The fact that many studios starts working on a Linux port then drop it tells you that developing for Linux isn't smooth that studios start struggling and decide to cancel the project. Let's hope Vulkan changes this situation.

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Quoting: gurvMeanwhile, Microsoft is progressing on its unified console/pc ecosystem.
It would be really ironic that Microsoft delivers on the Steam machine concept before Valve ever does.

Yup, Valve needs to pay attention and avoid the mistake that Nokia made when it kept on relying on Symbian and was not brave enough to make the switch to a more modern OS in time. Valve is now also over-relying on Windows and have an alternative that they are not brave enough to push full-speed, exactly the same situation that Nokia was in. It's just a matter of time before XBox games and XBox live become cross platform and then Steam will be in real danger.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo . . . to point out the simple and obvious, among all those sites the lowest figure is over 2%.
We have 2.2%, 3.8%, 5.6%, 3%. All in all, the 1% figure can maybe be put to bed.
So either there's something odd about Steam statistics, or Linux is used more for everything else but gaming.

It's the latter. Linux is used more for everything else but gaming and that's simply because Linux graphics stack was in a bad condition for the past 20 years and only started to get resolved very recently. It will be years before the changes in the graphics stack gets reflected on market numbers.

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My personal game of the year is Tomb Raider. The game itself is fantastic in terms of playability, graphics, and audio, and the port is also good, no glitches, works well with dual monitors, Steam Controller is configured correctly. It's a console experience on Linux with better aiming precision. Well done, Feral & Crystal Dynamics.

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Quoting: sarmadWow, 1000$ for shipping! There are companies that can open a POBox for you in the states and then re-ship whatever it receives to you overseas. I would check some of those, maybe you get reasonable prices with those instead.

I own a System76 Oryx Pro, and it's been great for gaming and for my work as well. Really worth the price.

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind. Do you know of a name of one of these companies? I wouldn't need a PO Box, I have friends and family I could initially send it to.

No, unfortunately I don't know any names. I haven't used any of those services myself.

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Wow, 1000$ for shipping! There are companies that can open a POBox for you in the states and then re-ship whatever it receives to you overseas. I would check some of those, maybe you get reasonable prices with those instead.

I own a System76 Oryx Pro, and it's been great for gaming and for my work as well. Really worth the price.

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Is that a simulator for US elections? No thanks, we are sick of that already!

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You forgot to mention the demise of Steam Machines this year. With Valve rarely mentioning it, and an Alienware rep mentioning they "do not need SteamOS anymore", it looks certain that Steam Machines are a thing of the past.

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I am getting lost here. SteamVR, OpenVR, OSVR, and now this!

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Quoting: Tuxee

Quoting: sarmadWell, we have to admit. Valve tried to make Linux a viable gaming platform but they failed miserably at execution and it seems none of the major players in the industry is taking SteamOS seriously. Very sad. Though they did give Linux gaming a great push.

Care to explain the fault of Valve when Tripwire realizes that they actually have no clue on how to develop cross-platform games (or adapt for the Linux platform at least)? Why did they announce a Linux port at all (in the beginning it was even planned as day-1-release)? After all there are quite a few companies out there who don't have any problems with that. And Tripwire is anything but a "major player" - I'd see it more in the indie camp.

Valve failed to market SteamOS as a competitor to consoles and instead marketted it as a competitor to Windows. They also failed to convince AAA studios to target the platform. Finally, they failed to convince retailers to carry Steam Machines in their stores. As a result, studios didn't take SteamOS seriously and didn't find it to be worth it to hire a Linux developer to do the porting.

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