Quoting: liamdaweWe will never get an accurate representation, ever.

The number of people downloading an Steam client update for the respective OS should be a very good representation of active users and is very easy to obtain for Valve. (They might reduce it by id to eliminate double downloads, but I guess that's not even a relevant amount, so they could do it without touching privacy concerns.)

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Quoting: PeciskBtw, any calculations of Linux gaming community outside Steam? Linux users are way more aware about DRM and can opt for buying games without DRM attached to it. Would they be 10 - 20% of Steam user base? 50%? Commence speculation! :D

Steam has 125 million active users...

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:-(

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These guys have been kind to me (even before having their community manager ;o) ).
Bought their game, but still have to play it.

About testing, they could for sure get some testing done by volunteers. Verde Station did that, and it worked well.

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I bought Broken Age some days ago, and I fear I just can't cope with the children's book style all over the place. I'm still unsure if I will play the game to the end.

And I deeply agree: If you don't mind seeing pixels, do get "Gemini Rue" instead.
A Journey Down is better as well.
And Book of Unwritten Tales 2.

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Quoting: wolfyrionbtw today a miracle happened believe it or not...

For the first time after 2 years on steam with Linux I got my first Steam Hardware Survey!!! :D

YES!
That should be 0.0000008% more Linux users next time, if I calculated it correctly! :D

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroYeah, that's a pretty good assumption and it appearing in the library has usually been a sign of it being right round the corner (at least in the next couple of weeks).

... with the prominent exception of Bioshock, lingering around in my Linux library for months.

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Quoting: ValsacarThanks for the update, hopefully they sort it out before the sale ends. In my case, I probably won't get it if it doesn't as it's a game I was only partially interested in trying. 10USD is generally my cut-off for those types of games, and seeing as I already have over 100 Linux games on Steam I have plenty to play through (humblebundle... sometimes I hate them).

I'm trying to move on to gift what I won't play anyway, but there's still too much which I'm trying out but give up on after half an hour (e.g. Unepic)...

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Quoting: tuubiI don't mind more VP ports of relatively old games that wouldn't otherwise get ported at all. I might have to skip this one though. War games rarely float my boat.

I don't know if it makes a difference for you, but as I've heard, this is an anti war game, unlike most other shooters.

I probably will skip it for VP though.

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My statement, 75% to Valve, seems wrong according to my own link, where they state that 25% goes to the modder (which is by far not enough) and the rest would be shared between the makers of the game and Valve.

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