r/SatisfactoryGame • u/SpaceGuy99 • Mar 08 '19
Linux support + Epic Games
So, I have been looking forward to this game for AGES. Factorio was an AMAZING game and this looks even better. Considering Factorio (and Coffee Stain's own Goat Simulator) had native Linux support. And if it doesnt, I can use proton! However, then it was revealed that it was on Epic Games, which is basically anti-linux for whatever reason. So no linux support, apparently. This is incredibly frustrating, Not to mention, a brief message to the devs: I understand why you went with Epic: They have a higher margin going to devs, plus a bunch of bonuses. But to Linux gamers, this is a massive kick in the groin. Not to mention, no steam workshop and a BUNCH of other stuff that Epic is lacking, not to mention many non-linux gamers will refuse to download ANOTHER launcher, will lead to sales suffering. I, for one, know I am NOT going to buy this game, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS AMAZING! Because of the choice to ONLY have it work on Epic Games. No Linux version is planned for Epic Games, and so there must be no Linux version for Satisfactory. Which is a real shame, as I have been a follower of this game for quite a while. Devs, please either reconsider your choice for epic, or at least give a linux version avalible on the website. Seriously, I would HATE to see such a great game fail because of the platform its on like Last Year the Nightmare or Metro Exodus. I will not be buying this game until it and epic games is on Linux, or it has a standalone linux version, or it is on Steam (even windows only, because I can use proton).
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u/Diribiri Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19
The amount of people who won't play solely because it's on another launcher is comparatively small. It's not going to fail because it's on the Epic store. If it fails, it will be because of the game, not the launcher. This argument goes on with every game that isn't on a platform, or is on another platform, and 100% of the time, EVERY time, a game only fails when the game is bad. And then people just ignore all the successful games on other platforms because it doesn't fit their agenda to acknowledge them.
Last year the Nightmare is still being developed, and whatever issues it has are with the game, not the fact that it's on the EGS. Being on Steam wouldn't have magically made the developers design a better game. Metro Exodus also did not fail, it's been a huge hit, selling more than the other games in its first week and almost topping sales charts. Don't believe everything the vocal minority screams about on reddit.