Gilrond-i-Virdan;n7037510 said:
There isn't such data and you know it.
Gilrond. Come on. How could I know there was no such data? I just showed you some pretty indicative data and you ignored it and talked about "sales potential". But even so, how could I know there was no such data showing that Linux is less than 1% of the gaming market? I mean, there might be or might not be. My issue is, you would never, ever believe it, no matter the evidence.
Gilrond-i-Virdan;n7037510 said:
Regarding CDPR it's hard to argue that they consider market size a problem in this case. As I said, they released TW2 for Linux when it was even smaller, .
Yes and didn't release W3 on Linux. Pretty clear they didn't think the W2 release was worth it, post facto. If it had been, you'd have played a W3 release on Linux already. They may, because they are really nice, release it for Linux eventually. However, it was rejected for effort when they needed all the money to cover W3 costs and I can tell you, that says everything to a businessman.
It's too bad but that's how it works. It's really too bad you're going to cut off your nose to spite your face and insist on only playing W3 on Linux. Buy it for both, if it ever comes out. Same for CP2077.
Not buying it doesn't really convince CDPR of the market in Linux. Buying it gives them more money for less fiscally sound choices than the usual Windows, XBox and Sony crap.
Not that I think PC and consoles are crap but, yes, I agree that Windows in many ways sucks. And sucks hard. And lets not talk about the limitations and DRM issues of consoles. Because Ugh.
Edit: also, your consoles argument? No, Gilrond, just no. It's not the same argument. That you say that says a lot about your disconnect with console users and why CDPR has time for the console market and not Linux or Mac OS.
People use consoles because they like sitting on their couch with their controller and not sitting at a desk. Also because console UI is massively simpler? Flavourful? than the PC process. Also consoles are kind of cool looking. Oh! And you can pick a team, people like that.
The Linux and Windows at-the-desk gaming experience is pretty similar. Mouse, keyboard, monitor, speakers, etc.
And that's not even talking about the price-point ratio. Consoles are waaaaaaay cheaper and your giant TV that you use to watch hockey works just fine with them.