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Lots Of Big Games Confirmed For SteamOS, Torchlight II Now Out, Payday 2, Mordor And More Coming Too
11 Mar 2015 at 10:22 am UTC
11 Mar 2015 at 10:22 am UTC
Quoting: EikeYou know the answer...Fixed that for you.
It finally is the year of the Linux (gaming) living room!
Muhahahaha!
President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response
11 Mar 2015 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 6
That 2% is an over-estimation, by a lot.
Lots of people (like me), already own their products. You can also be guaranteed a large portion supporting the petition and forum post also already sub to WoW/own other products by them.
The realistic number is far lower.
Edit > Let's cut it in half to 1% for the more likely number of people to actually get their products, based on all that + their heavy DRM a lot of people don't like.
Cut it down again for pre-existing owners and WoW subs from Linux users, and we have a low number.
Remember, we aren't talking about 1-2% of Blizzard's existing big user base here.
You need the developers, you need the support staff, you need to pay them, constantly, and not just once too. You also need extra time for Q&A on the platform, so Q&A staff need pay and time too.
11 Mar 2015 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 6
Quoting: Crazy PenguinLOL! Really? We are back on this now? 2% would mean a minimum 2 Million potential Linux customers (based on Steam numbers), which is quite a market share. But what do I care. Blizzards isn't making good games anymore.*sigh*, going over this argument in IRC right now.
That 2% is an over-estimation, by a lot.
Lots of people (like me), already own their products. You can also be guaranteed a large portion supporting the petition and forum post also already sub to WoW/own other products by them.
The realistic number is far lower.
Edit > Let's cut it in half to 1% for the more likely number of people to actually get their products, based on all that + their heavy DRM a lot of people don't like.
Cut it down again for pre-existing owners and WoW subs from Linux users, and we have a low number.
Remember, we aren't talking about 1-2% of Blizzard's existing big user base here.
You need the developers, you need the support staff, you need to pay them, constantly, and not just once too. You also need extra time for Q&A on the platform, so Q&A staff need pay and time too.
President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response
11 Mar 2015 at 9:30 am UTC Likes: 11
We aren't "kissing some body parts" of anyone here, we are being realistic, and not trying to burn bridges with developers. That's an extremely childish response from you. Sad to see people commenting like that here.
We respect Blizzard's decision.
11 Mar 2015 at 9:30 am UTC Likes: 11
Quoting: YaakuroYou realise developers, publishers, ceo's, and the like are human too right?Quoting: liamdaweKissing some body parts of blizzard and yes there are gazillions of idiots everywhere and that they do not represent anything. If blizzard would get those comments personally and put all GNU/Linux users into the same pot then I would say never buy a product of them in the first place.Quoting: YaakuroSorry but what you are doing will not help either. If the Linux usage would pass a certain amount blizzard would support it because its all about money not being polite.What are we doing that isn't helping exactly? Apart from pointing out that idiots don't represent us.
We aren't "kissing some body parts" of anyone here, we are being realistic, and not trying to burn bridges with developers. That's an extremely childish response from you. Sad to see people commenting like that here.
We respect Blizzard's decision.
President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response
11 Mar 2015 at 9:20 am UTC Likes: 10
11 Mar 2015 at 9:20 am UTC Likes: 10
Quoting: YaakuroSorry but what you are doing will not help either. If the Linux usage would pass a certain amount blizzard would support it because its all about money not being polite.What are we doing that isn't helping exactly? Apart from pointing out that idiots don't represent us.
Linux Now Has Over 1000 Titles On Steam
10 Mar 2015 at 9:59 pm UTC Likes: 3
10 Mar 2015 at 9:59 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Lordpkappa63 in my library, yours?370/447, I would call that a happy Liam.
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Performance Finally Okay On Linux (UPDATED)
10 Mar 2015 at 8:32 pm UTC
10 Mar 2015 at 8:32 pm UTC
Update 2: It will still crash to the desktop for me when scrolling through the keybind menus, I did report this to Techland before, and have done, again. It happens on the third screen of the keybinds menu, every time.
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Performance Finally Okay On Linux (UPDATED)
10 Mar 2015 at 7:32 pm UTC
10 Mar 2015 at 7:32 pm UTC
I re-tested the Proteus laptop I reviewed earlier, and on Medium settings at 1080p, it runs very smooth!
See the screenshot on page 2: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-entroware-proteus-gaming-laptop-reviewed-for-linux.5067
See the screenshot on page 2: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-entroware-proteus-gaming-laptop-reviewed-for-linux.5067
The Entroware 'Proteus' Gaming Laptop, Reviewed For Linux
10 Mar 2015 at 7:29 pm UTC Likes: 1
10 Mar 2015 at 7:29 pm UTC Likes: 1
UPDATE: I re-tested this unit with the new Dying Light patch, and with everything on Medium at 1080p, well, it was amazingly playable, see the SS on page 2.
Cities: Skylines City Builder Releases Today, Some Thoughts After Playing It
10 Mar 2015 at 4:38 pm UTC
10 Mar 2015 at 4:38 pm UTC
Quoting: KallestofelesIf you kept reading you would note the section mentioning I have been in contact with them about the performance.PerformanceI wonder if they know about this and if they're checking what was patched so they could revert whatever it is that started hogging down the performance.
Performance wise it’s a little bad, as I was originally getting around 100FPS on High settings, and then a patch a couple days before release nerfed it down to around 30FPS, and this is on an Nvidia 970. Having the level of detail set to Very High makes it even worse, and does make it very sluggish when you zoom in, so the game is a bit of a hog.
But I guess that's where we stand with OpenGL, a lot of driver overhead and a pain to optimize. I have my fingers and toes crossed for Vulkan.
Nightside Is That RTS Game I’ve Been Waiting For On Linux
10 Mar 2015 at 2:54 pm UTC
10 Mar 2015 at 2:54 pm UTC
Quoting: N30NIf enemy units & buildings didn't produce light, they could then scrap the "fog of war". I think that'd work much better.What would be the point in that? You would never see anything then.
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