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That… makes no sense whatsoever? The first public release of SteamOS was less than a year ago. It was announced only shortly before that. It seems highly unli
by matthewmacleod 12y ago
That… makes no sense whatsoever?
The first public release of SteamOS was less than a year ago. It was announced only shortly before that.
It seems highly unlikely that there have been many games which have had Linux support added due to SteamOS in that timeframe.
- tormeh 12y agoSome games have, and remember that purchases of legacy games are negligible to publishers. I think 90% of sales are in the first two weeks or some similar extreme statistic.
- forrestthewoods 12y agoSteamOS was officially announced Sept 2013. But it was well known in the dev community that Valve was working on Linux things for at least a year longer. I know games that placed Linux bets back in 2012. Those bets were lost.
- shawn-furyan 12y agoWell, when you make bets based on conjecture, you lose bets. It's a practice more commonly known as speculating. I don't see how that particular scenario is the fault of anyone besides the people who bet on being able to capitalize on an unannounced platform.
- forrestthewoods 12y agoSure. Of course. Devs knew a risk, rolled the dice, and lost. No one is saying that's unfair. No one is even complaining. That doesn't change the fact that spending time on Linux has thus far proven to be wasted effort and, in most if not all cases, a net loss.