357
submitted 3 days ago by who@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

For a long time, an overwhelmingly popular view among game developers and publishers has been that offering Linux builds would involve too much work, because they had either tried it briefly or heard from other devs who had tried it, and found that their problem reports massively increased. Their conclusion was often that Linux causes too many bugs to be supportable. As a gamer, I was of course disappointed every time I read this.

More importantly, as a developer, I couldn't help noticing ways in which this reasoning seemed flawed. I always felt that it was either poorly informed or not completely honest.

So, when this refreshingly different perspective from a game developer surfaced on social media, it warmed my heart. I thought the rest of you might find it interesting.

Archive.org copy

That was a few years ago. I imagine the influx of gamers using Linux since then (since it's easier now) might mean a smaller portion of our group has the technical skills described in that post, but I think it still applies. I hope it also gives us something to aspire to when interacting with the people who make the games we play.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh yes, just targeting the PC, the magical fairytale console that only has one hardware configuration that never changes and is so notoriously easy to develop for.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
357 points (100.0% liked)

Linux Gaming

21425 readers
201 users here now

Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.

This page can be subscribed to via RSS.

Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.

No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.

Resources

WWW:

Discord:

IRC:

Matrix:

Telegram:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS