Chicane-UK Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 "It would only take one "killer" game for the Linux platform to explode its way into mainstream gaming, DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson told Polygon, revealing that the development studio would "strongly" like to get into Linux." http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/12/4826190/linux-only-needs-one-killer-game-to-explode-says-battlefield-director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I bet Halflife 3 would be just that game. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagum Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I bet Halflife 3 would be just that game. Hmm maybe, but I think it'd need some kind of new controller to make it really special. Dotdot 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 As a Linux supporter, I dont agree. An OS is more than a gaming platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Nobody buys an OS for a single game, especially when that single game would be available on other platforms as well, and noone would make a triple A game for just linux, that would be suicide, even HL3 which whenever it does arrive is completely going to fail to meet expectations anyway, and most of the HL gamers have grown out of it by now/then. Thief000 and MFH 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 As a Linux supporter, I dont agree. An OS is more than a gaming platform. Agreed, and i'm a heavy gamer. It would take a lot more than "one mega title" for me to switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Vista sales shot up when they released Halo 2 as a Vista exclusive (regardless of outcome) - it's within the realms of possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I highly doubt that. I bought Halo 2 for PC and it was dead from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 If half life 3 was released for linux exclusively for 1 month you would see a lot of people try linux for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted October 13, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted October 13, 2013 Hmm maybe, but I think it'd need some kind of new controller to make it really special. SteamOS. Steam Controller. Half-Life 3. It isn't entirely impossible for Linux to gain significant market share among gamers thanks to Valve's plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 Vista sales shot up when they released Halo 2 as a Vista exclusive (regardless of outcome) - it's within the realms of possibility. But Windows had an already vast and mature productivity toolset that Linux -while not small and unimpressive- has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Hmm maybe, but I think it'd need some kind of new controller to make it really special. I see what you did there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceles Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Well, mantle being open and everything, when AMD ports it DICE would have pretty much already coded some of its games... then indeed, gaming would begin to arise finally in linux. I for one would buy another small SSD just for SteamOS and play it in there :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-T- Member Posted October 13, 2013 Member Share Posted October 13, 2013 No studio would make a triple A game a Linux exclusive. The market share is too small to even consider it. SteamOS might increase that share but Windows will always be the lead PC platform and I cannot see that change any time soon MFH 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 I don't think explode is the right word here :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0nyX Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 It would certainly help for more people to start using it. But explode? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos mage Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 It would certainly help for more people to start using it. But explode? No. I think Valve will do that all on their own, since they're powerful and motivated. It won't take Windows out, but it'll have a hell of a lot better presence than anything else has managed I'm guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Author Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 It seems impossible to know how it's going to pan out to be honest, but I'm just looking forward to seeing what happens generally. Should help shake up the market a bit no matter what happens :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhunter Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 it will really make a good motive for linux gamers.But agree,....not explode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted October 13, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 13, 2013 Is DICE working on a killer Linux game, then? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheSwiss Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 An interesting option would for Value to ship Steam OS and Half Life 3 together. It would be a bold move but imagine something similar to the Ubuntu WUBI installer (that I believe is no longer supported) that installs Half Life 3 and Steam OS and updates the boot menu. Most users would be a little confused at first but it wouldn't be too difficult to explain and I am sure with the right marketing speak they could sell it to non-techie people quite easily. What Valve really need to do is make sure that they are rock solid on hardware support which is possible with them working so closely with AMD and Nvidia which are always the biggest issues for new users. If they can be sure that the hardware it is running on is supported then they could offer Steam OS as an "enhanced experience" install option or similar. Would be quite an interesting move IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Is DICE working on a killer Linux game, then? :pNo dice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 There's already been some good commercial games ported over, even before Valve ported Steam and a few of their games, didn't do too much though. Trick is getting a big studio to commit that kind of money into what's going to be a big roll of the dice, no pun intended, namely big dollars, tiny market share, never mind actually convincing people to migrate to an entirely different OS, gain one game, lose a lot more. It would be good for the Linux community sure, but explosive? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 No studio would make a triple A game a Linux exclusive. The market share is too small to even consider it. SteamOS might increase that share but Windows will always be the lead PC platform and I cannot see that change any time soon I'm not so sure about this. With MS recent bad PR and some simply not liking the new windows OS, anything is possible. install a free OS.. then install steam and buy only the games.. that's pretty compelling to move to Linux. Now that AMD supports drivers for Linux.. I'm not so sure.. but this is just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Except those who haven't tried windows 8 and thus aren't happy with it because they think it's weird and mysterious, would be even more unhappy and confused by any linux system. and most people don't know what an OS or linux is anyway, they have a hard enough time grasping the concept of multiple windows versions. or the fact Office isn't windows and visa versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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