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PayPalSadly it seems the Linux version of The Coma: Recut [Official Site] vanished at release, even after taking pre-orders.
We all know all too well that pre-orders have inherent risks attached to them. This is especially true when it comes to Linux releases. Steam is full of cases of developers pulling out Linux support right on release without any prior indication.
Sadly, now we can add GOG to this as well as Steam. For this title, GOG directly took pre-orders. All mentions of the Linux version vanished from both stores. I should note that it's not GOG's fault, since they are dependent on developers having the Linux version there and ready. However, if a platform is removed, both GOG and Steam have a duty to make sure that developers properly inform customers.
I spoke to the developer on Steam and they said this:
We have a Linux version completed, but have not been able to playtest it yet.
If you're going to put down Linux as a release platform and take money before release, you better make sure you make time to test it. Even worse, don't make people resort to asking about what happened on a forum. This is yet another reminder that pre-orders are a bad idea.
Not amused by this. I hope they do put out a Linux version and we don't end up with another game that just doesn't happen.
Thanks to Alm888 for letting us know!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Ads20000Not very reliable, is it?Quoting: lucifertdarkQuoting: GuestYep, 99% of the market trumps the 1%.It's 3% not 1%!
It's something like 1-2% still, looking at the Wikimedia stats and ignoring the mobile OS's (with the mobile OS's included in the total that the %s are calculated against it's 0.3% non-Ubuntu desktop Linux, 0.2% Ubuntu, 0.4% Chrome OS).
That is just the visitors of the wikimedia sites.
Netmarketshare accumulates from over 30,000 sites ;)
Quoting: slaapliedje@jaycee was getting death threats against him and his family while he was working for VP on TW2, IIRC.Quoting: LeopardQuoting: GuestQuoting: TheSHEEEPNo time to test it?
Well, that speaks volumes...
Yep, 99% of the market trumps the 1%.
Quoting: MotionshotThen why don't they release it as beta then on Steam? That way, Linux users who bought the game can help them test it while enjoying their pre-order.
You mean, so the Linux community can slate the developer for "only doing a beta release which is full of bugs and runs like sh*t, lets all tell the developer to die" ?
How can you come up with those things?
No one is doing it right now. Look at the Everspace case ; we are tolerant and co operative enough i think.
Astrokill is another great example, where they released a beta, got feedback fixed bugs and released another great game for Linux.
Quoting: crt0mega@jaycee was getting death threats against him and his family while he was working for VP on TW2, IIRC.Yes, and jaycee is justifiably angry at those childish wankers. But taking it out on the rest of us and pulling the victim card every second time a porter's/dev's work or decisions are criticized is not okay.
Quoting: tuubiYes, and jaycee is justifiably angry at those childish wankers. But taking it out on the rest of us and pulling the victim card every second time a porter's/dev's work or decisions are criticized is not okay.I agree. This behavior doesn't help anyone either. I'm not justifying how he reacted, but I can at least understand it.
lucifertdark Sep 25, 2017
Quoting: lucifertdarkWhy have I NEVER seen a single report of anyone being arrested for these death threats?Because "Linux User Who Sent Death Threats To Developer Got Arrested" is not a catchy headline.
lucifertdark Sep 25, 2017
Quoting: crt0megaConsidering people have recently been locked up for calling other people "rude" names I'd have thought threatening to kill someone's family would be high on the list of crimes that would get a mention.Quoting: lucifertdarkWhy have I NEVER seen a single report of anyone being arrested for these death threats?Because "Linux User Who Sent Death Threats To Developer Got Arrested" is not a catchy headline.
slaapliedje Sep 25, 2017
Quoting: tuubiQuoting: crt0mega@jaycee was getting death threats against him and his family while he was working for VP on TW2, IIRC.Yes, and jaycee is justifiably angry at those childish wankers. But taking it out on the rest of us and pulling the victim card every second time a porter's/dev's work or decisions are criticized is not okay.
That just means he's a celebrity right?
What I don't get is... at what point has civilization degraded so much that support for a video game can cause people to make death threats that you wonder that it's just time to do a 'reset'?
People who make death threats like this should seek professional help. I could see making death threats to child molesters and people who talk in movie theaters. But video game porters?
slaapliedje Sep 25, 2017
Quoting: tuubiQuoting: crt0mega@jaycee was getting death threats against him and his family while he was working for VP on TW2, IIRC.Yes, and jaycee is justifiably angry at those childish wankers. But taking it out on the rest of us and pulling the victim card every second time a porter's/dev's work or decisions are criticized is not okay.
Maybe they weren't death threats, they were actually "Hey, I'll buy you a beer, but since the port is bad, It's Pabst Blue Ribbon!" I mean that's pretty close to a death threat, right? :P
That should be how we reward or punish people who do good/bad ports. We'll buy them beers for the port, but it depends on how good the port is on how good the beer is!
Quoting: slaapliedjePeople who make death threats like this should seek professional help. I could see making death threats to child molesters and people who talk in movie theaters. But video game porters?The relative anonymity of the Internet brings out the worst in us, and immature idiots are everywhere. I got a blatant, public death threat once for correcting a typo. I know grammar nazism is annoying, but not that annoying surely.
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