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Quoting: EikeI heard games were even cheaper on school yards, which was an important reason for kids to prefer them over consoles as well... ;)

About the price of an empty cassette if you had a double deck?

It was floppy discs for the computers that were far spread here in Germany (mainly Commodore 64), but yes, that kind of price. :D

(I had an MSX and was exchanging games via mail. The letter kind of mail, you know... :) )

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Quoting: DuncIt's actually possible that if Nintendo had launched here in '83 or '84, soon after Japan, they might have found an even more receptive market than the US, but I doubt it. The main impact of the crash in Europe, although it's hard to believe today, was that consoles were seen as a thing of the past. Remember, computer games were being sold in filling stations and newsagents for pocket money prices at this stage. Why buy a console when you could get 20 games for the price of one cartridge? (And convince your parents that a computer would help with your school work, too. :D )

I heard games were even cheaper on school yards, which was an important reason for kids to prefer them over consoles as well... ;)

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Quoting: einherjarCall me a pessimist, but I consider they will not do anyways. Just look at Minecraft Bedrock for example.

My guess would be that they don't see Linux gaming as a threat and will just do the business decision.
(Which doesn't mean I'm betting on anything more on Linux from them...)

I don't know about the relation of Microsoft and inXile, but there can be very different mother/daughter company relations, from "You do as I say!" to "As long as you bring the money, I don't care...".

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Quoting: einherjarI am not that eager to support a MS owned company with my money. We can be sure, that they will not support Linux in the future anyways. So it is better to give my money to companies that probably support Linux in the future.
The steam page does not show a Linux sign btw.

Hm. They won't support Linux for sure if we'd all do that. I would buy a good Linux game from Microsoft anytime.

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The zombie toddlers broke immersion for me in act I.

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Sounds like a little thing done well (and it's from Berlin! <3 ), will put it on my wishlist!

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50% funded at the moment

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endofsun/the-end-of-the-sun

*edit* The graphics look... wrong to me. Like they're missing any shading or something.

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Quoting: FaalhaasWhen I saw the mini-adventure Delores came out I wanted to start it up (having finished Thimbleweed Park natively on Linux before). To my amazement it has no Linux support at all. Can't even run it on Proton. What's up with that? :O

They said they're testing their new engine with it and that they will bring the engine to Linux, too.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1305720/discussions/0/2246677986017458955/#c2246677986019259601

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I should give it a look. I'm software developer, but I never really got into the base electr(on)ics...

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Quoting: PhiladelphusWait, this is a thing? I've never seen anything like that in my news feed. :S: (And I do have Steam friends, honest! :D) Following the advice above about clicking the cog I don't even have the "Only show product updates" thing checked—that's just all I've ever seen there. Strange.

It's in the (old) "activity" section, not the (new) game news shelf.

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