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Post #325,203
by pwhysall
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4/26/10 2:32:51 AM
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New Remember, this is the same Valve that was...
...going to bring Half Life to Mac OS (not OS X).

Long story short, believe it when it happens.

I'd like to think it will, but Valve have form on this business of promising stuff and not delivering it.

Further, I wonder how much 'porting' will be done and whether they'll just do like Corel did with WordPerfect and like EA do with their Mac games, and (as I mentioned above) just kludge their PC executables onto Linux with Wine.

Post #325,220
by jake123
4/26/10 10:00:00 AM
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New True enough
on the other hand, I can't see how they could possibly justify spending that money, considering that they have to know that simply wining their software will only result in people staying away in droves.

If the rumours are actually true, I'm pretty sure that this is a bid to ensure they never get held hostage by their platform vendors.

Of course, always believe it when it happens. But hey, would it be irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to!
Post #325,221
by pwhysall
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4/26/10 10:05:47 AM
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New Re: True enough
On the gripping hand, the Linux gaming market is strewn with the failures of the past; remember Loki?

Wining their stuff might be the only cost-effective way to get Source titles on Linux, given that the aforementioned Linux gaming market is tiny.
Post #325,223
by jake123
4/26/10 10:17:45 AM
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New Yeah, but if they hired a guy in 2008 to run it
and all they've done in two years is wine Source, then they really suck at their job.
     Valve's Steam coming to Linux. - (folkert) - (15) - April 22, 2010, 11:31:34 PM EDT
         Makes a lot of sense - (jay) - (8) - April 23, 2010, 10:22:38 AM EDT
             ... - (folkert) - (7) - April 23, 2010, 04:33:48 PM EDT
                 Linux servers - (jay) - (6) - April 23, 2010, 05:26:46 PM EDT
                     If the are already... - (folkert) - (5) - April 23, 2010, 06:03:53 PM EDT
                         It'll be down to individual publishers. - (pwhysall) - (4) - April 24, 2010, 02:35:45 AM EDT
                             In that case, wouldn't VirtualBox make more sense? - (Another Scott) - April 24, 2010, 07:58:06 AM EDT
                             I hope not. - (folkert) - April 24, 2010, 10:27:30 AM EDT
                             Don't know if this will be the same for Linux - (SpiceWare) - (1) - April 26, 2010, 04:42:01 PM EDT
                                 If that is true.. - (folkert) - April 26, 2010, 05:40:44 PM EDT
         Re: Valve's Steam coming to Linux. - (jake123) - (5) - April 25, 2010, 08:20:33 PM EDT
             Put Myth in a gaming console with Blueray - (drook) - April 25, 2010, 09:21:04 PM EDT
             Remember, this is the same Valve that was... - (pwhysall) - (3) - April 26, 2010, 02:32:51 AM EDT
                 True enough - (jake123) - (2) - April 26, 2010, 10:00:00 AM EDT
                     Re: True enough - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 26, 2010, 10:05:47 AM EDT
                         Yeah, but if they hired a guy in 2008 to run it - (jake123) - April 26, 2010, 10:17:45 AM EDT

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