What apps to buy in the Software Center?

[alexan]

Simple question, what software should be sold on Ubuntu Software Center.


Only the workings one!


*Nero Linux
*PowerDVD (Open market, open competition with Fluendo)
*124 games available here (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=application&sTitle=Browse+Applications&iItemsPerPage=25&iPage=1&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true) (commercial games, with demo, working as "platinum" on compatibility layer Wine)
*Crossover
*Cedega (http://www.cedega.com/) and Cedega's certified games (http://www.cedega.com/gamesdb/certified/)

[undecim]

I like the idea of putting Wine/Crossover games into the software center. Though Canonical would have to work with each of the publishers individually, so it might not be worth it.

[alexan]

They can start with product that already received the final patch; then, they don't need to exactly work with the game developers... Canonical need only their avail to sell the regular product through Ubuntu Software Center. Then, the Canonical responsibilities would be the same had Transgaming or Crossover.

There are TONS of different options.
I give you an example:
Game can be buy even through live CD.. this mean:

1. You reboot your Windows PC with live CD/USB Key (or WUBI install) in 10 seconds
2. login in Software Center
3. Buy/re-identify your product
4. Download the setup.exe on Windows partition
4a Install the game (cedega/wine patches included) on HD for Ubuntu LiveCD/USBKey/Wubi install/Ubuntu regular partition
4b Install the game on your Windows (reboot your Ubuntu)
4c 4a and 4b both
5. Play.



This is just a quick solution can be refined.
For example Windows XP user (which are still with old DX9 support) may find the alternative appealing: Ubuntu licence don't cost anything, while DX10, DX11 or (next)DX12 (Vista/Seven) does.
Why a XP user shouldn't buy a GeForce GT 430 to test their preferred games?

[Spice Weasel]

There are quite a few commercial games that have been ported to Linux (a couple are even GPL'd, like Quake 1/2/3/4 and Heretic/Hexen.) Here's a list.
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse-b_0?rh=n%3A300703%2Cn%3A%211025616%2Cn%3A676193011 %2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A671468011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A671469011)

[CraigPaleo]

Yikes! Quake III is in the repos and they're charging from £79.89 or $126.29. I'll send you a copy for half that price! :P

[m4tic]

The should bring majesty gold

[alexan]

1998... Loki software, the first serious one to bring gaming on linux, unforgettable company.

http://web.archive.org/web/19990430043700/http://www.lokigames.com/


just a year after Google open... that were the former yers of Internet.

[Spice Weasel]

Yikes! Quake III is in the repos and they're charging from £79.89 or $126.29. I'll send you a copy for half that price! :P

The repos doesn't include the data because the data was never GPL'd, it's just the game engine.

[andymorton]

I was thinking about buying Crossover. I downloaded the trial version last night to if itunes would run on it but it wouldn't. The install went ok but it kept freezing and the store wouldn't load at all.
I wonder if there is any chance that Apple will allow official support for itunes in the future. Probably not. :(

andy

[CraigPaleo]

The repos doesn't include the data because the data was never GPL'd, it's just the game engine.

'Oly crap! I've been playing Open Arena and it's the most fun I've had in a long time.

Flash games on Facebook? FORGET THAT!!!! Thanks for this! :)

[alexan]

I'd see there's new product to buy in Software Center (Brukkon)
It cost 7$ but on the website it's sold at ~9$ (about 7€).. maybe the seller did input the wrong price (or Canonical charge less the selling?)

Do we have an official webpage where canonical tell how developer can sell their product in Software Center (charge prices, tos etc)?

[Naiki Muliaina]

Games like Machinarium, Osmos, And Yet it Moves, World of Goo, Penumbras & Amnesia.

[alexan]

I did found some links:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviews
http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/09/20/announcing-the-ubuntu-application-review-process/


but still don't see mention about the "buy x download" rates and limits.


Anyway: Aquaria, Gish and Lougarou/Overgrow are good titles to plug into (yes, I do remember the Humble Indie Bundle)

[PoVRAZOR]

Not to mention.


Applications must be Open Source and available under an OSI approved license.

Though my guess is the information isn't public yet. Requiring OSS for a paid store is rather... um... ](*,)

[t0p]

Requiring OSS for a paid store is rather... um... ](*,)

Why's that? Why shouldn't open source software be sold?

Just because you don't want to pay for it, doesn't mean no one wants to pay for it. The open source movement was set up specifically to make the sale of FOSS commercially viable (http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/open-source.html).

[sudoer541]

I think they should sell:

World of Goo (Already available for Ubuntu)

What I want to see:

More mainstream games
Adobe products
A better version of flash
More mainstream software

[DeadSuperHero]

Not to mention.



Though my guess is the information isn't public yet. Requiring OSS for a paid store is rather... um... ](*,)

Those guidelines are only for third-party apps getting submitted to the repo, it has little to do with established commercial titles. (for example, Vendetta Online is coming to the USC relatively soon).

I would like to see the entire Lin-App catalog eventually be in the USC. The day that happens, I believe Ubuntu will have the strength to show itself as true competition to MacOSX and Windows from a commercial standpoint.