Considering there never was any interest expressed, is this really surprising?

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Added a link the Humble Bundle website since you seemed to have forgot Liam. ;)

I will probably find a way to purchase this one, since I did enjoy Psychonauts and it does fit my terms. Brutal Legends needing Steamworks for multiplayer is not a deal breaker, as I can at least play the game DRM free offline. I also see on your Twitter feed that they are releasing new builds of Psychonauts with this one, which is great news, although I assume previous purchasers would have access to it regardless.

I am a little disappointed that The Cave did not get a DRM free debut with this one though.

EDIT: Yes, HIB5 purchasers get the update. :)

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Quoting: AnonymousI'm still at a loss how such a simple concept, that people running linux as their OS should be counted as running linux as their OS, would get such a reaction. Especially from 2 editors no less. Honestly, if RPS hadn't mentioned this place, I'd have never heard of it. Think there might be a reason I hadn't heard of it...

Okay, up until this point I have been reading your posts with a certain amount of good humour, but when you start insulting the website I have to draw a little line in the sand here. First, as Liam has explained, Cheese and my opinions are our own respectively, and do not necessarily reflect Liam (the owner) or anyone else on this website. Second, we have not been being abusive, we have not been attacking you, and we have not abused our powers against you. You have no reason to complain that a couple of Editors have disagreed with you.

And your RPS comment is interesting since they are also quite well known for never being of one mind on anything and allowing a great deal of editorial freedom.

Quoting: AnonymousThe word "wine" comes out, and it doesn't matter what I say, everyone kneejerks and assumes I'm saying something else, then turns around and basically says what I've said as if it should set me straight.

I hardly think I am being kneejerk against Wine here. In fact, I use Wine often, and do not actually use Steam in any incarnation (so my interest in this discussion is purely academic). It is true that I do not believe it is a proper substitute for native Linux gaming, but this is not about penalizing people for using Wine.

This is about the fact that playing a Windows executable is not the same as running a Linux executable. If you believe that Wine numbers are really inflating the Windows stats (something which I do find dubious as I doubt it is all that large a piece of them) to such a degree, why are you opposed to the suggestion of a separate entry for Wine usage?

Not that all this really matters, as we are not Valve.

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Quoting: CheesenessI can't really speak for Hamish, but he certainly didn't come across as confrontational or lacking insight to me.

Thank you. ^_^

And you also helped by making my point for me - I really do not see why a game company would take that much interest in Wine stats as that means people are buying and purchasing their games already. We need to show that there is a native market on Linux if they are going to be convinced to make a change.

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Quoting: MowsDoes that count me incorrectly as a windows user since I was having to run the windows version of steam to play it?

I am sorry, but I do not buy that assertion  If you are using the Windows version, why would it saying you were a Windows user be incorrect? What does WINE usage have to do with Linux client usage? I am not condemning you for anything here, but this notion that WINE statistics should count as Linux bothers me, as you are still being a Windows customer for them regardless.

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I think they may have done more to get it working well than they needed to, but the extra work will of course result in a better product. Definitely a title to consider.

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But up until the THQ Bundle all the others had been DRM free and cross-platform to. I have heard your argument before and it has failed to convince.

I am still happily playing the cross-platform and DRM free Frozenbyte titles I bought, for instance.

But as I said, no point in speculating on this one too much until we get more information.

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To be fair, I blame HB for bending more than just blaming Steam. At least Steam was not turning on a principle. But we should probably see what is being offered here before drawing conclusions on this bundle (which may not even happen).

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As long as it is not another Steam exclusive or platform locked bundle. Oh, how I pine for the days when I did not have to say such things....

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Not meant as a dig at you Bumadar, but I do take a weary notice at how people's metric for AAA titles keeps getting pulled back as soon as Linux begins to approach it. There once was a time when people said all Linux needed was Valve's games in of themselves.

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