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Linux Users More Likely To Pay For Games?
Teppy writes "I noticed something unexpected the other day when reviewing the subscriber counts for our MMORPG, A Tale In The Desert. Of everyone who tries our game, Linux users are definitely more inclined to pay money to subscribe. In fact, overall, about 15.6% of Windows users who do the free trial will subscribe, while among Linux users the number is 19.3%. Furthermore, Linux users tend to remain subscribers for a longer time. Are we the only game company noticing this?" Is this down to loyalty, choice, or other mysterious factors?
Exactly. That, combined with the fact that people who use Linux are likely to have different behaviors than people who use Windows (hence the Linux usage in the first place). I hate it when people look at two things correlating and assume one causes the other (I'm not saying that's happening here, but it happens all the time)