Comments on: Linux users show their love for indie game

By: kids spelling

kids spelling — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:03:37 +0000

Let’s face Linux users like myself understand that some of the best products don’t come from the big studios their made with usability in mind, and in this case playability. I love indie, and I love Linux.

By: Linux Gaming News » Blog Archive » GNU/Linux Users Pay and Buy More !

Linux Gaming News » Blog Archive » GNU/Linux Users Pay and Buy More ! — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:22:18 +0000

[...] Koen Witters from Koonsolo said on our interview and published on his website (after the insightful discovery) – “Linux users are the most eager to buy an indie [...]

By: A better world » Linux gaming?

A better world » Linux gaming? — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:10:12 +0000

[...] Linux gaming? Posted by Fred in Linux, tags: business, China web sucks!, Firefox, Gaming, money, opportunities As an occasional reader of The Linux Game Tome I just stumbled upon a very interesting article about Linux and indie games: Indie game developer Koonsolo just revealed some surprising sales statistics on the Linux version of their game. 7 months ago they released their game ‘Mystic Mine‘, and in that time the Linux version sold more copies than the version for Windows. Yet they get plenty more website visits from Windows users. Koen Witters, the founder of the company, explains: ‘For every 232 Linux visitors we get on our website, one of them buys our game. If you compare that to the windows users, we need 526 of them to get a single sale.’ So it seems Linux users are more eager to buy downloadable games than Windows or even Mac OS X users. This data definitely asks the question if Linux is a more viable platform for game developers than anyone currently assumes. The full statistical analysis can be found at http://www.koonsolo.com/news/?p=33. [...]

By: &nbsp Linux Gamers Demonstrate Demand & Support Suppliers » GBGames - Thoughts on Indie Game Development

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:00:46 +0000

[...] Koen Witters of Koonsolo Games wrote about how surprised he was to find that Linux users show their love for the company’s indie game. He posted Mystic Mine’s downloads and conversions stats, and the results demonstrate that [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:03:52 +0000

Wow…

By: greenmanwitch

greenmanwitch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:59:08 +0000

I’d say Mac OS X and Linux simply have more buyers per viewers because those users are more supportive of their growing game markets. Windows users have nothing to worry about there.
Another thing is, Windows users have loads of on the shelf titles with several million dollar productions. I’m not saying that instantly makes a game better, but it’s at least more appealing to the masses just from looking at the box. We Linux (and Mac) users are more likely to be excited to see a game on our platform at all, do a bit more reading and then judge that, well yes, it’s an indie game, but it still looks like a good one.

By: Claudio Miranda (claudiom) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 13:09:33 UTC - Identi.ca

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:09:50 +0000

[...] – !Linux users show their love for indie #games. http://www.koonsolo.com/news/?p=33 a few seconds ago from [...]

By: Gavin Carr (gavincarr) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 11:26:58 UTC - Identi.ca

Gavin Carr (gavincarr) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 11:26:58 UTC - Identi.ca — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:27:16 +0000

[...] gamer reports best conversion rates with !linux gamers: http://www.koonsolo.com/news/?p=33 a few seconds ago from [...]

By: Juegos en Linux, ¿un asunto tabú? « Grupo de Usuarios de Tecnologías Libres

Juegos en Linux, ¿un asunto tabú? « Grupo de Usuarios de Tecnologías Libres — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:27:56 +0000

[...] sus estadísticas, se puede ver que las visitas a su web son mayoritariamente de plataformas Windows en primer lugar, [...]

By: No market for Linux games? The Koonsolo case | handyfloss

No market for Linux games? The Koonsolo case | handyfloss — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:56:52 +0000

[...] sells a game for both Windows, Mac and Linux. The interesting thing is that, as you can read on Koonsolo’s blog, the Linux version is being sold in larger numbers than the Windows [...]