I think we have to start with the indie market, which seems more willing to take a chance by just porting their games. And later the big market will come naturally.
First we have to make users show interest, we could do something simple like a facebook group or a petition. It can be completely stupid and it doesn't even have to be something that is going to really happen. Like: 100.000 users to get Gears of War to Ubuntu. Obviously Gears of War wouldn't be a good choice, but you get the idea. If we make users show interest will get them. Secondary we should make a wiki for developers with material, to invite them to develop. The idea would be to have a simple page as a sort of boucher telling them the basics, how easy it is to port a game to linux and that they will earn a lot of money and rule the world. Basically, but maybe toned down a bit. I'm sure you get the idea. Basically an introduction to the platform as if it was a game engine. Ubuntu Game Development would be a fine title for either a wiki or webpage. We can contact open developers to help, I'm sure we can get a few to help. And submit some ideas directly to some active place of launchpad. 2010/9/9 Randall Ross <rand...@executiv.es> > Possibly stating the obvious: > > We can identify aspiring (or established) game developers and show them > a viable market. As community marketers, that likely means building > large and vibrant local communities and an ecosystem that supports great > Ubuntu games. The channel part (Ubuntu Software Centre) is already > built. What's missing is the audience and enthusiasm. > > For promotion/advertising I suggest we avoid the "L" word as to Martin's > point, it doesn't really mean anything. > > Cheers, > Randall > Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo. > > -- > > > On 10-09-09 03:19 PM, Lisandro Vaccaro wrote: > > I meant, what can we do to encourage game developers to create paid > > games playable in Ubuntu Linux. Both ports and original games. > > > > Since Ubuntu can recently added the option to sell games through the > > software center, this seems like a good topic for the marketing team. > > I have read about adding a trophy system and soon an upgrade on the > > soft center for better portrayal of the titles. But from our place > > what can we do to help? > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- Lisandro H. Vaccaro
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