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This I agree with. If the game developer can produce a Linux binary I am happy to buy on other stores (I prefer GOG). They usually do _not_ and I don’t want to

This I agree with. If the game developer can produce a Linux binary I am happy to buy on other stores (I prefer GOG). They usually do _not_ and I don’t want to spend time to wrap and configure windows apps to run on Linux. You can consider the 30% steam fee outsourcing the multi-platform “porting”.

theshrike79 3y ago
Many gamedevs actually stopped building a specific Linux binary because the Proton compatibility version was so much faster and required almost zero effort from them =)
- zirgs 3y ago
  If 1% of your users generate 30% of your bug reports it makes sense to outsource the job to valve.
  - xethos 3y ago
    ~6% of users, 38% of bug reports, and: > says that very few of those bugs were specific to Linux, being clear that "This 5.8% of players found 38% of all the bugs that affected everyone." You're welcome. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/qeqn3b/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38_of_bug/ https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/qeqn3b/despite_hav...
    - kristofferg 3y ago
      That is super interesting. Thanks for sharing! :) Turns out releasing a Linux version can probably, for small studios, substitute and/or support a QA team.
  - account42 3y ago
    Not if most of those reported bugs alos affect the remaining users but were not reported.