Garry Newman of Facepunch shared on twitter that Rust has now hit over 4 million sales, and Linux is sitting at over 30 thousand.
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That's obviously far short of what it has sold on Windows, still not close to Mac levels, but that's still quite a bit of money from Linux sales.
While I'm not a fan of Rust myself, it just doesn't click with me, I can't deny it has appeal to people who like those sorts of games. Even though Garry doesn't feel Linux has been worth it in his previous statements, I am still very glad it's on Linux. It's also nice of Garry to be so open about the sales.
I haven't played Rust for a long time, how's the Linux version looking now folks? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'm surprised it sold so well. The last 4 times I tried to play it, it was unplayable and buggy. 7 Days to Die is currently scratching my survival horror itch. It runs well for me at least.
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whitewolfguy Jul 21, 2016
Interesting than this numbers be disclosed so openly, this represents 0.82% of linux players, a close number of steam hardware survey.
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slaapliedje Jul 21, 2016
I think I only own this because of humble bundle. Haven't ever played it though 'cause I keep hearing it's a buggy mess, and after his comment, I figured why bother, he'd probably pull support.
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Why would he say it wasn't worth it? At 20$ the Linux sales amount to more 600k$. I doubt porting a game built with Unity3d would cost more than 100k$ at most, which means half a million dollars extra profit.
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I have this game since a loooonnnnngggg time... I'm not even sure i'm counted as a linux or a windows...
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GustyGhost Jul 21, 2016
Before we proclaim that Linux users earned Facepunch an extra 700K, let's remember that a huge proportion of those sales were probably at a discount. I would be willing to bet the true figure is several hundred thousand dollars lower. And that's not a Linux problem, PC gaming in general is huge on price cuts and seasonal sales.
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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionBefore we proclaim that Linux users earned Facepunch an extra 700K, let's remember that a huge proportion of those sales were probably at a discount. I would be willing to bet the true figure is several hundred thousand dollars lower. And that's not a Linux problem, PC gaming in general is huge on price cuts and seasonal sales.
Quite right. And I would also add that Linux sales can quite easily be counted as Windows sales by Valve if for example you've bought the game on your Android phone or on another computer and you haven't played it in the two weeks after purchase.
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ElectricPrism Jul 21, 2016
@Nyamiou - this guy gets it. Some sales may have been discounted and many others may have not been counted at all due to wrongly being assigned to windows.
I think I bought 30 games this month all from my phone for my Steam Machine.
I think I bought 30 games this month all from my phone for my Steam Machine.
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Quoting: MblackwellI had thought about buying it at some point in the future until he made a lot of anti-Linux statements. I'm sure there are a lot of other Linux users of a similar mindset.
Yep. I took it off of my second-class wishlist the instant it was clear what he really thought of us. I am actually surprised the sales are as high as they are, considering that they were only at 8K at the time he started talking shit about us.
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I'll make sure not to get this. Anyone who talks shit about their target audiences no matter how small does not deserve any money from anyone.
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