Quoting: EikePlease stop ranting, and stop adding numbers you don't have.

These developers made a very good game and a very good Linux port of it.
They have got all numbers and when they say it wasn't worth it, there's no point not to believe that.
(Why would somebody say such if he has made profit of it? No reason to believe so.)

Some of the parameters might change, like a better Linux support of their engine and more Linux knowledge in their team (due to the first port). So there's still hope for their games to be ported in the future.
I really hope so.
Looking forward for The Bard's Tale.

Talking about numbers, mine were taken directly from SteamSpy which can track who owns what. It's not perfect, but it's a good measure to go by. There's nothing wrong in doing things like this, as it allows us to see what level of income some developers deem acceptable for a port.

Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuySo much hate here. They were just answering a question honestly.

It's true people shouldn't spread hate, but people need to learn to separate hate from curiosity and criticism.

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Unity has come a long way that's for sure, games don't run as badly now as they used to performance and general issue-wise.

I really am failing to see how they didn't think it was worth it, sure the percentage is low, but why do developers repeatedly hark on about the percentage of the platform. They clearly made quite a bit of money from the Linux version of it, and there's simply no way support costs for the Linux version were higher than what they made. If it is, to me that's another case of developers taking too much money from what the game has made, and not using it correctly.

Using data from SteamSpy [External Link], it currently has 509,875 owners.

Rounding down owners and price here to allow for fluctuations:
1% of 500,000 = 5,000
5,000 x £30 = £150,000

That doesn't count any GOG sales of course, of which there will be a few, but probably not as many as Steam. 5,000 people buying the Linux version doesn't sound like much, but looking at the income generated from it, it's quite reasonable isn't it?

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Shame, it seems it's only if you do it directly on Steam. So, my hardware ordered through the authorised reseller Game.co.uk doesn't count. Shame, but I guess I will live.

Edit: Turns out I do get them too :D

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Quoting: wolfyrionThe preorder has to be from steam store or is valid also from any other reseller that sells steam hardware? :o?

I don't know, they don't say anywhere.

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Quoting: liamdaweThanks for the kind words folks, will try to do cover more games like this then if people find them useful.

Please be careful when you enter this zone. Good or bad is often a matter of taste.

That's pretty obvious though, since all my writing is formed from my opinion, it's up to people to form their own regardless of what I say.

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Thanks for the kind words folks, will try to do cover more games like this then if people find them useful.

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What kind of actual car racing game that attempts to have real looking cars doesn’t have even a hint of engine noise?

Well, https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/mercedes-benz-electric-cars-get-artificial-engine-noise-for-safety-1.6692802 [External Link]

You're actually helping my point, they still put a noise in ;)

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Quoting: d10sfanI understand the thinking of lower fps dosen't matter on a rts, but it is noticeable when it drops really low. I also wonder if Virtual Programming would have gotten the same free pass in regards to this that Feral seems to

Just a note about this, there is no such thing as a "free pass" here.

The difference between VP and Feral ports is that I can play all Feral ports for hours on end, where as all VP ports have major crash & hanging issues for me. I agree performance isn't top here, and it was the first thing I noted in my port report, like I said, no free pass here.

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Even with my high end i5, 16GB RAM and a 970 it stutters at the start of every game, but once you get going it's a lot smoother.

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Quoting: LeonardK

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: LeonardKHm, what happens on highest possible settings on Full HD
Also, is this game multi-monitor-able on Linux?

I run two monitors, not sure what you mean exactly, but it works fine on my main monitor with stuff on my other monitor like IRC.

I meant whether it's able to span across 2 monitors. One could have a better overview then. Also it would need if one could show the "mini"-map in large-scale on the 2nd screen.

Didn't try, but I don't think so, sorry.

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