Why Ubuntu does not have games like Windows?

[pluto4ps]

I used to play games on Windows like Need for Speed, Project IGI, Age of Empires...

But I think why Linux cannot have games like these....

[Primefalcon]

I used to play games on Windows like Need for Speed, Project IGI, Age of Empires...

But I think why Linux cannot have games like these....
Try out alien arena, ;-)

[pluto4ps]

Does it support 64 bit?

[MelDJ]

because not many people use linux. hence there is no market to sell games for linux.
for a list of games for linux, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games

[Some Penguin]

Have a look at http://www.happypenguin.org/

If you were a commercial games developer, you might be leery about committing resources to a niche market (much of which isn't *pure* Linux; many Linux users either dual-boot or have a separate non-'nix computer), which is extremely fractured (lots of distributions, lots of standards to choose from regarding what goes where), and which doesn't share its APIs with a more major market (like, say, a major game console). It's worse for games than business software, because gamers tend not to generate additional revenue via needing support services, consultants, et al.

[zvacet]

I´m not a gamer but you can play games in Wine.See this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine) for instalation and here (http://appdb.winehq.org/) to check if you can play desired game in wine.Other option is virtualization.You can read here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=973756) more about that.I hope this is helpful to you.

[HighCommander540]

Have a look at http://www.happypenguin.org/

If you were a commercial games developer, you might be leery about committing resources to a niche market (much of which isn't *pure* Linux; many Linux users either dual-boot or have a separate non-'nix computer), which is extremely fractured (lots of distributions, lots of standards to choose from regarding what goes where), and which doesn't share its APIs with a more major market (like, say, a major game console). It's worse for games than business software, because gamers tend not to generate additional revenue via needing support services, consultants, et al.

Do you write technical manuals? lol, :P

This guys answer is the straight to the point exact truth.

[3rdalbum]

I used to play games on Windows like Need for Speed, Project IGI, Age of Empires...

But I think why Linux cannot have games like these....

There's nothing stopping anyone from making first-class, commercial-quality games for Linux.

Game development companies don't seem to want to port their games to Linux. It is a big expense for what is a small market. A few game developers have ported (or written cross-platform to begin with) and as a result they've had this small market entirely to themselves, which DOES make economic sense.

Check out Linux Game Publishing for some ports of older B-grade Windows games.

[Swagman]

Because Linux is not a Toy ?

:-\" <---- Walks away from the flame fest about to begin

[A_T]

Unreal Tournament 2004 8)

[Techsnap]

A few reasons:

1) Market share is too low.
2) No stable API, if they make a program they can't guarantee it's going to work on every distro or indeed work with every release, it seems backwards compatibility is not a priority.
3) People will most probably complain because there WILL be DRM, it's unavoidable.

[kristine12]

There are some games the run on Windows that also run on Linux (Ubuntu). Use PlayOnLinux. That is why you can still play.