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Linux Users Donate Twice As Much As Windows Users, On Average

Posted by Soulskill on from the interesting-data-points dept.

sammyF70 writes "The Wolfire/Humble Indie Bundle real time statistics have been updated to show the average amount donated per platform. It looks like Linux users donate twice as much, on average, as Windows users. You can see some graphs on the Wolfire blog."

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  1. Not surprising... by maugle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Linux has fewer games than Windows, so games would be more highly valued by Linux users than Windows users.

    1. Re:Not surprising... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Still, very nearly 50% of the money contributed is coming from OS X and Linux. Whether it's because those users are more affluent, more inclined to buy games, or just happy to support any development on their platform, the numbers show there's a substantial market to be tapped. Studies like this are exactly the thing marketing departments want to see.

      And it couldn't have come at a better time: Steam's imminent release on OS X and Linux is about to make cross-platform development substantially easier. While it's hardly the Year of Gaming Linux, it would be nice to remember 2010 as the year we started chipping away at Microsoft's PC gaming monopoly.

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