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npodbielskitoday at 8:15 AM1 replyview on HN

Exactly! Me personally in 2010 would never though about the time when one on every 20 gamers will be Linux user. That is huge IMHO.


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veber-alextoday at 10:49 AM

I wouldn't be too exited. Statistics like this are very problematic.

For example, I have Steam installed on my Macbook pro and I occasionally play a single very simple game there. Does that make me a macOS gamer? of course not. The vast majority of games I want to play don't work on macOS.

I suspect that most of those 5% are just Linux users who have steam installed and play a small amount of games. Some probably just installed it to check what's available and don't play anything.

Everyone I know who is a "serious" gamer, as in exited about upcoming releases of AAA games is using Windows.

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