Quoting: ShmerlAs far as I know, Feral choose it. Which differs from porting companies which are hired to port something. In case of Feral, they propose other gaming companies to port the game (and to bear all the costs for it), and in return they ask to share the profit from Linux sales (however they measure that). At least that's how I understood it, others can correct me if that's wrong.

As you said yourself, they can only make a proposition to port a game. They can't choose to do it on their own. Technically and legally.

If the information from "http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games" is correct, Feral made several Mac ports for Games that are without DRM: Batman - Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, Rayman® Origins, Fable - The Lost Chapters and Sid Meier's Railroads.

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Quoting: LeopardAlso it is a F2P title , so how can you expect to Feral make money on that?

Feral makes money by porting software and getting paid for it. Feral does not necessarily make money from a share of every sold unit. That depends on the contract. With F2P titles, they might get a flat amount of payment, or they might get a share of the in-game-revenue.

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Quoting: ShmerlI'm asking about why Feral pick only such cases to port. That's already something they choose.

May I ask why you are phrasing it like this? Is there an indication that Feral chooses for themselves which games they port? I mean, they are like a translation studio: They add a language to an existing game, so to say. They can't just grab a game, translate it and sell it where they want.

Or do you mean that Feral has more contractual offers than they could handle and they are deliberately only picking ones with Steam DRM? That would be pretty cool, just because that would mean that the Linux market is so big, that Feral and Aspyr can't even handle all the requests. But I doubt that.

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Quoting: GuestAfter having tried the games I’m disappointed by all of them (except Kentucky Route Zero which I had abandonned a long time ago already).

I have to agree. I've only played Kentucky Route Zero, Ziggurat, Windward and Owlboy yet, and only KRZ looks like it could be my taste. Owlboy has exceptional artwork and good music, but sadly that's about it. Ziggurat gives a weird sense of scale and the game mechanics are rather abstracted from the game world. Windward feels like a flash game in 3D.

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Very nice bundle, got it right away! I'm quite looking forward to Kentucky Route Zero.

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Hi Liam, I just registered on Patreon in order to support this site. Please take brakes as often and long as you want. :)

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Yes, it is gratis, not free.

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Quoting: meggermanMech games seem like the perfect fodder for VR. Hopefully Linux/SteamOS VR developement can continue to make strides as the next gen of headsets demand even more performance and efficiency at driver / OS level.

It sounds like Mech games are made for VR. Yet, having played some VR games, I think one might need a pretty strong stomach to play such a game. Even plain moving (character walking on its own or a car) is making many people rather sick after a few minutes. If you would add sway and stomping to that, I don't know if many could play it.

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There are plenty of open source engines. You can choose one of those and work from that point on, if you just want to make a new game.

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Quoting: natewardawgNot to mention it seems to me that Linux users tend to be more likely to buy DRM free games than those on Win or macOS, meaning they don't go to Steam at all, which would further skew the numbers.

I wonder how many Linux gamers won't buy games with DRM? I think it would be interesting to have a survey on this matter. Maybe there is survey already? Some Linux gamers would maybe prefer games without DRM, and some don't care about DRM within the proprietary game market.

Nitpicking: Even those who would never buy a game with DRM can still buy games on Steam.

Edit: Here is a survey with a good part of it about DRM and Linux gaming: http://boilingsteam.com/so-who-are-the-linux-gamers/ [External Link]

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