Quoting: g000h...
Which leads me on to something positive. If the Nintendo Switch is "big enough" to get DOOM and Skyrim ported to it. Then if a popular name like Atari manages to pull this off as a big hit - Then Skyrim, DOOM could be ported to Atari Box... and who knows, maybe regular Linux will eventually get titles like that.

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Hate to be negative (well, not really, since we're talking about atari), but the Switch sold in enough numbers to pass the entire linux market share within a single month. By now, not even a year from release, the switch install base is well over 10 times as large. Additionally, many switch users seem to have money to burn; many of them are buying ports at prices as high as double those in competing platforms (steam, xbox ps4).

No way in hell can atari match that with what is, essentially, a conventional console. Even if they hadn't flushed their name down the toilet with such gems as roller coaster tycoon 4 mobile and alone in the dark illumination this would have been a tall order.

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Quoting: shawnsterp$30?

Nowadays, it's how you recognise a game published by Nicalis

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For those interested:

Here's an interview of Zach Barth of Zachtronics by electronics engineers.

Truly fascinating imo.

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Quoting: GuestOh no :( Worst (IT related) news of the year for me :( The first HiB was such a great surprise, but the spirit got lost.

Imo the core bundles have always kept the spirit: linux support, drm-free and chari-tee.

This acquisition is a huge conflict of interest. Not only because of the potential for scoring the games higher because they may be in the humble store/bundles, but also linking of stores from ign and the possible consequences for humble store affiliates (ign competitors such as youtubers, other sites, etc).

Then, there's the news reporting on the humble store and/or competitors; expect problems in the humble store to be under reported and problems at competitors to be exaggerated.

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Quoting: elbuglione

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: elbuglioneStop GOG advertising!!!

They are not Linux friendly

Yes, they are. Just because they haven't put out Galaxy yet, doesn't make them hostile to Linux. Don't be a moron.

In all your notes, I do not see the same level of dedication for itch.io as for GOG.
And itch.io is REALLY Linux friendly

I'd classify itch.io as pro-linux, one step up from linux friendly.

To be non-linux-friendly, imo, they'd have to actively put in barriers to prevent non-supported games from downloading and/or running in linux (either via wine, dosbox or using an interpreter)

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Quoting: HoriAgain, I'm not blaming this on the guys behind Itch, they do an awesome job and they do work hard to fix this problem. This problem is purely caused by fraudulous pricks that try to make money off other people's work like some plagiators that they are. I sincerely hope that Itch takes legal action against those thieves - they deserve no mercy.

Disabling instant payout should help, if the fraudulent sales can be detected within the payout time there would be no point in even trying to get it on itch.

Apart from that, the money should be fairly traceable, so catching the culprit should be relatively easy. Even if law enforcement is not able/unwilling to go after them, itch may be able to convince paypal to take some action.

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If you are into rogue-lites: Starward Rogue (80% off) is a much overlooked gem.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: LeopardI wonder about something Liam.

Why you have that game in your library already?

As i can see from your profile , you are not dual booting with Windows too. I can't get it.

Probably from a gift at somepoint, forgot I even had it. Do people really feel the need to query why I own games? Strange.

The scandal! Public linux fanatic turns out to be a closet windows user ^_~

Seriously, my guess is that it could look like you got some top-secret linux preview or beta version...

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All introversion games up to scanner sombre have a native linux version, so for me it would have been surprising if they didn't have a linux port planned.

The game itself looks interesting, and a bit of a departure from their usual style. (create gameplay from the media-depiction of some interesting concept, say nuclear war, hacking or prisons)

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To reiterate the market share problem: a single new console release already put more systems in the wild in a single month than the steam linux marketplace.

This is why I'm hesitant to emphasise the sales argument to developers too much, especially now that there are so many games on linux that I am no longer able to buy every game which I like the look of.

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