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  1. 05-13-2022 #1
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    Why World of Warcraft has no native Linux version?

    WoW Wiki / Wowpedia says that World of Warcraft had a native Linux version during the alpha/beta stages, but it didn't make its way to the final release. This Linux port was made by Linux Game Publishing in partnership with Blizzard. Despsite this, files related to a Linux version were present up to WotLK in the MPQ files.
    Now: why WoW doesn't have a native Linux version today? Linux is now more popular than in 2004, has a large gaming community...
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    Why World of Warcraft has no native Linux version?
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    Actually, this applies to all Blizzard games
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    It's still a relatively tiny market compared to Windows, and MacOS. The maintenance and development effort probably was not worth it.
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    Wow, LLM/ChatGPT spam is here
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