Comment MAC OS can emulate too, wow! (Score 1) 211
Games are made for MAC OS natively, why? why do developers bother when you can use virtual windows?
Why do people make software for MAC Os when you can use windows software on Mac?
One reason, USERBASE, Mac has millions of users and Mac users actually have better buy ratios than windows users, meaning the MAC market is more valueable but the wnidows market is bigger.
Linux users are loyal like Mac users meaning they will buy more software than windows users, When XP comes out, this will be the time for users to jump ship from windows to Linux, the window of oppurtunity, and if people find out their games dont work, it will close the window.
What you have to understand is, people have to be able to play the games they already have and use the software they already have.
New games should not be emulated, and really, its not a big deal because the people who support transgaming already HAVE the windows versions of these games, Transgaming is trying to keep us frmo having to buy 2 versions of the same game.
Porting will not happen until the userbase is big enough to be profitable for developers. Having emulation does not make a diffrence. When developers can truely port games when linux is popular enough, games for linux will be released at the same time as windows versions.
Not to mention if companies port to mac, porting to linux will take alot less time than emulation.