down Windows 10 and only allow distribution via their store and demand an unreasonable cut. Then developers might be interested! :P I doubt that'll happen though. There'll be an uprising with pitchforks if that happens!

That's pretty much the reason why they decided to push Linux in the first place. And I would be surprised if exactly this would NOT be Microsoft's long term goal. They are jealous of Apple completely controlling distribution and cashing in from literally every single piece of software sold for iOS. They are probably cursing themselves that they didn't lock down Windows in the first place. Yes, they know they can't just lock the door, of course. The transition will be very gradual. First the store will be optional (that's the present). Then they will offer some extra APIs or other goodies to applications tied to Windows Store (they will happen soon). And when they get enough market share they will announce that they no longer allow installation of software not from the store to protect people from malware. Something like that.

People don't seem to realize that the open PC platform was a fluke of history that would never, ever happen again. There is not a single type of hardware other than PCs that generally allows people to change the OS or install custom software not approved by the vendor.
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