Quoting: Comandante oardoOf those 3000, how many are real BIG games with day 1 release?

C'mon. Bore someone else.

There are no games on Linux...
There are no quality games on Linux...
There are no quality AAA games on Linux...
There are no quality AAA games with day 1 release on Linux...

What next?

I don't get. Seriously. If you are so starving for all the quality triple-A titles with day one support - stick to Windows. Please.

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We are talking about 0.04%. To put this into perspective: if say one million surveys were issued last month this makes a difference of 400 less for Linux.
Discussing such miniscule fluctuations is a waste of time (you are basically saying the same thing) but "Linux marketshare falls" in such a context sounds like clickbaiting.

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Quoting: hagabakaTired of seeing those "Not Available for Linux" notes...

Stop whining. Of the 7 titles 5 are on Linux.

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Quoting: TheGZeusI think the Half-Life games aged like milk, and are so linear and scripted, I don't see how people play them more than once. I liked HL2 the first time I played it (save the horrid vehicle sections), but the second time was exactly the same. Same linear path you get shoved down. Same solutions to the same problems.
I remember thinking found secrets the first time, only to discover that there's basically no secrets save the ammo and health marked with lambdas.

Scales from my eyes, I'll take the Doom games any day.
1 and 2 have ludicrously stupid stories, but the gameplay is more varied and fun. 2016 has a good story that stays out of the way.

Hell, I'll take Quake 1.

Played through HL1 three times (twice on a Windows machine, once - including Blue Shift and Opposing Force on Linux), and HL2 at least twice. Go figure!
Doom!? Jeez. It's fun. Finished it several times, too. But varied? And the most intelligent Doom enemy gets beaten by a barnacle. Easily.

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Quoting: SalvatosThank you beefsack for making us all look better :)

Better to thank the awesome porters for giving us great games :D

Appreciate their efforts by buying the games - in a way that actually earns them the deserved money.

(The beefsack move is still a fantastic idea.)

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War Thunder (still). Hexcells Infinite. Every now and then a brief race with Distance.

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Hm. Not displayed? Though it is "Make Public" and the image is on the PC info page displayed properly.

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Wow. Just wow. Well, yes after Valley and Heaven it was definitely time for an new benchmark.

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Quoting: buenaventuraMy talk about moral issues was mostly in response to your comments about people feeling "entitled" etc., which is (to me) repugnant. They are entitled to culture (UDHR), and if they cannot get it 100% legitimately, that is not an entirely personal problem of the buyer, but a problem for example of the structure of pricing systems, state support for artists etc. It is (somewhat, a little) like blaming abuse victims because they are annoying the person abusing them.

You're hoot. Would like to elaborate on the cultural value of the oh so expensive AAA titles? In what way is COD umpteenth something "cultural you are entitled to"?

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Quoting: buenaventuraNo, and why should I? I have referred to the universal declaration of human rights, which I suspect many subscribe to (in principle at least). You are clearly trying to steer this into something it is not.

WTF? We are talking about "paying for computer games" and you bring in the "declaration of human rights". You are either completely dense or one badass troll.

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