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Old 2011-10-16, 11:08 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Planetside 2 for Linux


While it can be argued that people with Linux use Windows for gaming, having Planetside 2 compatible with Linux could be a winner: PS2 could become right away the standard classic for Linux !

Especially since we're talking about a F2P game...

So yes... I was wondering if any thought was given to it. Anyone who knows or could pull out that info from the devs ?
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Old 2011-10-16, 11:14 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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PS2 is DirectX. The devs confirmed this already so MS only. They also said no mac support was planned. (It was also hinted by Higby that no console support for the current generation of consoles was in the works).
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Old 2011-10-16, 11:31 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Thanks for the info Sirisian !

Linux players are not a huge public anyways but it could have been interesting for PR purposes.
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Old 2011-10-17, 12:06 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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People use Linux?
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Old 2011-10-17, 12:20 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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If it's not profitable to make them for OSX... yeah.
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Old 2011-10-17, 01:01 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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yea wtf, who uses linux?
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Old 2011-10-17, 05:00 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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For gaming no one uses linux (I mean not seriosuly anyways) most linux users duel boot with a Windows

.... NOT TO SAY THAT I DONT THINK MORE GAMES SHOULD SUPPORT LINUX!
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Old 2011-10-17, 08:37 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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I don't see a day in age where games support Linux out of the box, very few do even now. If anything, more games will be compatible with OS X then ported to Linux by h4x0rz.
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Old 2011-10-17, 10:48 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Games that depend on player-run servers do benefit by supporting Linux, but since PS2 won't have player servers, there is not much point making a linux version.
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Old 2011-10-17, 10:56 AM   [Ignore Me] #10
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An OpenGL port of the client would make several platforms more available, including Mac, Linux and potentially a PlayStation console.

Whether there's enough directly shared code to make porting the rest of the client reasonable remains to be seen...

...or does it? They're not supporting Linux or Mac, so they clearly believe it isn't worth the time and effort required to do so. I suspect there's enough Mac/Linux users within SOE that the question is brought up fairly regularly. The answer just happens to be "no".
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Old 2011-10-17, 11:03 AM   [Ignore Me] #11
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If you want linux to run direct x programs the I suggest you do like the rest of the linux gamers and have some WINE
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Old 2011-10-17, 11:06 AM   [Ignore Me] #12
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LOLOLOLOLINUX.

We should demand that Planetside be ported to the 3DO. Anyone remember that console?

I still have mine.
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Old 2011-10-17, 02:24 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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Linux folk should just stick to playing their console games. Get it?

But seriously, who uses Linux? It's great for professional applications, but other than that there is no logical reason not to use Windows.

And there is, unfortunately, no PR value in making a Linux version of anything. A couple of gaming sites would make a random news article each, which hardly anyone will notice, three people will read and no one will remember... And of course all five "Linux gaming" websites will be ecstatic, and so will their 50 readers.

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Old 2011-10-17, 03:51 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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I am a Linux admin in my profession and use Linux every day.




A linux port of this game would be a waste of time and resources.
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Install Wine and GOOD LUCK!
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