Time for the Linux port!

[Brianmj]

Personally I thing they're over stretching themselves by supporting another platform in MacOS.

We have no idea the resources Square has, let alone how much personnel they devote to any particular project. Square could initially focus on the most popular distribution, Ubuntu and its derivatives, while keeping an eye on Steam Box sales. Steam Box sales "should" be a thing. Valve is a key player in the industry and has a reputation to uphold. SteamOS could make Linux (Debian) a viable gaming platform. You say varying Linux distributions are unfriendly to new users, I agree. There is a steep learning curve compared to OS X, Windows. However, Steam OS paired with a Steambox should obfuscate the difficulties of gaming.

Every year people always go on about this is the year that Linux will go mainstream and it never does. Why, because it never really changes.

Because Windows is entrenched in everyones mind. Most people can't even name another OS other than Windows. It's going to be a very slow change. But the people that have already transitioned out of a "Windows world" shouldn't be neglected. Blizzard took out the time to "support" WoW on Linux. Square should at the very least consider Linux.

[Nahara]

Blizzard took out the time to "support" WoW on Linux. Square should at the very least consider Linux.

Blizzard wasn't also supporting WoW on two different consoles. I don't think SE wants to spend the resources on such a small user-base when they'd already be supporting Windows, Mac, PS3, and PS4.

[Brianmj]

Blizzard wasn't also supporting WoW on two different consoles. I don't think SE wants to spend the resources on such a small user-base when they'd already be supporting Windows, Mac, PS3, and PS4.

Blizzard has been adamant from the beginning that WoW wouldn't/couldn't be done on consoles. But to the second part of your statement, this really tugs at me. In 1999/2000 when the Dreamcast came out, Squaresoft did not support Sega. I think there was even an official statement that they would not support the Dreamcast. And from that point on, I figured Square to be this very rigid company, unwilling to take a chance or experiment - totally contrast to Capcom in that era (I maintain this sentiment despite Square publishing Bushido Blade). Today, Square is on the verge of releasing a Mac client of FF14. They are going to release an Addon-Api (this is mind boggling). And they are branching out from their console market safe spot, and pushing PC gaming pretty hard. I don't know what resources Square has available when taking on any one project, but "risk" seems to be in their vocabulary today.