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Add a request game for platform button #447

Open mdaffin opened 11 years ago

mdaffin commented 11 years ago

It would be handy to add a button that asks the developers of the game if they can port their game to a given platform (basically show them the number of people who requested it), the develops do not have to follow these requests, but it might encourage them to develop on alternative platforms if enough people request the game for a given platform.

From Issue #651:

This feature request is actually not directly related to Linux only. It may also affect Mac.

How about adding a _Please port to my OS_ button in any game shop of Steam? Therefore, game developers and Valve get an idea, which games people would like to buy for which OS. By clicking this button the user shows his/her interested in buying this game for a currently not supported OS.

Another way might be to use Wishlist or Greenlight functionality to implement a similar approach. The main reason for this solution would be that it's already implemented. Via pressing this button the user could add this game to a _Linux OS Wishlist_. Or Valve could "just" bring the Greenlight features to existing games. This would give Valve and game studios an idea of the demand for a port of that game.

On the other side users would be happy that they could show their demand for a port of this game without starting one of these forum threads like: Please port game X to Linux. Which never give game developers an idea what the real demand for this port might be.

Making everything public can also help to get more attention of even more customers to support a proposal. Might look like a monthly "Hardware Survey" or just the Top 3 wanted games for each OS.

Here a example: example

s1n commented 11 years ago

+1

This is analogous to the Greenlight project, so it makes sense to add individual feature request type of buttons. Developers could propose DLCs, features, etc and implement them based on customer demand. If nothing else, it will give feedback to the developers to help them identify market.

cartersj commented 11 years ago

I agree. I was just thinking about this when I saw this on Git.

Majkl578 commented 11 years ago

See also #651 which contains a more sophisticated request. :)

MrSchism commented 11 years ago

651 has been copied over to this one.

ghost commented 11 years ago

It definitely seems to be a great idea. It could also motivate game devs to port their games.

mvdkleijn commented 11 years ago

I would truly love this feature. It can be insanely difficult to get across the real number of interested people to game devs while requests arrive all fragmented like they do now (if they arrive at all)

cooljeanius commented 3 years ago

It's been many years... does anyone still remember this issue?

mvdkleijn commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately this should probably be considered a dead issue from lack of attention from Valve...

cooljeanius commented 2 weeks ago

I think issue #5809 that @kisak-valve opened probably supersedes this one...