Re: Linux game console ready to ship
> > > Electronics Arts or any other game company won't port games for Linux > unless there is a real commercial demand. Look up the cost for producing > a modern 3d shooter. It goes up to over 20 million dollars and has > something like a TB of content. This is unlikely to happen without a > huge desktop share leading to a proportional customer demand or some > vendor paying these companies outright to get a good port running. > Sorry, there are no easy answers, here. > yes, it is not possible unless there is a real commercial demand. If there is any other way to make this possible then there would be a revolution in the linux demand ( running these 3d games in wine is trouble-some) i also thought of creating some great emulator, which would make this possible... (like the dos-box, other game emulators) Which would enable people to install these games .exe at ease (unlike the UI in wine) and play it safely Just an idea -- magesh Life is "just tryin out things to see if they work" http://magesh.geexhq.com/ http://twitter.com/mageshcse -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linux game console ready to ship
magesh wrote: > i have always had a dream that one day linux might also have games like > the windows... but usually the linux games are not like the others (eg: > crisis, gta) > is it possible for linux to have these kind of games.. Gaming is the > best idea of marketting (60% of people using windows, does it for gamings) > I also thought it would be great if the gaming companies like the > Electronic arts, ubisoft could create games for linux (atleast a linux > support for the games they create like the NFS) > Then most of the people would migrate to linux i still dream about > these hope to see it one day Electronics Arts or any other game company won't port games for Linux unless there is a real commercial demand. Look up the cost for producing a modern 3d shooter. It goes up to over 20 million dollars and has something like a TB of content. This is unlikely to happen without a huge desktop share leading to a proportional customer demand or some vendor paying these companies outright to get a good port running. Sorry, there are no easy answers, here. Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linux game console ready to ship
> > >>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5134160105.html >>> >>> "Envizions announced that it is taking orders for an open-source Linux >>> gaming system, and will start shipping beta units to game developers, >>> resellers, and software partners on April 10. The EVO Smart Console is >>> based on a 2.4GHz Athlon, and includes a Fedora-based Linux distro." >>> >>> Rahul >>> >>> >>> Wow, finally a dream came true, LINUX powered gaming console! >> >> -- > > i have always had a dream that one day linux might also have games like the windows... but usually the linux games are not like the others (eg: crisis, gta) is it possible for linux to have these kind of games.. Gaming is the best idea of marketting (60% of people using windows, does it for gamings) I also thought it would be great if the gaming companies like the Electronic arts, ubisoft could create games for linux (atleast a linux support for the games they create like the NFS) Then most of the people would migrate to linux i still dream about these hope to see it one day -- magesh Life is "just tryin out things to see if they work" http://magesh.geexhq.com/ http://twitter.com/mageshcse -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linux game console ready to ship
Someone else tried this before. Basically it failed because it didn't have the support of developers. I wouldn't be surprised if this one did too. Kamin Horvath Fedora Ambassadors USA On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Jason Benedict Low wrote: Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5134160105.html "Envizions announced that it is taking orders for an open-source Linux gaming system, and will start shipping beta units to game developers, resellers, and software partners on April 10. The EVO Smart Console is based on a 2.4GHz Athlon, and includes a Fedora-based Linux distro." Rahul Wow, finally a dream came true, LINUX powered gaming console! -- Best Regards, Jason Singapore Fedora Ambassador http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jason_Benedict_Low VoIP = sip:jasonbened...@fedoraproject.org -- When i work nobody care. When i rest everybody stare. -- -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linux game console ready to ship
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5134160105.html "Envizions announced that it is taking orders for an open-source Linux gaming system, and will start shipping beta units to game developers, resellers, and software partners on April 10. The EVO Smart Console is based on a 2.4GHz Athlon, and includes a Fedora-based Linux distro." Rahul Wow, finally a dream came true, LINUX powered gaming console! -- Best Regards, Jason Singapore Fedora Ambassador http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jason_Benedict_Low VoIP = sip:jasonbened...@fedoraproject.org -- When i work nobody care. When i rest everybody stare. -- -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linux game console ready to ship
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5134160105.html > > "Envizions announced that it is taking orders for an open-source Linux > gaming system, and will start shipping beta units to game developers, > resellers, and software partners on April 10. The EVO Smart Console is > based on a 2.4GHz Athlon, and includes a Fedora-based Linux distro." whoa! -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
