[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Discuss digest, Vol 1 #979 - 1 msg

[Steve Baker]

Steve wrote:
> 
> Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> 
> > I think PC games companies are already seeing the benefits
> > of doing the artwork for their games under Linux - but that
> > really has nothing to do with the platforms they are developing
> > *for*.
> 
> > But I'm sceptical about how much that's going to help us to get
> > games that run on Linux...the two aren't really related.
> 
> Right. It's not like Linux makes for an intrinsically bad computer
> gaming platform. The technology is there for a decent gaming
> environment. The problem is that the market isn't there yet.

Yes - exactly.  I think it's pretty much accepted (thanks to the
Quake ports and Loki's effort) that Linux is quite capable of running
games of at least equal speed and sophistication to Windoze.

That was a hard battle to win because there was initially no 3D graphics
hardware accelleration - then very poor OpenGL support - then no 3D
sound...but those issues have now been dealt with and Linux can essentially
do all the important things that games need.

The only remaining issues are of an economic nature.

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