Guild Wars 2

marnick.4305:

…. I didn’t say anything which wasn’t true. There’s simply not much positive to say. After almost 30 years of Linux, it’s still an infantile OS when it comes to gaming. That’s the blunt truth and I’m not going to sugar coat it….

30 years ago, “Gaming” was obviously not a priority with Linux.
However, BSD/Unix and Linux, back then, both had a “free” standard TCP/IP stack, for our now world-famous standard “Internet”.
Windows didn’t even have a TCP/IP stack back then -LoL, (well I think they may have had a proprietary/crappy one that NO-ONE would pay for, get it ?).

And, I’ll tell you where Microsoft finally got their embedded TCP/IP stack, they “stole” it, happily and freely, from BSD/Unix, because even Gates knew back then, that the future Internet, and any Networking OS’s that are built to run on it, are going to be the “real” Computing future.

So, that being a proven historical “fact”,
you can now thank BSD/Unix, (and indirectly Linux), for the ability that you are even able to play any and all “online” games in Windows, period.
And, more recently “Gaming” has been taking a much more important role in Linux,…

You’re very Welcome.

ok, well take Note:
SteamOS is still in “Beta”, so don’t try it yet, unless you wanna potentially end up like this fella.
Quidsup’s review: ( I was LMAO over this funny British guy )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLcFsbgfww&feature=youtu.be

I sincerely hope GW2 is going to come to SteamOS soonm and like ot or not, Here it comes:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/1930088300965516570
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/12/everything-you-need-to-know-to-install-steamos-on-your-very-own-computer/

Spatry’s Review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPEEhSBl38Q&feature=youtu.be

There is absolutely no reason why GW1 and 2 shouldn’t be on SteamOS already.
Last I checked Anet / Ncsoft,…, are still into selling games right?.
There will be a HUGE shift for games onto Linux desktops soon. There’s no doublt about that now.
Choice, freedom, and opensouce (OpenGL), are good things, remember ?
:)

holodoc.5748:

trapline.8541:

I think any game not on steam is losing right off the bat, especially buy to play games like GW2. Since the secret world went on steam the servers have had a sizeable boost. GW2 should be on steam period.

The original GW1 is on Steam however I don’t really see the point of distributing the game like that. Despite being a hugely successful service there are a lot of people that actually don’t like Steam or any kind of DRM.

“…DRM”?
LoL, so what do you think Windows is ?
;)
Sure I’d like ALL games to be playable natively on MacOSX/Linux/BSD “without” SteamOS, but that is not likely to happen as FAST, as compared to the push something as big as Valve/Steam can bring to the table, right now.
…and lets face it, a LOT of people don’t like Win8, even if it is massively forced upon them. Linux, ( and/or even FreeBSD), can be a better free alternative, especially if “tweaked” for Gaming.
ya know ? "…. first we take manhattan, then berlin … ".