There seems to be only one reason why the chances of attaining a large userbase and a profitable cache of ported games (and other commercial software) seem slim. Well, it's because generally one can't exist without the other.
Let's face it, linux isn't usually the first os introduced to the population. And while even i believe a truly accomplished os must be built on stability and performance, the rest of the population chooses their primary os (among other things) based on appearance, ease of use, or they're pretty much forced into using one. Of course loki games do have one quality that most certainly will appeal to the public: they're cheap (but once you go to buy them the cashier talks as if you've done something wrong, "i don't mean to startle you.. but...you DO know this is for linux right?")
Yes it's pathetic but for the more than the cult following we ask for, we'd have to become more than the cult that just "talks about the same opensource communism and community nonsense", we'd have to become microsoft(ish). I'm happy with the way things are now.
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There seems to be only one reason why the chances of attaining a large userbase and a profitable cache of ported games (and other commercial software) seem slim. Well, it's because generally one can't exist without the other. Let's face it, linux isn't usually the first os introduced to the population. And while even i believe a truly accomplished os must be built on stability and performance, the rest of the population chooses their primary os (among other things) based on appearance, ease of use, or they're pretty much forced into using one. Of course loki games do have one quality that most certainly will appeal to the public: they're cheap (but once you go to buy them the cashier talks as if you've done something wrong, "i don't mean to startle you.. but...you DO know this is for linux right?") Yes it's pathetic but for the more than the cult following we ask for, we'd have to become more than the cult that just "talks about the same opensource communism and community nonsense", we'd have to become microsoft(ish). I'm happy with the way things are now.