[MLUG] steam linux games on sale

[Alexandre Maciel]

As an enthusiast of Linux and Steam,, I'm don't feel they are "there" yet.

I'm having fun with SPAZ for the last two months, but...

   -     Where is all Humble Bundle Games that were already ported for
   Linux (Dungeon Defenders and Torchlight, for example)?
   -     Why some games are listed as available and yet they can't run
   (Shank 2)?
   -     Why even games that are available for sell doesn't work at all
   (Anomaly Warzone Earth, the developer recommends ask for a refund)?
   -     And where are the A games (not the "AAA"), that run in Mac and
   could be ported easily to Linux (Half-Life 2, Left2Dead, The Witcher)?

Half of games were from Humble Bundles and were already available in Ubuntu
Software Center, the other half are just more of same: what's the point of
have 100 games available for Linux if 20 are puzzles, 20 are tower defense,
20 are old-school 2D platforms and the remaining 40 are not full games, but
just DLCs?

Don't take it wrong, but Steam will be a viable gaming platform for Linux
in the day when we can pick a game and buy not because it runs in Linux,
but because we wanted the game. And this day is not today.

Regards,
*Alexandre Maciel*



2013/2/14 <ravnox at arkanox.net>

> I have been using Steam on Linux for some time now. They ironed out a
> few annoyance I had with it last week and it feels really good. I've
> stopped buying games with no Linux support and the time I spend on
> Windows has been cut considerably.
>
> It's pretty awesome to be playing Half-Life natively on Linux. I was
> surprised that they ported that old engine. Games from the Humble
> Bundle are also being added albeit slowly. Once Dota 2 is ported, this
> could be really interesting for Linux. Dota 2, a free to play game
> can currently peak at 250 000 concurrent users daily.
>
> --
> Ravnox
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:10:54 -0500
> Jeremy <me at jeremychapman.info> wrote:
>
> > Just FYI :)
> >
> > http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/
> >
> > Jer
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