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No, that's not quite right. They initially rejected the game. Once it got popular, Canonical wanted to put it in, but because of the earlier rejection and the
by shardling 14y ago
No, that's not quite right.
They initially rejected the game. Once it got popular, Canonical wanted to put it in, but because of the earlier rejection and the SMB stuff, Ed declined.
So their statement was technically correct, but without knowing the full context was misleading.
- makomk 14y agoThat's still not quite right. Edmund's full comment was: "they are just trying to save face. they rejected isaac a while ago because its content "wasnt a good fit for the Ubuntu store" then changed their tune once they found out how popular it was and that it was a part of the HIB." Ubuntu have had some kind of arrangement with the HIB for a while where they offer as many of the HIB games for download as possible through the Ubuntu Software Center, and HIB purchasers don't have to pay again for them. What presumably changed wasn't the popularity of the game but the fact that it was part of HIB7. I can't imagine Ubuntu expected it to be a massive seller for them, given that the unauthorized SMB apparently sold all of 77 copies.