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Potential Linux gamers should be wary that companies are supporting Linux out of financial viability rather than PR or code-improvement reasons. We'll start to feel like Mac users if the cross-platform games released on Linux are lacking in features, late, and buggy. A good example is Unreal Tournament

Tim Sweeny, head of the Unreal Tournament (UT) development team, is apparently a big fan of Linux and it seemed like the Linux UT port was going to get a big push, even after it was decided that including the small Linux portion on the CD would imply real tech support. The truth is, it runs on Linux, but not very well. Unlike Quake 3, for which the Linux version is a seperate purchase, UT is a toy for people running both Windows and Linux. There is no support whatsoever, patch releases come long after the Windows patches, the product is buggy, and doesn't demonstrate a good understanding of Linux philosophy (this is evident at the install phase for many reasons: it must be installed and run with the same owner, it uses Windows-style files and directories, etc.).

My point is that we have to demand that games are written (and patched) modularly so that they are equal across platforms.