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I doubt any game developer decides not to release a Linux version purely because "oh, Wine exists".
by ajdlinux 11y ago
I doubt any game developer decides not to release a Linux version purely because "oh, Wine exists".
- creshal 11y agoGame developers no idea, application developers yes. TeamViewer and Softmaker Office are programs I ditched in frustration because their official Linux "ports" are the Windows versions bundled with a bugged WinE wrapper around them.
- asddubs 11y agoI think game developers are a bit of a unique case, because a large chunk of the linux gaming community is pretty hostile towards wine ports. There is no linux proprietary application community
- fl0wenol 11y ago> There is no linux proprietary application community Except in CAD, academic tools, analytics, mod/sim, graphics, industrial automation... basically anything that used to run on Unix or might use a fortran library somewhere.
- YokoZar 11y agoThe problem here is that Wine is buggy, not that application developers aren't all rewriting everything.
- jarcane 11y agoMac game "developers" do. :( Thanks to TransGaming and Cider, a lot of Mac "ports" are just a Windows executable running in their proprietary fork of Wine. To predictably awful result.
- baobrien 11y agoIt's not a game, but LTSpice from Linear doesn't have a Linux release because it runs on wine; though, they do try to make sure it works on wine.