Witcher 3, please.
Skyrim is old, almost anyone who want it, has it on Windows partition (but I'd like it too).
Rockstar classical games, and newer GTA 4 and GTA 5 (classical already ported on Android, so I assume there are no big deal to port it on GNU\Linux).

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: STiATI did convert my grandmother to Linux. Her needs the OS and Applications fit perfectly well, so ye, that worked out (my grandmother is good in adopting to things too, and she's over 80).

I am fairily confident I could do the same with my Parents. I certainly couldn't with my Sister, my best friend (she's graphics designer) and a few other persons in my Family, because I know they use tools they'd miss.

We are not, and will not in the near future be anywhere close to taking a market share as Apple does, because yes, the users are using those tools and they'd miss it. It's not about the OS, the regular user couldn't care less. It's all about the applications.

Well, if in US there are more ChromeOS laptops, than GNU\Linux ones, does it mean, that ChromeOS provides more applications (tools), rather than GNU\Linux ones? I doubt it, because in almost every distro anyone could install Chrome and get all ChromeOS applications which are basically Chrome's extensions.
Marketing, indeed, has a very important role. I cannot buy a cheap laptop less $150 in my country, and portable laptops (11.6" or so, previous called netbooks) here cost $200. But any american student can buy Chromebook with $100 discount, so it will cost him $100 or more.
I think we should thank Google, that the company doesn't sell and promote their laptops almost nowhere else than US.
BTW, Chromebook in my language pronounced like Cripplebook.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Randall_Linuxyeah, I do have this on humble, and yes I do like my games in one place, so I'll be purchasing this when it's on a good enough sale. but seriously GOG, give us Torchlight.

Torchlight 2 Already in Humble store with Linux support.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

So, we need bigger userbase.
I see only one way: to sell hardware with preinstalled GNU\Linux distros+all software casual user wanted (word/sheet redactor - office, audio and videoplayers and so on). Ubuntu out-the-box almost perfect. I see something like this in Russia, where DNS shop sells laptops with Ubuntu+ton of preinstalled software on it. But, hey, it's Russia, nobody cares about license in Russia. Vodka, Vodka, Balalaika. Any studen will install unlicensed (but today it is technically original with working updates, thanks to MS, who now practies: let them pirate our Windows, it better case, than they will use Linux) Windows for mere $8! Look at Chromebooks. They have crippled keyboard, very cramped SSD (32GB or so), and sell in millions numbers? Why? They're convenient to use from the box and the're cheap. Dirty cheap and have enough good quality of assembling and not bad battery life. This is exactly what we need. And Valve tried it with Steam machines, but it not go... Because Windows counterparts from the vendors sells cheaper. We need laptops / PCs with distro+preinstalled software and CHEAPER than Windows counterparts. And not in System76 or DNS in Snowy Russia, we need it any big store. From Walmart to Amazon. From BHP to Gamestop.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

It's great game, I personally recommend it to any gamer.
There are great story, nice Fidget minion, and easy gameplay.
And it works good even on laptop's Celeron CPU without any discrete graphic card.
Runs wonderful in Ubuntu.
P.S.: I bought mine in Steam, while it was on sale.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: JanCome on, Pecisk, be real: We buy Feral's ports, we pay a few bucks more in Humble Bundles, but we are a tiny group of passionate people within a niche market. Because of us, no publisher would even consider a port of a game. +1 Linux won't do it for the top dogs, even really cool and dedicated people like the CD Project/GOG guys have to consider economic reasons and viability. The Witcher 1 eON port was released for macOS, but not for Linux, even though the effort would have been quite low.

I don't have proof, but I'm pretty sure neither Aspyr or Feral could pay their bills and salaries as a Linux only publisher.

Some AAA gaming is fine for you, but it's not enough to convince any halfway serious gamer outside our *nix bubble to switch to Linux.

Valve made their bet on more optimisation, but it was not good enough. Any CS:GO gamer know, higher FPS is better, so part of them could switch to AnyDevilOS, which provides additional 10-20% FPS.
But even Valve not always achievement this goal. Let alone 3rd devs, whose ports to Linux working very badly (often they provide as bad as half FPS from Windows counterpart).

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: LeopardConclusion is simple actually. If AAA games keeps coming without Linux support , Linux gaming won't go anywhere better.

I know what you're getting at, but the tricky part is "AAA". If you changed "AAA" to "quality" games, I'd agree with you wholeheartedly.

But "AAA" is such an ambiguous term. Is Ballistic Overkill AAA? I think so, but it's not even in the same league as Paladins in terms of player-base, let alone something truly gigantic like Overwatch. What about Insurgency? Or Albion Online? Do we still think Full Throttle is AAA? Does "AAA" time out, somehow?

first A for big budget, second A for big dev and publisher, and third, it was once, A for quality.
So, AAA games tend to have a lot content, quality models, animations, voice overs, videocuts and so on...

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Nyah, how con Linux users spend MORE money on Steam (let's say Feral ports are not available on GOG as a solid rule, and in HumbleBundles - almost always). Linux users spend MORE money when price is PAYW (Pay-As-You-Want), and so, you can check statistics only on sites, where this option is available.
About general numbers, now it correlates with platform owners (see Steam statistics, ~1% of userbase is Linux users). Earlier correlation was not 1-to-1, because of Linux gamers was very hungry for games (because they have, how many, 6 of them before Valve get punch a devs?) so they buy any games with Linux support to support devs and to show their interest. But today a lot of games already available, so, Linux users buys only those games, which they are liked.
Personally I have 250 games in Steam with Linux support, so, I don't see any sense buy any linux game from day one, as it was 3-4 years ago.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'd like to play in Populous The Beginning remaster...

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I bought it on Steam under Ubuntu while Summer Sale'17.
Hope it counts.

View this comment - View article - View full comments