Originally posted by kwahoo
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I think it's pretty clear that from the Humble Bundle sales and how popular games like Heroes of Newerth, oilrush, etc. are.. That there is *plenty* of demand for games on Linux..
I think Carmack is just a little resentful because his games haven't been selling very well since Doom III's failure. I'd also mention that the modifications to the games that ID Software shipped (Quake 3 Modifications, Enemy Territory, etc.) ended up being MUCH more popular than the original games themselves..
I remember years ago when I was working on a team doing modifications to Quake 3 Arena, we had a decent handful of linux users. Some of which were making source code contributions to the mod which makes those users 100x more valuable than the Windows users.
I'm still surprised it was Carmack that made those comments.. He was such a cool dude back in the day, but not so much anymore..
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