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Battlefield Director: Linux Only Needs One 'Killer' Game To Explode

Posted by timothy on from the seems-optimistic dept.

dryriver writes with an except from Polygon's interview with DICE creative directory Lars Gustavsson, who says it would only take one "killer" game for Linux to break into mainstream gaming (something some would argue it already has): "We strongly want to get into Linux for a reason," Gustavsson said. "It took Halo for the first Xbox to kick off and go crazy — usually, it takes one killer app or game and then people are more than willing [to adopt it] — it is not hard to get your hands on Linux, for example, it only takes one game that motivates you to go there." "I think, even then, customers are getting more and more convenient, so you really need to convince them how can they marry it into their daily lives and make an integral part of their lives," he explained, sharing that the studio has used Linux servers because it was a "superior operating system to do so." Valve's recently announced Steam OS and Steam Machines are healthy for the console market, Gustavsson said when asked for his opinion on Valve's recent announcements."

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  1. YOLD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, The Year Of The Linux Desktop has come!

    1. Re:YOLD! by craigminah · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, hopefully it will run on my shiney new G5 PowerBook which also is finally here.

    2. Re:YOLD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't worry, you will be able to boot to a text-mode console and fiddle endlessly with X server dependency hell trying to get a graphical environment going.

      Ah, I see your problem. You must be running a Linux distro from 10 years ago. I know your uptime is probably the stuff of legends right now, but maybe you ought to think about upgrading to a modern Linux distro if you want to play games.

    3. Re: YOLD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      All thanks to Tux Racer!!!

    4. Re:YOLD! by ArbitraryName · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sigh. There was never a G5 Powerbook, they stopped at G4. That was the joke.

    5. Re: YOLD! by grcumb · · Score: 2, Funny

      Windows developers are used to shitty looking UIs with crappy APIs, Mac developers are the opposite.

      So Mac developers are used to crappy UIs with shitty-looking APIs?

      (I kid, I kid. I just get these Sheldon moments from time to time...)

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      Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
    6. Re: YOLD! by MysteriousPreacher · · Score: 4, Funny

      In former Soviet Union, grits Beowulf your pants cluster. Ah, forget it...

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  2. DICE by djupedal · · Score: 1, Funny

    /. promotes itself and can't even get the blurb right.

    Poor Lars. . .

  3. Funny thing to say. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 1, Funny

    All the games are killer apps, in some sense. The player kills. And the games are full of explosions. So one more killer app? That is going to make linux explode?

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  4. that'll sting for a while by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    My eyes were dialated

    It's fairly mild so you should be OK soon.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."