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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. I wonder ... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If this is counting Window's Users "donations" to Microsoft, McAfee ....

    Windows users already pay through the nose, so they don't have anything leftover to donate.

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  2. 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 Jurily · · Score: 4, Informative

      The Windows donations still account for more than half.

    2. Re:Not surprising... by tonycheese · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Second theory: a much higher percentage of Windows users paid 1 cent for the games. Kids are less likely to have a more expensive Mac and Linux is much more likely to be installed on an adult's machine. (Might be a stupid theory, feel free to poke holes).
      Similarly, we can't forget that the total raised includes donations to EFF and some other charities. It would make sense to me that Linux users are more likely to donate to EFF?

    3. 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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  3. And again, the world is a little nicer. by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Perhaps because when you feel like you've already got a bargain (infinite value for money on average), you're happy to chuck a few quid in. And can I just say, what a nice, simple, well laid out and advert-realistic that website from TFA is? When we all so often get complete wastes of cycles and eyeballs, that's a really nice website, and we should say so as loudly as we complain about bad ones.

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  4. Hi, I'm a Linux by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    PC: And I'm a PC

    Linux: Whatcha doing, PC?

    PC: Playing games.

    Linux: Cool, which ones?

    PC: All of them.

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    1. Re:Hi, I'm a Linux by xlsior · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or more typical:


      Mac: Hi, I'm a Mac

      PC: And I'm a PC

      Mac: Whatcha doing, PC?

      PC: Playing games.

      Mac: Cool, can I play too?

      PC: No.

    2. Re:Hi, I'm a Linux by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 5, Funny

      PC: "I've got a date with a hot chick tonight! We're going clubbing, what about you, Steve?"

      Mac: "I've got a date with a hot guy tonight. We're going to see Rent."

      PC: "Steve, you ol' tiger, you! What about you, Poindexter?"

      Linux: "Aww..."

  5. Re:Define major by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    From TFA: "...select games that support all three major desktop platforms: Mac, Windows, and Linux"

    That's adorable.

    Yeah, it's funny that they mentioned Mac/Windows at all. I mean, honestly, who uses those?

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  6. A: Because it breaks the flow of a message by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q: Why is starting a comment in the Subject: line incredibly rude?

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  7. Re:Hi, I'm a Virtual Machine. by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    spun: Hi, I'm a spun
    Anonymous Coward: And I'm an AC. Say, spun, whatcha doing?
    spun: Making a joke
    Anonymous Coward: Cool, can I make one?
    spun: Evidently not.

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