If the Mac platform hasn't and still doesn't get lots of games, why would we expect Linux to? It's still a "hardcore" platform. Until it's grandma and grandpa friendly as it were and there was lots of commercially available software out there, it's going to stay a niche platform (and we'd need some type of breakthrough in digital content delivery and a public paradigm shift in order for that scenario to be any different in the future either). Is that so bad? I think not. In any case, it's a simple matter of moving all but the state-of-the-art games to some type of Web standard platform, so this way any OS can access it. All an OS is is a platform to get stuff done anyway. It doesn't necessarily matter how stuff is delivered to that particular platform. Games in specific will not make Linux any better.
If the Mac platform hasn't and still doesn't get lots of games, why would we expect Linux to? It's still a "hardcore" platform. Until it's grandma and grandpa friendly as it were and there was lots of commercially available software out there, it's going to stay a niche platform (and we'd need some type of breakthrough in digital content delivery and a public paradigm shift in order for that scenario to be any different in the future either). Is that so bad? I think not. In any case, it's a simple matter of moving all but the state-of-the-art games to some type of Web standard platform, so this way any OS can access it. All an OS is is a platform to get stuff done anyway. It doesn't necessarily matter how stuff is delivered to that particular platform. Games in specific will not make Linux any better.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.