Re:GOG Has Had to Hire Private Investigators to Track Down I...
by glimshe on Saturday October 18, 2025 @05:38AM
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It would be great if everyone could release Linux binaries, but smaller studios are extremely stretched and with no shortage of work as it is. Considering the quality of Windows emulation today, it's quite possible that the windows API simply becomes the new "Java for games", where studios test their games on Linux and never release a native binary.
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Re:GOG Has Had to Hire Private Investigators to Track Down I...
by blooalien on Thursday October 23, 2025 @01:12AM
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> ... "but smaller studios are extremely stretched and with no shortage of work as it is."
My experience is that it's never been the "smaller studios" that give Linux the middle-finger the way the so-called "AAA" publishers do. I see a shocking number of small studios and indie developers consistently releasing for Linux, Mac, and Windows and managing to do a surprisingly reliable job of it, where "AAA" companies sometimes can't seem to manage to keep a game running reliably even on the one platform they support.