Comment issues and solutions (Score 2) 259
I am really surprised that Carmack actually considers his test as a valid one. I thought he would have considered the factors a little bit bettter than he did. As it has been said before, the main reason that the linux specific Q3 didn't sell well is due to:
A.) Released a good bit after the windows version
B.) Binaries for each platform would become available on the web.
C.) The 3d driver status wasn't so hot. As far as exceptable peformance goes, a V3 was the only solution so that narrowed it down even further to those that had a V3.
So what possible solutions could there be to improve game sells?
A.) Better 3d drivers obviously. However, this will take time and patience. A great deal of work is being put into creating wonderful drivers for current cards and even future cards as we speak. X 4.x is improving a great deal too. All we need is a little patience and possibly a urge to help out.
B.) A more user friendly setup. Stock linux installs aren't geared towards gaming. I belive that Nvidia and 3dfx should both provide a their own linux distro which should just be a modified version of some other distro like redhat but more oriented to games and their hardware.
C.) Gnome or kde panels that contain all apps loved by the typical computer user that exist in windows. Ex. Mpeg players, mixers, cd rippers, mp3 player, etc.... (this portion has improved greatly in the last 6 months but has plenty of room to improve more.)
D.) Lastly, a well know site that contains a list of substitutions for windows applications. Ex. ICQ->Licq,Kicq,gnomeicu. Word97-->Staroffice. Winamp-->xmms. etc...
A.) Released a good bit after the windows version
B.) Binaries for each platform would become available on the web.
C.) The 3d driver status wasn't so hot. As far as exceptable peformance goes, a V3 was the only solution so that narrowed it down even further to those that had a V3.
So what possible solutions could there be to improve game sells?
A.) Better 3d drivers obviously. However, this will take time and patience. A great deal of work is being put into creating wonderful drivers for current cards and even future cards as we speak. X 4.x is improving a great deal too. All we need is a little patience and possibly a urge to help out.
B.) A more user friendly setup. Stock linux installs aren't geared towards gaming. I belive that Nvidia and 3dfx should both provide a their own linux distro which should just be a modified version of some other distro like redhat but more oriented to games and their hardware.
C.) Gnome or kde panels that contain all apps loved by the typical computer user that exist in windows. Ex. Mpeg players, mixers, cd rippers, mp3 player, etc.... (this portion has improved greatly in the last 6 months but has plenty of room to improve more.)
D.) Lastly, a well know site that contains a list of substitutions for windows applications. Ex. ICQ->Licq,Kicq,gnomeicu. Word97-->Staroffice. Winamp-->xmms. etc...
