[quote=Doc Angelo][quote]I wouldn't usually put much faith in something as little as this, but they did put out a working alpha build previously, so they obviously have a little experience.[/quot

Although the Unity engine makes it easier to make games for all platforms, what unity does is only a single part of development. For every other aspect of development, additional platforms often means 100% replication of every other aspect of development, such as the creation, maintenance and execution of manual and automated test suites (every time you add a platform, you double your testing load), any support/creation/maintenance of architecture, build systems and/or developer machines and software configurations.

And yes, it's not extremely easy to find Linux trained developers, testers, etc., particularly now that Microsoft is so good at engaging developers early with free access to MSDN developer tools, and school programs. My experience when hiring is that new people coming to the industry tend to only have experience in Linux if they have played with things like Arduinos or Raspberry Pi's... everyone else is indoctrinated by the age of 7 or 8 with Microsoft products and courses (also cross platform development kits like Xamarin, a Microsoft product, are also good at encouraging new developers to stay within the Microsoft land).

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