Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Is Officially Dead

ndogg writes "There is no longer any uncertainty surrounding the release of Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux. It's official: the port is now dead. No reasons were given, but no one should be waiting for it anymore, if anyone still was."

Outrage!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear all 3 of their potential customers are outraged...

Re:No money

[grantek]

It was actually some stuff-up about IP, I think (some prebuilt technology they licensed for the game that they couldn't release as they wished). Ryan Gordon did most of the port, and was basically ready to release, then it was shuttered.

Re:No money

[Ostracus]

Reason. Linux users refuse to pay for their software so it's not worth targeting it as a platform.

So what does the high piracy rate on the Windows platform say?

Re:No money

[trickyD1ck]

The value of the Humble Bunde is less to Windows users, hence they pay less. Of course, this is a hypothesis.

Vicious circle

[91degrees]

It's not really worth developing games for Linux. The hardcore gamers - the bulk of the market all use Windows. As a result, anyone with any significant interest in PC games will install Windows. This will naturally perpetute the extreme bias towards windows from developers.

The only people who will not install Windows at any cost are those with a moral objection to non-free software. These people aren't willing to buy non-free games either.

I don't think there's any way out of this.