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Why do people care about Linux gaming? Is it that hard to just boot into Windows? Or even, a VM with a pass-through graphics card? It's hard enough to make game
by mruts 7y ago
Why do people care about Linux gaming? Is it that hard to just boot into Windows? Or even, a VM with a pass-through graphics card? It's hard enough to make games as it is. It seems unfair to complain about something when it's clearly not in the developer's interest to waste a bunch of time on something nobody will use.
- cbdumas 7y agoI can tell you why I personally care about it. I recently upgraded my gaming PC and I wanted to reinstall Windows on my new SDD. Only I forgot where I put my Windows 7 product key all those years ago and could not for the life of me pull it off of the existing Windows 10 install I had. I spent hours tracking down my key and did eventually find it, which luckily saved me from buying another expensive Windows license. All for what? I don't want Windows, I just want to play the games I've already paid for. If my games and hardware worked reliably on Linux I wouldn't even have to think about it, just download a fresh .iso and I'm off. Video games being locked into Windows is a huge drag.
- dejaime 7y agoThe thing is, it was clearly in the interest of the developer. Vivox tried to use the "drop it, it's so insignificant" card, but, even compared to the number of Linux gamers, the insignificant market would actually be the "vivox users" market.
- blihp 7y agoBecause some of us want to game on Linux. I can both dual-boot or fire up a VM but typically won't for games because it's a hassle, especially when I can get most of the games I want to run without resorting to that. Granted, it's a small market that many game devs aren't interested in. That's fine, we'll support the ones who are. But it's far from a platform that 'nobody will use' for games.