All they sell in retail stores is basically Compaq/HP (why one would buy one of those is beyond me)and Dell is the number one PC manufacturer. Also as mentioned you have all the "do it yourselfers".
I pre-ordered the game when they still advertised that a Linux and Mac version was going to be included in the main release. I think what they did was unacceptable.
They dangled the proverbial carrot in front of Linux users face to generate more sales. I had a friend who was completely new to Linux install Linux on his machine with the hopes of playing NWN on it. Sadly, the other day I had to instruct him how to get lilo out of his MBR. I know that is not Biowares fault, however, I did not appreciate the false advertising.
Also, I don't see how releasing Linux binaries a year later helps "Linux gaming".
I am with you 100%, however, people tend to like to overly generalize. I have worked in the industry for 10 years now and just started my own company. It is almost like the dingy room DSL line scene painted above:P. We all have to start some where.
I can't count the amount of times customers have thanked me for taking extra time out to explain things to them and actually fix thier problem rather than the {insert big name computer shop here} BS they get fed from the "techs" 2 months out of {insert quickly computer cert school here}.
Sadly, you'll have to buy the windows version anyways, so holding out to support linux gaming doesn't matter.
When I pre-ordered the game they had still claimed on thier website that the linux and mac binaries would be included. Boy was I pissed when I found out they weren't.
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All they sell in retail stores is basically Compaq /HP (why one would buy one of those is beyond me)and Dell is the number one PC manufacturer. Also as mentioned you have all the "do it yourselfers".
It crashed Opera so I didn't get to see the innovation aspect of it :(
That's true! Just like the lap dance I got from Cinnamon the stripper last night... I think she was open source however...
They dangled the proverbial carrot in front of Linux users face to generate more sales. I had a friend who was completely new to Linux install Linux on his machine with the hopes of playing NWN on it. Sadly, the other day I had to instruct him how to get lilo out of his MBR. I know that is not Biowares fault, however, I did not appreciate the false advertising.
Also, I don't see how releasing Linux binaries a year later helps "Linux gaming".
I can't count the amount of times customers have thanked me for taking extra time out to explain things to them and actually fix thier problem rather than the {insert big name computer shop here} BS they get fed from the "techs" 2 months out of {insert quickly computer cert school here}.
Would a porn site may pass your "bang for the buck" test?
Sadly, you'll have to buy the windows version anyways, so holding out to support linux gaming doesn't matter. When I pre-ordered the game they had still claimed on thier website that the linux and mac binaries would be included. Boy was I pissed when I found out they weren't.