Quoting: tweakedenigmaI too have noticed this with the survey, I received it once and then never again. So there might be a glitch in it somewhere.

Only a (presumably random) portion of the Steam user community is prompted to participate in the survey. It's not unusual to go a number of months in a row without being selected to participate.

Additionally, I imagine that there are others who were prompted whilst not using the native Linux client (I was prompted whilst on a Mac laptop which I keep the client open on to use Steam chat, and Mim was prompted when she fired up Steam in Wine to play some Orcs Must Die 2). I've spoken to at least three of four Linux users who were in a similar situation.

All that said, last time I spoke to Steam support about sampling issues, they pretty much said that the survey was so anonymous that they wouldn't know if something was wrong - six or so months later they identified the sampling bug for which there is currently a notice on the survey results page. I wouldn't be surprised if there were ongoing sampling problems.

This article seems pretty sensationalist. A 0.13% drop is not significant enough to be considered negative or positive. At worst, it could be described as "stagnant" or "holding steady", but since we barely have enough data to even think about establishing a proper baseline, I'd advise against interpreting it that way as well.

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Quoting: QantouriscSay is it me or are we well into "Next week" ?

Yup, and it'll continue to be "next week" right up till Monday.

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Quoting: YulikeGood for them and to be honest the kickstarter was really confusing. I especially hate cheesy videos >.<

Yeah, that video's probably not the most informative thing (so far as the recent DG2 announcement goes anyway).

If you can see this page, the video there has them talking about what's going on: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hiddenpath/defense-grid-2/posts/463516 [External Link]

I contacted them a couple of days ago regarding whether or not there were plans to bring the original game to Linux (which was included in the unreached stretch goals from the crowdfunding campaign), and it looks like that's not likely to happen at this stage. They're not against the idea, but shipping Defence Grid 2 is a higher priority than porting all the Defence Grid 1 content across.

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Quoting: liamdaweI hate it when poll results aren't public. Sounds great though.

Normally, I'd agree with that, but I've too often seen non-Linux backers of crowdfunding projects claim that Linux support is a waste of resources and start begging developers to not support it. In this case, I think it's for the best that results aren't made available prior to any decisions being made (I will ask them if they'll make the results available after any outcomes have been decided upon, though).

Edit: Somebody beat me to updating the thread! An announcement [External Link] has been made regarding Linux support.

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Quoting: edgleyI'm pretty sure John Carmack counted Quake Live as a Linux release.

I think it's been well established that Carmack's perceptions of Linux and Linux gamers' perceptions of Linux are not quite the same (and since Carmack doesn't buy that many Linux games, his opinion is less relevant).

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Is running in a browser running on Linux? I mean, we don't count Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure or QuakeLive as Linux titles do we?

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I'd rather devs just shipped native demos. I don't need to run stuff like that in a browser.

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Quoting: liamdaweYes there was a podcast gabe did a while ago and he mentioned dota2 and Linux.

I don't see wby they would leave it out anyway.

Oh, I fully expect it to come. I just hadn't seen anything that confirmed it was being worked on.

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I think this might be the biggest list of Greenlit Linux titles yet. It'll be interesting to see how quickly they become available, and how many will make use of Early Access.

Along with that we also still have other Valve titles to come including DOTA2, Counter Strike: GO and a few others too!

Has there been confirmation that Dota 2 is coming?

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I've had a quick play with an earlier alpha and it seems like it's going to be a fun game. I only wish I had more time for testing!

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