@mcc devil's advocate: adding a Linux version not only...

@mcc devil's advocate: adding a Linux version not only incurs the cost of developing and supporting a new platform, but also a massive amount of QA and dev time processing low-severity bug reports for issues that probably don't affect the average user's experience enough for them to care *and* all you get is about a 5% bump in sales. So it's almost certainly not worth it.*

* Or at the very least, only worth supporting SteamDeck hardware.

Like 1 Nov 2023 at 22:00 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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ToxinVX

@tess @mcc You don't need to go through the entire portinh process to get your game on Linux. With Proton you don't even need to compile a separate Linux binary, so you just get a free 5% more sales, and if there are any issues, they take it up with Wine/Proton devs instead of you. Just make sure your anticheat is configured to support Proton

2 Nov 2023 at 1:15 | Open on mastodon.social

Oblomov

@tess @mcc counter: and that's why most corporate software is crap that only works “if you hold it right”.
(The reason why FLOSS is crap is different.)

2 Nov 2023 at 3:33 | Open on sociale.network

Sylwia Сільвія 🏳️‍⚧️

@tess @mcc bruh did you even read the thing? The bugs affected everyone. And the cost of porting to Linux is worth it.

2 Nov 2023 at 8:11 | Open on social.translunar.academy