ekianjo
Hardcore Member
This is my analysis of the results of the survey I conducted with Reddit communities of Linux gamers back in December 2015. Just in case you may be interested...
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The Three Kinds of Linux Gamers
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Caine
Hardcore Member
An interesting read. Thanks for your work on this.
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
Out of interest, which three types of Linux gamer were you thinking of when you wrote that title? It's not jumping out at me reading the text.
rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
It is near the bottom, and he goes into further detail about what makes each group stand out.
Magic Sam
Forever Homebrew
Hi all 
@ekianjo : very interesting read indeed ! Thanks for your hard work on this survey !
Looks like I belong to the 3rd cluster: "long" time and exclusive (Debian) GNU/Linux user ( > 10 years ), don't use/like Steam or DRM related stuff, prefer GOG (used to like Desura in the past), etc...
Anyway, I don't have much time to play video games nowadays... Last time I bought a home console was in 2006, the Nintendo Wii, and that's it. My laptop computer is also pretty old now (2007-2008), and the nVidia 8800 GTX M inside it runs on open source drivers (nouveau)
Actually, my main gaming machine is the Pandora
What about you guys ?
Cheers, Magic Sam
@ekianjo : very interesting read indeed ! Thanks for your hard work on this survey !
Looks like I belong to the 3rd cluster: "long" time and exclusive (Debian) GNU/Linux user ( > 10 years ), don't use/like Steam or DRM related stuff, prefer GOG (used to like Desura in the past), etc...
Anyway, I don't have much time to play video games nowadays... Last time I bought a home console was in 2006, the Nintendo Wii, and that's it. My laptop computer is also pretty old now (2007-2008), and the nVidia 8800 GTX M inside it runs on open source drivers (nouveau)
Actually, my main gaming machine is the Pandora
What about you guys ?
Cheers, Magic Sam
ekianjo
Hardcore Member
I guess i belong to the Valvists (cluster 1), I purchase several games per month, try to make a lot of time for gaming (not much time though now that I have a baby), I have steam controller and a dedicated SteamOS machine in the living room... yeah I fit the bill
rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
I would probably fall somewhere between the second and third. I am closer to the third, but not as extreme with some things, and even the name of the second group doesn't fit me (I usually use laptops and mobile devices).
ekianjo
Hardcore Member
There are some laptop users in the second group - (i think about 15%). You don't really have to focus on the "desktop" part, the model is based on behavior questions - factuals variables such as laptop/desktop used as gaming rig are actually only used as reference variables and do not interfere with the model. It just happens that most folks from that segment use a desktop, but again that does not excluse laptop users per se.
I'm part of group 3 although I wonder why group 2 and 3 are described as "less hardcore gamers" only because they have principles that let them focus on other games than the usual Steam crowd which in turn often misses out on other ones due to the simple lack of time everyone encounters at some point.
It reads a bit like Steam users are some kind of master race. Oo
It reads a bit like Steam users are some kind of master race. Oo
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rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
Based on the data he collected, less of those "groups" self-identified as hardcore gamers. I can't remember the numbers, but it isn't exclusive based on one or two factors. Don't get caught up on the names, just like he said to me, because everyone doesn't fit everything perfectly. Individuals are different in different areas of the data, and he was simply looking at how each group is current from the others. It makes sense that if you spend all your time and money on games, hardware, etc. That you are more likely to call yourself a hardcore gamer, but there are still people in both other gross that call themselves by that label as well. It is a dumb label.
I see. Yeah well I'd probably have bought a new PC if Witcher 3 had a (DRM-free) Linux port.
rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
Yeah, with DRM I don't think there is a simple answer to the question for me. I don't exactly tolerate it, but I do sometimes get tired of not being able to play games that sound good. Same with using Wine. Is a complete list of the questions available?
ekianjo
Hardcore Member
The survey is closed, so not right now, but I am going to open the next survey pretty soon so you can get through it if you participate next.
Otherwise I can quickly list up the questions used to build the model, if you are interested, I think there's less than 15 of them (and another 15 of reference variables, not used for the model).
rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
If you don't mind us participating and polluting your data, maybe we can do it as well.
