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> Why fight this losing trend when you could easily dual boot or even have a dedicated gaming rig? Because I don't want to pay Microsoft. Because I don't want

by wtbob 10y ago

> Why fight this losing trend when you could easily dual boot or even have a dedicated gaming rig? Because I don't want to pay Microsoft. Because I don't want Microsoft to collect my data. Because I care about my freedom. What better reason is there?

sfifs 10y ago
Sure. But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port - ideally with significantly higher profitability than the windows version to make it worth the effort.
- wtbob 10y ago
  > But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port - ideally with significantly higher profitability than the windows version to make it worth the effort. I've no problem paying for Linux games. At one point I spent quite a bit on Humble Bundles (before they got boring), and I always paid twice what the averages for Windows & (then) OS X were.
  - Erwin 10y ago
    A Humble Bundle is a last-ditch effort to sell an old game -- appealing to hoarders for the company to gain some publicity (as some just give all to chaity). The last "2K" bundle had $360 worth of games -- for $8.97 and only a small proportion of that comes back to the company. If you want to support Linux as a platform, I recommend you donate at higher e.g. $50 or $100 tiers to Kickstarter projects that have Linux stretch goals and be vocal about your donation. Paying 5% of the sale price years after the game has come out doesn't strike me like fruitful.
- shmerl 10y ago
  > But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port Many Linux users do. Especially with backing crowdfunded games which pledge Linux support.

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> Why fight this losing trend when you could easily dual boot or even have a dedicated gaming rig? Because I don't want to pay Microsoft. Because I don't want

by wtbob 10y ago

sfifs 10y ago
Sure. But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port - ideally with significantly higher profitability than the windows version to make it worth the effort.
- wtbob 10y ago
  > But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port - ideally with significantly higher profitability than the windows version to make it worth the effort. I've no problem paying for Linux games. At one point I spent quite a bit on Humble Bundles (before they got boring), and I always paid twice what the averages for Windows & (then) OS X were.
  - Erwin 10y ago
    A Humble Bundle is a last-ditch effort to sell an old game -- appealing to hoarders for the company to gain some publicity (as some just give all to chaity). The last "2K" bundle had $360 worth of games -- for $8.97 and only a small proportion of that comes back to the company. If you want to support Linux as a platform, I recommend you donate at higher e.g. $50 or $100 tiers to Kickstarter projects that have Linux stretch goals and be vocal about your donation. Paying 5% of the sale price years after the game has come out doesn't strike me like fruitful.
- shmerl 10y ago
  > But then folks like you need to be willing to pay the game developer whatever it costs them to hire an engineering bench to maintain a linux port Many Linux users do. Especially with backing crowdfunded games which pledge Linux support.