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> I can only see there being an advantage for some game developers to be using it these days Maybe for developers writing games in C++ or their own engines (or
by capableweb 5y ago
> I can only see there being an advantage for some game developers to be using it these days
Maybe for developers writing games in C++ or their own engines (or small time engines), but for many, how is it better?
As far as I know, out of the most popular engines, only Godot actually offers out-of-the-box Linux support. Unreal, Unity, CryEngine and the others don't offer Linux support for their editors, although some give you access to the source code so you can build it yourself on Linux, but that's often not so trivial.
- SirTiddlesworth 5y agoUnity has supported Linux for a few years now.
- Deukhoofd 5y agoUnity has fairly good support for Linux editors. I've been working in Unity on Linux for years now, without any major issues.
- mijoharas 5y agowhile this data is 5 years out of date (and I was writing C++), the sdk and toolchain for PS3 and PS4 was only installable via windows (even though they're BSD platforms, go figure). The same was true for wii/wiiU (linux under the hood) if I recall correctly. I'd be shocked if that weren't also the case for xbox* though I don't remember that specifically.