Windows?
Mac?
Linux?
http://www.strawpoll.me/14425902
This poll was created to give the developers a general idea of:
After voting, please list your current operating system used for gaming.
Hopefully the devs will provide us with a more professional poll in the future.
Thanks.
With Vulkan? Linux. If it runs fine under Wine? Linux. If it runs fine in a VM? Linux.
Otherwise, Windows, unfortunately. The only reason I still have windows is for most MMO's.
Contrary to what the forums might lead you to believe, the vast majority of MMO players (and PC gamers in general) are *not* technically inclined. A windows client is probably a given just due to market share :) It would be sort of like making a phone app and not releasing it for Android-based phones. You'd be ignoring a huge percentage of your potential market.
That being said, it is a good idea to figure out how much demand their might be for Mac/Linux clients. Is it just a super niche thing, or is there a double digit percentage of respondants who would like a client on those platforms? (From my perspective, if you can show that an individual OS is represented in more than around 15% of the target market, it's probably worth the investment, even if that's a post-launch investment).
I know it's far more generic and is what do you use (not what would you prefer to use) than specifically asking the Pantheon community, but Steam's latest stats show 98.04% of their users are running some variant of Windows, 1.56% Mac and 0.32% Linux. I hope, if there is enough demand to justify it, that PRF can go multi-platform, but I'd hate to see the level of resources needed to do so mean the game itself suffered in other areas.
Vandraad said:DOS.
Plan 9.
Realistically though as long as I can continue to use Windows 7 and i'm not forced to upgrade to Windows 10 i'll be happy. I know Linux support it's a stretch.
MacOS native client preferred.
If that doesn't work, then hopefully the game performance in a Fusion VM under Win10 will be OK. My machine has lots of hamsters under the hood, so it will probably be fine.
Barring all else, dual boot into Win10 and put a post-it note over my Apple logo.
I use Mac for my graphics and now have a Windows machine I can burn out with gaming :D Playing games on my Macbook Pro has led to issues with the graphics card, although maybe that's just its age showing.
I'd say Windows just because it's so customizable and often cheaper than Mac, but plenty of people are Mac users. What I'd prefer is the ability for Mac and Windows (and Linux) users to play on the same server. We can all be friends no matter what OS we champion!
Flak said:Vandraad said:DOS.
Plan 9.
Realistically though as long as I can continue to use Windows 7 and i'm not forced to upgrade to Windows 10 i'll be happy. I know Linux support it's a stretch.
I was a Windows 7 poster child...until I installed Windows 10. 10 is faster than 7, seems to have fewer issues and is, all around, a vast improvement on Windows 7. plus, I got to upgrade to 10 for free on 2 desktops and 3 laptops. I consider Windows 10 a win...
Used a Mac for 6 months...never again! But I hope that Mac users get good support for Pantheon!
Windows 10 user here. While I like the idea of a linux home machine, it just wasn't worth the effort since most everything I use it for is windows anyway.
Windows (for lots of reasons)
(O&O ShutUp10 combined with W10Privacy for additonal reasons; among them performance)
good poll site, unfortunatly does not use secure http
get results without voting: http://www.strawpoll.me/14425902/r
Win 3.1 ..I am kidding. (Win 10) If I remember right, Windows will be their main OS..with some vague mention of possibly Mac after release sometime. As to other platforms no idea, depends I guess on how popular Pantheon becomes and what their finances look like then. :)
Khabarakh said:I know it's far more generic and is what do you use (not what would you prefer to use) than specifically asking the Pantheon community, but Steam's latest stats show 98.04% of their users are running some variant of Windows, 1.56% Mac and 0.32% Linux. I hope, if there is enough demand to justify it, that PRF can go multi-platform, but I'd hate to see the level of resources needed to do so mean the game itself suffered in other areas.
Demand but mostly financial will probably direct what happens. Remembering this company relies upon us and angel investors..to fund their progress. No deep pockets like Blizzard.
