[ut3] Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War Linux Status

[Matthew Thompson]

I couldn't care less if I had a boxed version or not. I always end up
installing 100s upon 100s of mb patches after installation anyway, so whats
wrong with using a client patch on a Win32 cd? It's not worth reprinting
everything for a special edition when all they did was change the miniscule
portion of windows-specific code to some other OS.

On Dec 7, 2007 7:28 AM, Alex Boag-Munroe <boagenator at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the contrary, buyers are very stupid.
>
> Until the "treatment" we receive as Linux users from Epic gets worse than
> the general norm (lets face it, they're working on a linux version which is
> way more than can be said for most game developers) then we're all going to
> bitch and moan until the linux client is released then we'll lap it all up
> like the good eager linux gamers that we are.
>
>
> On 07/12/2007, zyagon <zyagon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They could sell a boxed version online, nobody is asking them to put a
> > linux/mac version on shopping centres... I don't know if people are
> > willing
> > to pay for a useless windows version, but i won't, you can be sure
> > about that.. Add to this that people are starting to be bored of
> > waiting..
> > There are lot's of games out there, and it has not been very intelligent
> > to leave
> > linux/mac server and clients out of the boxed version, nor leaving legal
> >
> > issues unresolved... If they only have one programmer working at this it
> > won't be a surprise if this game is a fiasco.. Buyers are not stupid.
> > Linux servers should be up and running before the game is even released!
> >
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> >
> >
> > 2007/12/6, Daniel Heitmann <angeluz at muenster.de >:
> > >
> > > They won't do that, because that's just too expensive. I could imagine
> > > a
> > > cheaper version in a cheap jewel case in about a year or so, that's
> > > going to include the linux-installer. But I'd like the client to be
> > > out
> > > much sooner to download first. ;)
> > >
> > > I'm pretty happy that I won't have to buy a special linux-version of
> > > the
> > > game, like OS X-users will have to. With the current bandwidth (even
> > > if
> > > Germany is still kind of slow, compared to other countries) it
> > > shouldn't
> > > be a problem to download a few megabytes.
> > >
> > > Just keep your work up, Ryan. We're counting on you. ;o)
> > >
> > > Greetings.
> > >
> > > Jimmy Forrester-Fellowes wrote:
> > > > On Dec 4, 2007 11:38 PM, tom61 61 < tom611 at gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:tom611 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >     Back to the main subject: I hope something will come down the
> > > pike
> > > >     soon with regards to a Linux port of the client and server.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think epic should print a limited edition disc when the Linux
> > > > version makes it our of the legal department!
> > >
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> --
>
> Alex Boag-Munroe
>
> Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
>
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