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> Besides, the gaming industry keeps shooting themselves in the foot by only supporting Windows (Mac is a thing too). That is slowly changing, but so many game
by oreally 11mo ago
> Besides, the gaming industry keeps shooting themselves in the foot by only supporting Windows (Mac is a thing too). That is slowly changing, but so many game devs are drinking the Microsoft koolaid they don't even consider using another graphics API other than DirectX. Many other decisions like that as well.
If you think game devs are drinking koolaid, do note that there's always loud minority of linux advocates on forums like these, saying 'it works' and when expanding further it turns out they had to do a ton of tweaking and setup. Just look at the comments on getting Overwatch2 to work on linux for an example.
Fact of the matter is most of the game dev's audience is on windows, and for a time it had good tools/documentation for graphics debugging as well. That momentum carried over. It made practical sense to have main development be on windows.
- spookie 11mo agoThe industry is failing, and there is still plenty of market to grow. Ubisoft and Capcom have realized this, others can as well. It makes no sense to leave 19% of the market on the table. It isn't 2006 anymore.
- oreally 11mo agoFailing in that in doesn't live up to the ideals of the linux community? I suppose so. > It makes no sense to leave 19% of the market on the table What's your source? Steam Hardware Survey says it's 2.68% linux and probably steam deck users. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...
- spookie 11mo agoI'm counting Mac, as other posts in this thread suggest.
- oreally 11mo agoAgain, source? Hardware survey says 5% mac and linux.
- spookie 11mo agoUsing Steam as a benchmark for Mac users will always result in lower percentages, as Apple has a more established gaming hub / store themselves. For example, this game is on Apple Store (for Mac)⋮ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/resident-evil-village-for-mac/id1640627334?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/resident-evil-village-for-mac/... Not on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1196590/discussions/0/3484123157243532145/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1196590/discussions/0/3484123... Same happens with Ubisoft titles. But, regarding the source, here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... I do agree the way these are gathered is not perfect. But closer to reality, or would you assume Mac presence in lower than Linux?