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Steam HW survey: Mac are 1.35%, Linux 1.90%... but is the industry reacting to this?
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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What I've heard from gamedevs is that Linux games are their lowest sales and their highest bug reports. Some of that may be from working on a system they aren't used to, but it just reinforces the idea that they aren't going to make money there yet.
As already told, this is no sense from logical stand point.
I mean, if someone come to you and tell "there's job to do here"... that's definitely not a nice experience. The real problem come when you realize that "nobody is telling you anything": that looks like a nice experience, but that's just the proverbial moment before "the shit hit the fan".
If someone give you a bug report they, generally, don't go around and file a bad review: they saw something wrong with your product and, wherever you're gonna fix or not, they go on with their lives. (now, if you get a really motivated person, usually it mean you got someone who investigate with you the problem with their file log etc).
On the other side, the "windows customer experience", they don't file bug report, hell no. So, what they do? What do you think it's the most natural thing someone do (if not filing bug reports) when their game crashes.
I think you guessed it: bad review on your steam page. "I paid, things don't work: gotta let everyone know the thing you made doesn't work"
On this note, I wonder if there is any correlation between review scores and operating system. If there are any devs on steam lurking here willing to contribute some data, it would be interesting to have a look at.