Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 26, 2004 06:15 AM
Windows has games linux does not wine runs games due to a copy protection lock linux developers/the game players develop a crack. The crack spreads to windows undermining there windows market share.
So it is basicly linux does not have a lot of games but a lot of developers. Windows has a lot of users not many developers loss.
ID based software has supported linux it also has been the least cracked.(reasons) Number one a crack has no legal use(need a crack to run a game you own is a legal use). So basicly you have the crack you have to be a pirate.
Yes it might be good to go after the bigest market but it is also no good to give a pirate some where it hide. Note the same would apply if I put out a game only for Linux with no plans for a windows version.
This is a major problem saving money on one hand can mean that you find the programer who make the crack that enabled the pirates to copy your game only for the program to plead I bought a copy of you game an it would not work on my OS so I cracked it so I could use it and I game the crack away for people in my place I had no intent for pirates to use it. Now the case crashs in a heap.
Now you have a linux version(even may be slightly more expensive) find the programer stop him dead why did you not buy the linux verson.
Note that most cracks come for the same people so shut them down will reduce the overall cracked game problem.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 26, 2004 06:15 AMSo it is basicly linux does not have a lot of games but a lot of developers. Windows has a lot of users not many developers loss.
ID based software has supported linux it also has been the least cracked.(reasons) Number one a crack has no legal use(need a crack to run a game you own is a legal use). So basicly you have the crack you have to be a pirate.
Yes it might be good to go after the bigest market but it is also no good to give a pirate some where it hide. Note the same would apply if I put out a game only for Linux with no plans for a windows version.
This is a major problem saving money on one hand can mean that you find the programer who make the crack that enabled the pirates to copy your game only for the program to plead I bought a copy of you game an it would not work on my OS so I cracked it so I could use it and I game the crack away for people in my place I had no intent for pirates to use it. Now the case crashs in a heap.
Now you have a linux version(even may be slightly more expensive) find the programer stop him dead why did you not buy the linux verson.
Note that most cracks come for the same people so shut them down will reduce the overall cracked game problem.
But there must be no legal use for the crack.
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