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Why there are few native Linux games compared to Windows or even Mac? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 days ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Does the existence of Wine compatibility layer discourages the creation of native Linux games?

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[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Because in some cases developers cannot be bothered to click a single button to make it natively run on linux.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

It's not about compiling, it's about testing and support. Each officially supported version needs to be tested - which means having yet another set of test systems sitting around - and supported by the support team. And not only is Linux a splintered market in its own right, making testing and support a significant operation, but there isn't the same kind of single-point OS support that you get from Microsoft and Apple.