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There are Linux gamers or people posing as Linux gamers (to give Linux a bad name for whatever reason), who are very obnoxious in the way they approach developers asking for a game to be released on Linux.
Here is an example of what I'm referring to:
A number of months ago, I was very keen on 'Dungeon Warfare' tower defence game, which has a native Linux version. The developer was good enough to support our preferred operating system. I played it, and recommended it to Linux gamers on these GOL pages.
That developer has now released 'Dungeon Warfare 2' to Windows and Mac but has not, as yet, released the new game onto Linux. I went searching the Steam Community Discussion Forums, looking to see if the developer had mentioned that the game was or wasn't coming to Linux.
I found a "+1 Linux" Discussion Thread for the game, and as well as some polite chat, there were a bunch of pushy people being somewhat offensive to the developer for not releasing onto Linux. The developer did respond about not having resources to deal with supporting a Linux release at this stage. These rude, seemingly entitled, people were then berating the developers about "not setting up a Linux system for testing" and similar.
Linux gamers need to understand that we are very lucky if a game comes to Linux. Also, if a person posing as a Linux gamer makes rude comments then it isn't going to encourage the developer to release on Linux EVER. Linux gamers need to be polite and show their interest in games, NOT complain that the game isn't available and be rude to the developer.
This is just one of numerous examples I have seen. I wish some Linux Gamers would "grow up" (act maturely and politely). We are a minority and we need to act as ambassadors for our platform.
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As for Witcher 3, you've got Valve and CDPR, both pretty opaque with their communication. We may never get a proper answer to that whole debacle, and honestly if their not bothered to say anything I'm not bothered about them. What's the point?
I found the thread you mentioned. The dev said
"I'm sorry guys, we might add support for Linux at some point, but not at the release.
The reason is that we simply cannot afford to spend our limited time fixing bugs pertaining to the Linux version. Also we don't own a Linux PC so it is difficult for us to support it. "
Everyone seemed to understand the 'limited time' bit, what they were annoyed with was the last sentence, because obviously you can install Linux onto any PC. So while harassment is a current issue, I don't see that as the case here.
As for entitlement, that word strikes a nerve with me as an American, since our society seems to hate the very concept. But entitlements are a part of our society (e.g. right to refund). When it comes to a game I purchased I do feel entitled, entitled to the same support customers on other platforms get; you don't get a discount for using Linux after all. Right now I feel like this is an issue, as many devs treat us as second class citizens; I'm sure we all have 'supported' games in our library that fail to launch or have major bugs going unfixed.
This isn't to say we shouldn't be polite ambassadors and all. My point (I think) is that we also shouldn't give a game a gold star for just being on Linux. If you don't have the resources/desire to put your game on Linux that's fine, but if you're going to do it, do it proper; I should feel like a customer and not a surprise beta tester. I think the prevalence of that may account for some of the hostility. Again, not justifying anyone's actions, but we also can't control other people.
Man that got wordy, hopefully something of value's in there :B
Edit: Oh, and to end on a positive note, I do think the situation has gotten better. Looking back at 2012 when I installed Ubuntu for the first time to now, it's amazing how quickly things have progressed. What's more, we've gotten to a point where popular distros can usually install current graphics drivers with ease!
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Fortunately I also frequently see the opposite. Experienced people who position themselves as mentors and meet issues with constructive information and suggestions, if not outright patching things themselves. It's not unusual to see forum threads where other players post solutions or workarounds to game bugs before the devs can figure out the root cause or even see the thread. You might think it's not your job to explain ALSA's quirks and why their BGM is distorted as hell on certain distros, but once you've done it they'll carry that knowledge into their future work and everyone will be better for it.
Assholes will be assholes, ultimately, and I think the best we can do to show developers that the Linux market isn't all rotten is to add to the positivity while decrying the negativity.
Naturally, when sequels are announced the contracts and so on to port them likely haven't been sign or anything, possibly under active discussion. These are the types of things porters can't usually talk about.
Too many people are quick to jump down a developers throat. It's fine to be frustrated, but there's so many times it just can't be helped from the developers side. There's nothing unethical about not being able or not knowing details about a Linux version coming out yet, really strange way to put it.
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(not directed @OP personally)
I obviously play games on linux too, and I'm not like that at all.