Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released
by shmerl on Thursday September 12, 2013 @10:11AM
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> they really wanted to support Linux, they could easily package most of their old games with Dosbox and 90% of them would run fine this way.
This was not about DosBox games which are already playable. It was about starting support for native Linux games which is not trivial. In general I agree with you that their approach of "all or nothing" in finding a way for long term support of native games is far from perfect, but what can you do - it's their business how to do it. They listened to feedback but didn't go the iterative way.
Re:Humble Indie Bundle 9 released
by ekianjo on Thursday September 12, 2013 @08:17PM
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Well the longer they wait, the more the "all or nothing" strategy will never happen because their catalog is expanding. Basically they are simply refusing people who want to give them money. It's preposterous.
This was not about DosBox games which are already playable. It was about starting support for native Linux games which is not trivial. In general I agree with you that their approach of "all or nothing" in finding a way for long term support of native games is far from perfect, but what can you do - it's their business how to do it. They listened to feedback but didn't go the iterative way.