Another Total War, I'll pass :S:
Would have preferred Rise of the Tomb Raider but I'm happy as long as Feral gets enough money.
Would also really like a good arcade racer (Need for Speed Rivals or Hot Pursuit (2010) for example) but I guess that's not possible since most of those games are from Linux unfriendly publishers.
MGS V would be nice too.

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Thanks a lot Feral for you hard work!
It's certainly appreciated <3

Can't wait for your next (Vulkan?) port (RotR? ;))

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Quoting: JanThere wouldn't be any AAA games on Linux if it wasn't for porters like Aspyr or Feral. Big publishers are not interested in Linux at all, Steam machines failed.

That's assuming Valve did give up on it.
And they most likely haven't (cue: they hire more and more Linux developers)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: gurv"If Bethesda turned around to a porting house and said “Okay, we will let you 100% handle Fallout 4 for Linux, but the contact is that you sell it yourselves separately to ours”. Would you turn away from it? I would embrace the crap out of that despite owning a copy for Windows."
So you bought Fallout 4 for Windows?
Nice way to throw the whole "no tux, no bux" out the window...

Nice assumption there. It came free with my GPU. Really people, come on. Let's not do childish remarks at me here.

Sorry, I was trolling you :whistle: I actually thought you described an hypothetical situation.
But still, I think a little clarification was welcome given the subject we're discussing.

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Quoting: JanYou can argue as much as you like -- the market reality is pretty simple: From a publisher's point of view Linux is only an afterthought to Mac porting. Mac porting is an afterthought to Windows porting and the whole 'PC' ecosystem is an afterthought compared to the console and mobile market.

Hmm you know things have evolved quite a bit these last years.
The Windows gaming market is huge and not really an afterthought anymore.

Quoting: JanThe Mac, even though only 5 % to 10 % of the desktop OS market, is considered a 'viable' platform for software developers.

I've never seen any source giving Mac more then 5% market share worldwide (in the US sure but not globally)

Quoting: JanLinux needs a huge corporation with a 'real' consumer product like the combination of iPhone + App Store or MacBook (Pro) + Mac App Store to really breakthrough into the minds of possible customers.

That's Valve.
Steam has no future without Linux because every other OS is going the despicable locked App store way (first brought to the world by Apple...).

Quoting: JanFeral's revenue is roughly 50 % Mac App Store and 50 % Steam. They're anxiously waiting for Apple to update Metal so they can finally release Deus Ex, Hitman or Dirt Rally on OS X as well. Because they need the money.

Source?

Quoting: JanIf they would solely depend on Linux/SteamOS: Game Over, mate.

Nonetheless they release more and more Linux-only ports so that must be profitable enough right?

And I think they see where gaming is going : Linux not Mac.
Why? because even Apple's own CEO doesn't see the point in Mac anymore.
Apple only care about mobile and companion devices nowadays. "PC" is dead to them.
(and they're right PC will eventually disappear except for workstation and hardcore gaming because it's becoming irrelevant outside of these use cases)

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"If Bethesda turned around to a porting house and said “Okay, we will let you 100% handle Fallout 4 for Linux, but the contact is that you sell it yourselves separately to ours”. Would you turn away from it? I would embrace the crap out of that despite owning a copy for Windows."
So you bought Fallout 4 for Windows?
Nice way to throw the whole "no tux, no bux" out the window...

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: gurvI'm terrible at racing sim but I think I could still enjoy driving and watching the scenery if the game doesn't force me to start over when I screw badly. (if it forces me to start over I would only be able to see the first 1/10th of the track ;))

You're not likely to destroy the car if you drive slowly enough to enjoy the scenery. And while the game is hard, the damage model doesn't seem too punishingly realistic.

Thanks for the answer :) looking forward to buying it in a coming sale

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In this Windows test, the reviewer gets ~128fps in DX11 / 1080p ultra with the same GPU as yours.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10047/quick-look-vulkan-performance-on-the-talos-principle [External Link]
So it seems Vulkan finally allows performance parity with Windows in this game!
Really looking forward to Feral's first Vulkan port :)

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Question : can you continue the race when you crash your car (like completely destroy it :P) or do you have to start over?
I'm terrible at racing sim but I think I could still enjoy driving and watching the scenery if the game doesn't force me to start over when I screw badly. (if it forces me to start over I would only be able to see the first 1/10th of the track ;))

Edit: also do you have access to all tracks or do you have to somehow unlock them?

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Quoting: SirBubbles

Quoting: morbiusAMD's new GPU architecture should come out as well, I just wish situation with the drivers for Linux was not so bad, right now they offer better bang for a buck, but only if you're running Windows.

Don't radeons chew up a bit more power than nvidia? Also the driver situation for linux has a sad, sad history of being a tad deficient. I don't know if it's getting a good deal better or not, but I remember having to compile kernel modules for Mandrake Linux and having them break every other boot. Fun times.

Just look at the benchmark Phoronix just did
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon-nvidia-hitman&num=3 [External Link]
On 1080p ultra, the RX 480 sits just between the GTX 980 and GTX 1060.
The AMD open source driver really has come a long way!
And with Valve now employing 3 developers to work full time on the AMD driver in addition to AMD own team, it's only going to improve.

Some features are unfortunately not yet available easily since they are not mainlined yet in the kernel (namely display related feature like FreeSync and HDMI audio) but it should be done by this summer, fall at the latest.

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