Linux is ‘a terrifically hard audience to serve’
said owner of a company that last tried to oficially support Linux in late '90s.
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Linux is ‘a terrifically hard audience to serve’
said owner of a company that last tried to oficially support Linux in late '90s.
I mean, they're not really wrong. Even if Epic was able to make Fortnite run on Linux, literally every Linux user is the kind of person to complain about kernel level anti-cheat, despite that being the most effective way for an anti-cheat to operate.
Just look at all the negative sentiment and anger in this thread. Probably all 2% or whatever of the total global Linux Desktop OS users are in this thread complaining about something or other, and most of them probably would never even play/install Fortnite if it was Linux compatible. I don't blame them, really.
Tim refuses to stop shooting himself in the foot against Valve. More news at 11
Tim Sweeney doesn't work hard.
Good old Tim never misses an opportunity to tell Linux users about his nonsense dated opinions
Fuck Tim Sweeney and fuck Epic. Apparently selling a game that already works with Linux and even Windows is too much him.
Oh noes! The customers won't happily swallow whatever bullshit we shove down their throats! Oh the humanity!
It's not that hard to make a game run on Linux thoses days, they're just lazy ass
2 year old article. Stupid comment. Low key true but still stupid.
Lmfao SO many games that were never meant to run on Linux work perfectly well on my machine, some better than windows. He's just throwing a hissy fit because Linux won't allow kernel level malware - I mean anti-cheat. What a dickhead. Apex is a better game anyway.
In no way shocked about that one. Sweeney aint gonna help the competition.
I mean... I don't really disagree in this specific context.
I assume Fortnite has kernel level/rootkit anti-cheat. And Epic make massive amounts of cash from all the goku skins people buy. Unless they have the resources to test at least the major distros and keep aware of possible hacks/bypasses on that side it is just begging for exploits. And it is big enough that the moment one is identified EVERYBODY is grabbing an ubuntu live CD to get some goku dollars.
I still think it is shit that they don't directly support Linux with the EGS (especially since they distribute Unreal Engine and marketplace stuff via that). But for their "more revenue than the GDP of a small nation" live game? I get it.
A buddy who works on one of the popular live games made the comparison to pokemon cards. Everyone thinks it is a great idea to show them off at school. Until the kid trips, they get scattered on the floor, and it is a god damned feeding frenzy of every single kid losing their minds to scramble and fight over that dog eared pikachu card.