Re: Why are there so few games for Ubuntu/Linux?

On 2007-10-31, jonbey <jonbey100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

So, where are all the coders that can get the latest pc games working
on Linux? It can't be that hard, can it?

There is a school of thought that W**dows will lose its gaming
attraction over the next 10 years or so as the gaming consoles slowly
take over.

And remember it was not so very long ago that DOS was the gamers' OS
of choice and W**ndows had no games. Things change ...

Andrew

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