Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: LeopardFeral or some porter like Feral won't do it because many people bought it already because it runs great with Wine.

I don't think that's the reason, a lot of Feral games come way later than Windows. If that was really the case, they wouldn't port much at all.

No , that is just one the reasons. But that is a huge one.

And not only for Feral in fact , even for indie devs. Buying a game for Windows only, then asking about Linux version is not helping.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: GuestUnfortunately, releasing a commercial game involves more than just thinking a game runs great. Target platforms must be tested against officially, support must be provided, build chains setup, tests integrated, and the list goes on.
Unofficial builds sidestep a lot of these problems - but if you fork out money and the unofficial build doesn't work, the company is well within its rights to offer no refund. But even then, it's a poor image for the company, which might negatively impact sales on the primary platform - so it's better not to offer unofficial builds in the first place.
Then there are the hours spent getting builds setup and out to the public. The developer hours spent doing that might be better spent improving the game for the primary platform (which generally means Windows).

Nothing in there is high horse. It's business risk/reward considerations. Not saying I agree with all of it, but it's also not as clear cut as it might seem at first glance.

Yes, there's more to it than making a game run. But if that would be their concern, they could sell the Linux rights - of a game already working on Linux - to e. g. Feral.

Feral or some porter like Feral won't do it because many people bought it already because it runs great with Wine.

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Quoting: CorbenAww man, this is so sad. Especially if it's already done and working. If they don't want to promote it officially, a Linux version in the beta branch would be a possibility. Denuvo is already removed, so please give the Linux version a go!

I won't fall into that trap once more.

We need games that are advertised properly , i bought Everspace which has a Linux version but not showing on Steam. Seems like they decided to not to advertise it officially.

So what happened? I bought game and many people bought game for Linux , they got our money. But Linux needs much more game on Steam officially. Because that helps for newcomers but that was not the case with Everspace.

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I would buy it of course!

They're relying on DirectX for sound , input etc. right now , they can switch it to SDL i guess.

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Quoting: Mountain ManI was excited until I realized that F1 2015 doesn't support Linux.

It is. Check Steam page first.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/286570/F1_2015/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: LeopardIt will never be official and because of that it will never release on GOG.

Didn't they say they fixed all the bugs already? So why can't they make it official?

They must support it officially and from what i've seen they decided to not do it due to AMD related issues.

Trying for provide a support is hard , but taking money with an unsupported product is easy.

They will blame UE4 and finish. That's it.

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Quoting: ShmerlSounds good.

While we are on the topic of delayed releases, what's going on with Everspace? They were supposed to be "almost ready" several months ago, but GOG still doesn't sell Linux version.

It will never be official and because of that it will never release on GOG.

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Quoting: legluondunetbut this bug still occurs:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5030 [External Link]
Steam regularly looses credentials and settings, very annoying.

For the last few weeks , this issue did not occur for me. I hope it keeps it that way.

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Quoting: BeamboomOh wow - fantastic!

What's the status on the UE-editor on Linux nowadays?

Asking real questions here.

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Quoting: yar4eTo say the truth - looks like shit!

Well , i don't care about these games also but i don't write about them neither. I suggest you to do the same.

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