Posted by
michael
on from the chopping-off-heads dept.
nicku writes: "According to this email to retailers that was leaked, LokiGames is closing on January 31. I'm sad to see them go, I own 3 of their excellent ports..."
Color me shocked....
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Linux guys want all the good games, but won't pay for practically anything. Hmmm.....problem?
Re:I'm not sad to see them go.
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Anonymous Coward
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They didn't make games I wanted. Didn't seem like they ever would. My job is not to 'support the concept of Linux gaming'. It's to buy games.
And that's the problem for Linux game companies - they're selling to a target market of users who wouldn't pay for software if it leapt out of the monitor and blew them.
It all comes down to $$'s
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Teancom
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· Score: 1, Flamebait
I bought tribes 2 this week, for a lan party going on this Friday. Having bought Unreal Tournament last week, I expected to go home, download the linux installer, and be on my way. No dice, you need to buy the Tribes2 for linux seperately. After some digging around, figuring out that Loki wasn't paid for the port (like UT) but instead paid for the privledge, then cool. That's completely understandable, and so I sell my windows copy to a guy at work (for $10.49, what I paid at Compusa) and went searching for a cheap copy of tribes 2 for linux. *bzzzt*. No such thing. This is a year old game which had an almost simultaneous release (i.e., they've had as long as windows to make a profit). So, even if I can't get it for $10, I can still get it cheaper than the $49 loki is asking, right? Nope. No way, no how. I tried every "online retailer" Loki links to, and if they even had it (only two did) they were for "full retail" (i.e., 4Xs what I paid for my Window's copy). At this point, I am searching the warez channels, cursing the fact that kazaa is dead to linux users, because there is no way in *hell* I'm paying almost $50 + shipping for a game that's a year old. So, in summation, if someone has a *used* copy that I can purchase legitimately, *please* email me. I would *love* to not have to pirate this game. Cuz if not, I'm going to download it and burn it. That's just the way it is....
Re:New icon?
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Jace+of+Fuse!
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There are many reasons why the Linux game market is failing.
The lack of DirectX is the other big one.
--
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
I'd say you burned some, you old troll.
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Erris
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I am really exhausted by people who just say "I don't (see|believe) it" when someone describes an issue they're having. Let me help my fellow Linvocates.
Why do I get the feeling I've been flamed? I suppose it's because your straw man help has nothing to do with what most people, like myself tell others. Oh yeah, you seem to have forgoten what I wrote to rant along about how screwed up the Mac community is while telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about. Thanks.
Somehow I don't feel the helping hand of an advocate. I say I don't know how to configure sound cards, and you give me shit about making others feel comfortable. I'm so helped.
The problem is not our collective image, the problem this developer was having was low demand for games and harrasment. The first problem is M$ created hardware stupidity. The second problem is people like you.
Yes you. Like this beautiful flame, much like your current exhaustion letter posted to bsdtoday two years ago. You might want a different pen name.
You're kidding, right?
Anthony Boyd - January 25, 2001 17:34:55
Among the examples you list of Tucows scandalous comments is this one: "New users should steer clear of OpenBSD."
You must be kidding me. That is evidence that Tucows doesn't understand the BSD community or is being overly-harsh? Let me put it more strongly than Tucows did: new users will HATE OpenBSD. New users (new to Unix, new to computers) should be steered AWAY from OpenBSD. Not only that, the OpenBSD team probably should want it that way, saying "yep, we're for security-minded system admins, not for new users." If BSD or OpenBSD people are getting upset about being told their system is unfriendly to new users, then they better build a system new users will want. Until then, they're going to have to deal with those comments, just like Linux sysadmins have to deal with comments about Linux insecurity. It's true, dammit. Deal with it.
Linux insecurity? OpenBSD difficulty? Troll city. Yes, that's you at outshine. Yes, Google put the finger on you.
-- DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
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Linux guys want all the good games, but won't pay for practically anything. Hmmm.....problem?
I bought tribes 2 this week, for a lan party going on this Friday. Having bought Unreal Tournament last week, I expected to go home, download the linux installer, and be on my way. No dice, you need to buy the Tribes2 for linux seperately. After some digging around, figuring out that Loki wasn't paid for the port (like UT) but instead paid for the privledge, then cool. That's completely understandable, and so I sell my windows copy to a guy at work (for $10.49, what I paid at Compusa) and went searching for a cheap copy of tribes 2 for linux. *bzzzt*. No such thing. This is a year old game which had an almost simultaneous release (i.e., they've had as long as windows to make a profit). So, even if I can't get it for $10, I can still get it cheaper than the $49 loki is asking, right? Nope. No way, no how. I tried every "online retailer" Loki links to, and if they even had it (only two did) they were for "full retail" (i.e., 4Xs what I paid for my Window's copy). At this point, I am searching the warez channels, cursing the fact that kazaa is dead to linux users, because there is no way in *hell* I'm paying almost $50 + shipping for a game that's a year old. So, in summation, if someone has a *used* copy that I can purchase legitimately, *please* email me. I would *love* to not have to pirate this game. Cuz if not, I'm going to download it and burn it. That's just the way it is....
There are many reasons why the Linux game market is failing.
The lack of DirectX is the other big one.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
Why do I get the feeling I've been flamed? I suppose it's because your straw man help has nothing to do with what most people, like myself tell others. Oh yeah, you seem to have forgoten what I wrote to rant along about how screwed up the Mac community is while telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about. Thanks.
Somehow I don't feel the helping hand of an advocate. I say I don't know how to configure sound cards, and you give me shit about making others feel comfortable. I'm so helped.
The problem is not our collective image, the problem this developer was having was low demand for games and harrasment. The first problem is M$ created hardware stupidity. The second problem is people like you.
Yes you. Like this beautiful flame, much like your current exhaustion letter posted to bsdtoday two years ago. You might want a different pen name.
You're kidding, right?
Anthony Boyd - January 25, 2001 17:34:55
Among the examples you list of Tucows scandalous comments is this one: "New users should steer clear of OpenBSD."
You must be kidding me. That is evidence that Tucows doesn't understand the BSD community or is being overly-harsh? Let me put it more strongly than Tucows did: new users will HATE OpenBSD. New users (new to Unix, new to computers) should be steered AWAY from OpenBSD. Not only that, the OpenBSD team probably should want it that way, saying "yep, we're for security-minded system admins, not for new users." If BSD or OpenBSD people are getting upset about being told their system is unfriendly to new users, then they better build a system new users will want. Until then, they're going to have to deal with those comments, just like Linux sysadmins have to deal with comments about Linux insecurity. It's true, dammit. Deal with it.
Linux insecurity? OpenBSD difficulty? Troll city. Yes, that's you at outshine. Yes, Google put the finger on you.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.