What do you call an AAA title? Big budget or publisher funded game? Using this term always makes things confusing.

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Hopefully Vulkan will fix most of this mess.

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From Cubase's comments there, it looks like Unity is going to support H.264. I'm still puzzled why not better FOSS codecs which are already production ready (like VP9 or VP8). Plus as far as I know, using H.264 / H.265 for any commercial product requires paying a license which is a huge tax on developers.

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How hard is it to replace Bink with other codec, and and use corresponding decoder with ffmpeg for example? Or it's a problem with Unity not allowing such flexibility?

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GOG release for backers is confirmed (can't link to exact comment there like in Kickstarter):

Anthony B.: I'm just curious if there might/could be a simultaneous release on GoG. I like humble, but I would prefer a GoG code instead (I know the final determination is easily 18 months out, just planting the idea now (is inception possible via crowdfunding comments? (should I keep nesting parentheses? (have I go- oh no, I've gone cross-eyed)))).

GregRice: @Anthony B. we’re aiming for Steam ,Humble and GoG :)

https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2#forum [External Link]

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Why on earth anyone would use Bink, when there are much better FOSS codecs like VPx? And now there are also Thor and upcoming Daala.

They should ditch this Bink junk and use FOSS codecs instead.

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Backers will also be able to pledge for rewards like the game on GOG or Steam, physical copies (including a Linux version)

Did they actually confirm that backers will be able to get rewards through GOG? So far they said that they'll distribute through GOG too, which can mean just ability to buy the game there.

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Some interesting articles about Fig:

http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/fig-games/ [External Link]
http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/18/9169697/fig-kickstarter-equity-investment-games-outer-wilds-masi-oka [External Link]

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I don't really get the point of "surveys" for a platform that already collects tons of information about its users (up to behavioral patterns like how long people play certain games, what types of games and so on). Doesn't Steam know exactly how many people run it on Linux? Unless they don't really collect such information and it's an opt-in.

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Quoting: Crazy PenguinTo late! I wonder what took them so long.

You can ask developers. It's always a delay on their side. The usual reason - they treat GOG as an afterthought. In other words, Steam monoculture is still strong. But situation is gradually improving.

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