#10222637, By Hexagon Crytek, GOG, and Epic on board with Linux support

Hexagon 19 Mar 2014 23:50:14 352 posts
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INSOMANiAC wrote:
The userbase will be pretty big as its dual boot (But still no where near console levels)but the fact 99% of your games will be on windows gives you little reason to ever boot the linux version of SteamOS. The attachment rate to linux vs windows version of games will be tiny for years and may never take off unless the kind of performance enhancements Valve are claiming are true

True story

As indicated by Valve, the company is in it for the long haul. Valve has also had no issues with getting developers on board either, meaning that more and more developers will start supporting Linux. Practically every indie is on board already and there are a few big names to be found here and there as well. With more support and it becoming easier to create Linux clients, developers and publishers would be fools to not go for that extra few percent for the sake of profit maximization. The focus is on multiplatform support, and that is something that DirectX simply can't offer. Linux game sales are already dangerously close to Mac OS game sales despite the latter having far more market share. Crazy stuff.