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if games ran on linux, i wouldn't use windows for anything. i love everything else about linux for the most part. it's a chicken and egg problem. if (AAA) games were actually released for linux, linux market share among gamers would grow hugely. i don't use linux for games because no games i want to play run on linux.

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> if games ran on linux, i wouldn't use windows for anything.

I don't. I run all my games on Linux. Unlike you, I simply don't play games that don't work on Linux ;) I.e. either natively or in Wine.

It's a chicken and egg problem. I want to play some AAA games as they are released and not have issues with Wine, which is why I'm still on partly Windows at home. It's mainly Blizzard and Bethesda for me but EA still neglects Linux as well.

You can't deny that if the big AAA players supported Linux it would bring a (large?) influx of gamers. If they'd all just target the latest Ubuntu LTS or whatever SteamOS run on, the community would make it run on their own distros.

Legacy publishers aren't innovators. They are too lazy to think out of the box. For me it's forget Bethesda and Blizzard. There are more than enough developers who are worth supporting on Linux, and who are making good games.

But if you are really so desperate to spend money on those who ignore us, Wine is improving all the time, and now already approaches decent DX11 support, so even games like Overwatch are now playable in it.

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