• @jose1324@lemmy.world
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    2611 months ago

    He means Linux problem as in: not enough players to justify supporting it, while those low amount of players also account for like 70% of the bug reports

    • @RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml
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      2711 months ago

      while those low amount of players also account for like 70% of the bug reports

      And we have other developers saying that according to their metrics, most bugs linux players report are cross-platform and it’s only unbalanced because we’re the only people who actually bother to report bugs.

      • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Turns out, the people who are more technically proficient and use software built and maintained by a community that necessitates bug reports, report bugs more often than the “it just (sometimes) works” OS users. Who knew?

      • Yup, they care about cheaters scaring away paying customers. Supporting another platform increases the attack surface of the game, at it needs enough new customers to be worth the risk.

        That’s it. If Linux support doesn’t have a high chance of significantly increasing profit, and it has a risk of pushing cash cow, they’re not going to do it.

    • @jerkface@lemmy.ca
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      411 months ago

      Bullshit, he means Linux problem as in: “My main competitor is heavily invested in turning gaming on Linux into a viable platform.”

    • ShustOne
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      411 months ago

      For that one game. There may be more games experiencing this but the 70% number I’ve seen is from one developer so far.