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>>Jerry2+(OP)
There will be a non-zero number of people who will have purchased those games precisely due to there being a linux client available for them.

Pulling support for a client of a competitive online game like Rocket League is fundamentally closing the game to those players - as they will be unable to compete online with other players (be it on PC or on the other platforms).

I really don't like Epic's change in behaviour here - It's quite disheartening since when they used to release first party Linux builds of their products ('Unreal Tournament 2004', and the recently cancelled upcoming 'Unreal Tournament' had Linux client releases), and they were one of the few big name game dev houses to actively support Linux clients.

>>Tsiklo+Xc
UE4 itself can build to Linux, so this move just baffles me. If anything, I thought Epic was going to push harder on Linux.

>>Mirior+Qg
1% of desktop market is counting pennies for AAA studios.

>>pjmlp+CK
More than 1% if the market will react with hostility due to this. Gamers are a hornet's nest when it comes to anti-consumer practices.

>>zamale+0t1
Gamers are quite used to game consoles exclusives.

>>pjmlp+kE1
Epic store is not a console app.