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Quoting: srlsboyIt's on sale. 75% off. We will miss it when the port is released.

Nothing is released on Linux until it is released on Linux.

Please do not buy games based on promises or rumours just because they are on sale. In the best case you are depriving the Linux porters of their payment, and in the worst case you are just buying a Windows game.

Yep, never buy a game for a Linux-based operating system, until it is available for a Linux-based operating system... I'd like to say that common sense prevailed in my case, but nope - I learnt that the hard way and bought a game based on a false promise.

Never again.

No matter how much I want a game, I simply will not buy a game until it is available for Linux-based operating systems... Otherwise, the developer will not see a cent from me.

And if it is a particularly big title (e.g. a so-called "AAA title" ) that I think will "further the cause", a game I really appreciate or want, I'll make a genuine effort to buy the game on or near Launch Day... If I cannot do this (in the Real World, not all of us have mountains of disposable income...) and it is a particularly big title (e.g. a so-called "AAA title" ) that I think will "further the cause", a game I really appreciate or want, I'll usually buy it at full price (i.e. not when there is a sale on).

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I'd be more excited if it was Lego Jurassic Park...

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Can't wait, as I'm sick of my son asking when this game is coming to Linux-based operating systems...

lol

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Quoting: HamishShadow Warrior and Blood only received their Linux releases on GOG over the past few months, but even if they had been around forever, I fail to see why that would preclude me from reviewing them.

Ah okay, I have Shadow Warrior, but the Steam version I bought last year... Besides, I wasn't suggesting you don't review them - it's never too late for a review - just failing to understand the significance of the post.

But the way, it's interesting to note that GOG.com have two versions of Shadow Warrior - the "classic" (original) version and a seemingly graphically polished "2013" version (the "classic" version is not available for Linux-based operating systems in Steam - not too sure how this differs from the "redux" version I have in Steam)!

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Quoting: liamdaweI still think it's a fad that will fade with time, I don't want to strap a bloody device to my face. I'm not bothered personally.

I hope not - I've been saying since I was a kid (I'm in my mid-30s now) that virtual reality was the future... And for the first time in all that time, we now have a lot of big companies with a lot of money pushing the concept hard!

I felt that the consumer electronics and entertainment industries moved away from 3D too quickly, but there's a lot of research going into virtual reality and if "they" get it right, there's no reason why it can't or won't take-off and truly become the future of entertainment...

I'm disappointed by this, but I'll still get it (well, unless Razer release their OSVR headset first).

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I don't get it - at least two of these games (Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior) and possibly the third (Blood - but I'm unfamiliar with the title) have been available on GOG.com (and via other stores) for ages... Am I missing something?

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Quoting: maodzedunYou were saying...?

Apparently nothing of relevance...

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Gone are the days when one can upgrade their stuff forever I guess...

I wonder if this is the approach all the Steam Machine vendors will take, or if we'll see more "traditional" computers (i.e. desktop-like)?

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Okay, the GPU in the Alpha - which is likely to be the same or similar to the Alienware Steam Machine - appears to be a custom connection...

That's just retarded, but it also means you win - the GPU would be virtually impossible to replace.

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Quoting: maodzedunDude, they're using a slightly modified mobile GPU. You CAN'T upgrade it - accept it. Alienware is not a card manufacturer and Nvidia is certainly not going to make a special line of GPUs just so they can be replaces in Alienware Steam Machines, especially when 90% of the other brands will be using pci extensions in order to put proper GPUs in the small cases. So how about next time, instead of playing all smug and know-it-all and telling people to "watch the video", you stop and think over the information that was just given to you.

You can replace a graphics card in a laptop - with difficulty... How is this any different?

And pull your head out of your backside - I was pointing-out that "Chris" directly implied it can be upgraded, and the fact that even if this is a mobile GPU, it can still be replaced (it just won't be easy)!

Never once did I say or imply that it'd be as simple as replacing the GPU in an "everyday" computer... Only that based on the information provided by Alienware in this article, it can be upgraded.

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