I will grab this on release from the feral store.

Now i will just patiently wait for tomb raider.

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Steam supposedly had,

7 million users in January 2014
15 million users as of September 2017

Linux share has roughly halved during this time frame.

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Really looking forward to this one. Looks like we may have a spiritual successor to railroad tycoon.

Thanks for the update.

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I must admit that I was a little surprised by the numbers and although these numbers may be revised down I would not discount the possibility that they are correct due to a many factors. Here are some of my thoughts.

1. Back to school sales after the summer holidays. Chrome books perhaps?
2. Steam Linux library is growing by the day.
3. Microsoft embracing open source and Skype for linux. (True intentions questionable.)
4. Atari announcing a new Linux based Console/PC for Q1 2018.
5. Ubuntu 17.10 due to release, BETA is out.
6. Many security/malware attacks in the windows ecosystem.
7. Wine and dx11.

The above is only speculation on my part but if the trend continues then its good for the linux community.

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As a huge city builder fan I will not be getting this hippie tripe. All this DLC achieves is to cover up the broken simulation by reducing traffic and pollution affects. There is so much wrong with the game that needs fixing. They need to fix the following:-

Fix the ridiculously small farms.
Crime Simulation along with other city services.
Fix Broken traffic simulation and add more road options.
Add more Industrial options and specialisation.
Add Medium density zoning.
Add Mixed use zoning or policy.
Add Challenging gameplay.

A futuristic DLC/Expansion would have been preferable and way more fun to play with than this. For now I am done with CS until the game is fixed.

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To be fair, Review bombing is justified and I have taken part in it on 1 occasion in relation to GTA5 modding. Crappy behaviour should not be tolerated and review bombing is effective in this regard.

Valve should just keep the current review system as it stands.

I don't really pay a great deal of attention to steam reviews as I generally check out the games forums and watch game play reviews on YouTube. I do find it useful for screening out bad games though.

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Looks promising so will likely pick this game up on linux release day for sure.

The graphics look awesome and love the way fencing works.

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Its a real shame that the port is no longer happening but I can understand as it is only a single dev who developed the game so maybe worth making an exception and support the dev by purchasing the game anyway.

This game does work under wine though as I brought the game when it first released so I have tested it and it does run pretty well under wine. I was still a windows user at the time.

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I dont currently own ARK but will consider it if/once the game is fixed as it does look like an interesting game.

As for Steam Machines,

I think its good that Valve are not currently pushing steam machines for one simple reason.

Its NOT ready for prime time yet.

Once GPU drivers and Steam OS are to a good enough standard and there is a sufficient library of AAA games available then Valve can give steam machines another push. I think another year of work should do the trick.

If valve fail for a 2nd time then its game over as Microsoft are effectively trying to turn Xbox and Windows 10 desktops into steam machines.

I would rather see Valve take their time with this one and get it right than fail again.

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Tested Mad Max and Tomb Raider and can report no issues.

Running Manjaro Xfce.

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