Quoting: GuestThere is another possible reason. EAC finished Linux support because they want to focus on Proton support.

That would have been a great point to make in the article, especially since it already includes speculation.

Quoting: GuestWe don't know shit, that's the fact.

That's exactly my point! People have already grabbed their pitchforks and are marching down the proverbial streets with no evidence whatsoever.

It is juvenile, pathetic and does NOT help attract developers to our platform at all. I personally know multiple developers who decided against a Linux version of their games because they saw how the "community" behaved on other games.

I've seen people with hundreds of hours in Rust asking - with a straight face - whether they could get a refund now that Facepunch is dropping Linux due to middleware issues. As long as those people are the vocal ones, devs will continue to be disincentivized to port their games. Conspiracy theories about how cartoon villains are conspiring against Linux don't help either.

But again, what do I know, I just work in this industry.

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Quoting: Smoke39Just a few posts ago you were pointing out that the Epic Store not being on Linux was more likely a logistical business decision rather than a malicious one. Why, then, is the suggestion that they made a similar business decision about EAC a farfetched "conspiracy theory"?

Because the business case for EAC supporting Linux is no different today than it was a month ago, with or without Epic. So the only reason people are arguing "it's because of Epic" is this weird conspiracy theory that these cartoon villians are deliberately trying to fuck with Linux users. Or are you telling me the business case for Linux has changed in a month?

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Quoting: liamdaweYou're misinterpreting my intentions. I did not deliberately try to stir anything up, stop acting like I am. It is interesting and on-point that Epic Games acquired them. Not long after, we now find this out. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to say they're related, in fact I still think it's quite possible hence me mentioning it.

If you honestly, truly believe that this conspiracy theory is not only possible, but probable, then I've seriously misjudged you. Oh well...

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Quoting: liamdaweDon't blame me for others behaviour, that's ridiculous. As you said, it was a single line and I was very clearly speculating. Irresponsible?

You deliberately fanned the flames despite having no evidence whatsoever, surely it's no surprise to you that people picked up on it?

Quoting: liamdaweI will argue against that, considering Epic's recently behaviour and attitude towards Linux.

Seriously, what attitude towards Linux? I sure hope you are not talking about that one Canada tweet from years ago. It's no different than the people still linking to the Halloween documents whenever the word Microsoft shows up anywhere.

Epic today are even offering free money to Lutris via their grants program, which is a great thing, just ask the Lutris devs. The fact that Epic doesn't release a Linux version of their client right now is no surprise. They are trying to gain foothold against an incumbent giant and there is no business case for spending resources on what is maybe 1% of the market. If it was my company, I wouldn't do it either until way later, when I had sure footing in the market.

But hey, I only work in this industry, what do I know...

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It's really funny how everyone already grabbed their pitchforks against Epic despite the whole connection being limited to a single line of unsubstantiated, irresponsible speculation by Liam.

No wonder why some companies aren't willing to engage with such a level-headed, well-mannered crowd...

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Quoting: gradyvuckovicWe're not going to support Linux until we think it's financially worth it

Imagine a business seeking profits, the horror!

Quoting: gradyvuckovictruth be told we don't think it's financially worth it for our customers to do so either

We all wish it wasn't, but there is a lot of truth to this. Just ask most indie devs whether their last Linux port was financially worth it.

Quoting: gradyvuckovicwe're going to give a canned 'Sorry we do not currently support Linux at this time but we might support Linux in the future.'

What? That's the correct response to give!

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On Windows the game depends pretty heavily on interaction with the desktop environment. Can anyone who tried the Linux version tell us how it works? Is it Gnome only? Or do they use generic XDG stuff (for some features at least)?

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Wow, 6 whole pages of pure hatred in the comments. In the meantime, some of us are silently playing the excellent Satisfactory on Epic with zero issues (thanks Lutris team!).

Do I think Epic is being extremely aggressive with their store? Yes. Do I think there is any other realistic way of ending Steam's dominance? No. Do I think they should spend time officially supporting Linux? In the future, maybe. Right now they need to be laser-focused on Windows and that's fine by me.

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Quoting: GuestI was excited, then I saw Paradox. Means it probably will release with Linux support, but unfortunately also means I will probably not support it due to their DLC-hell policies. Paradox just can't seem to release a game in a finalized condition without DLC shenanigans later on, but I'm more than happen to be proven wrong.

I will never understand this. To me, Paradox has by far the best DLC policy out of any major publisher. It allows games to be continuously expanded and improved years after release. If it was any other company, instead of EU4 (6 years old) still getting free updates (alongside DLC), we would be at EU11, and you would be asked to pay €60 for each of them.

Hell, Stellaris is only 3 years old and today it is a completely different game than at release. If it was an EA game, you would be watching misleading trailers for "Stellaris 4: Extreme Space 4ever" right now.

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Quoting: GuestWell obviously if a game is released both on Steam and GOG (for example) and the article is tagged both "Steam" and "DRM-free" we want to see the article. But if it’s only "Steam" we don’t.

Steam's DRM is optional, there are lots [External Link]. of [External Link]. lists [External Link] for DRM-free games on Steam.

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