CD PROJEKT RED replied to me about The Witcher 3 and Linux, flat-out denying to answer any questions

Quoting: tamcculloughI think more blame needs to be leveled/aimed/heaped on Valve. Just what exactly have their intentions been with the whole Steam OS thing? If they truly wanted it to overthrow windows and consoles in the future, why put so little effort into marketing it and promoting it? It's not truly worth the effort for developers. Which honestly pisses me off.

Hold on there little man, "Steam OS ... overthrow windows" - dafuq.

"why put so little effort into marketing it and promoting it?"

A: Maybe it's not time for the big push yet?
A: Maybe they don't want to ruin the opportunity in people's minds about Steam Machines so they're charging up the game library before they do a Falcon Punch.
A: Maybe success is gradual and not instant when it comes to absorbing enemy territory?

"[SteamOS/Linux] It's not truly worth the effort for developers."

What? What kind of BS is that. Linux is developer heaven, and Vulkan is Rome, Unity 3D Linux just got mainlined in their source tree, Linux is the most prestigious development platform right now, the CLI is powerful and you can target every major platform when developing on Linux.

"Which honestly pisses me off."

Take a chill pill mate, lower your expectations in terms of how soon SteamOS will dominate, patience.

I feel the need to point out that what "is and is not rude" is a very culturally dependent thing, so bear in mind that the companies and even we ourselves are from a diverse group of cultures, for fsck's sake we barely even acknowledge that we all have different cuss words, greetings and goodbyes.

In ancient times it was rude to not greet passers by on the road and have a ceremonial lunch, over in england if you engage someone taking away their public privacy it could be considered rude, over in china if you take too much of a first serving on dinner it's rude, in america chewing with your mouth open is rude, so many different expectations and perceptions.

Anyways, if we all can just put some gravy on our differences and appreciate the vast spectrum we all represent that would be great.

So back to the context - it may or may not be rude in our country, but what's important is if it is rude where they're from and if the intention was ill. The only person who knows for sure is the rep.

I say good on them for communicating with our crazy asses.

Quoting: ElectricPrismI say good on them for communicating with our crazy asses.

Yep, my point exactly. Their communication is very poor to begin with, so them acknowledging that they can't answer the question is something.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 September 2016 at 10:36 pm UTC

And by the way, I tried to get information about Cyberpunk 2077 development (whether they plan Linux release or if they use Vulkan and etc.) but got nothing so far.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 September 2016 at 10:47 pm UTC

First was that "mistake" made by Valve about the announcement of The Witcher 3 on SteamOS. Who creates a banner that is wrong?

The only explanation to me is that they signed some agreements for a launch, but there was some confusion.

Today if you ask the developer if there will be an Linux version, he doesn't say "no", he says "I can't tell you now". Which means that there is something.

I bet that there will be an big announcement later, with Vulkan renderer or something, and SteamOS support. It's just too early to say anything.

Just my opinion but it keeps my hopes high.


Last edited by pop2010 on 7 September 2016 at 10:48 pm UTC

I think the delay is due to VP's Witcher 2 port.

VP's Linux version of Witcher 2 demands more power to run than Windows version. So, if they want to port Witcher 3 to Linux, they waits untill average linux configurations could run Witcher 3 with a VP port.

Quoting: pop2010First was that "mistake" made by Valve about the announcement of The Witcher 3 on SteamOS. Who creates a banner that is wrong?

The only explanation to me is that they signed some agreements for a launch, but there was some confusion.

You can't make such confusion twice in a row. It was clearly arranged, but later they hit some problems.

For timeline of events, see also: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/to_cd_projekt_red_bring_witcher_3_and_your_other_games_to_linux_please/post1


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Before the GOTY edition, it wasn't practical to make a Linux port, because the game development wasn't completed...

Only since there is a GOTY edition of The Witcher 3, it makes sense to have a Linux port...

Imagine the nightmare of porting separately the main game, the bunch of sucessive free DLC's and the two expansions.

Now that the development stage of the Witcher 3 has been completed, the game will need some fine tunning... After that, the porting process can begin.

Quoting: dmantioneMy impression is that you won't get any further with modern ways of communication. If you want to find out more, you need to pick up the old fashioned phone and make him talk ;)

Still not old fashioned enough. I don't think anything short of up close and personal with some feathers and a bucket of tar would get a lot of results. ;)

The last personal communication about this was with Marcin Iwiński, and back then he said they'll release their game for Linux, if Valve would make SteamOS.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 September 2016 at 11:38 pm UTC