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With all the hoo-ha about The Witcher 3 and the replies GOG have given (first being it was never planned, second being they don't know), I finally have an answer from the actual developer of The Witcher 3.

Yeah, I know, I'm writing about this again after saying I probably wouldn't, "please make it stop" and all that.

This is the first time CDPR have ever actually communicated with me directly.

QuoteHey Liam,

Thanks for getting in touch.

I'm afraid we have nothing to communicate about this at this point in time.

Best,
Robert

I replied right after this, and immediately got an out of the office auto-reply. Hmmm.

There you go, an official comment from the developer of The Witcher 3. It clears up nothing, it's a flat-out denial to answer my basic and easy to understand questions.

It does raise the question though: why reply at all when you're essentially saying nothing?

I don't think we will ever truly know what happened, I expect no one to talk about it as I imagine both Valve and CDPR want this snafu buried.

I will just leave this here again for posterity, to remind myself and you to never pre-order based on developer promises, not even a big banner on Steam itself:
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Shmerl Sep 8, 2016
Quoting: sunbeam4STEAM OS ISN'T A CONSUMER PRODUCT YET.sorry for caps, late night.

It is not? I thought it's used on consumer targeted Steam Machine consoles already. But may be it's a beta product?


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omer666 Sep 8, 2016
The problem is, some companies (not CDPR obviously, but still) complain that Linux sales aren't up to their expectations, and I tend to understand this point of view. But most of the time, just look at how they communicate on their products, and how they market them: it's a disaster.

They just can't get public attention with poor practices like those, and all this is happening far too often. I know software devs/editors can't take all the blame - look at Valve, their communication is non-existent. Buy still, no communication is way better than all this Witcher 3 mess...
valgusk Sep 8, 2016
Well there is not much use for them to port the game now and they should have just rejected the possibility.
This is too big of a game and Linux based sales will be really low, because, well because they are too late. Such overhyped projects are wanted by people and those who wanted found a way to play them already.
If it was a fast Linux release, we could see the Force Of Tux and the real, true numbers you can get from cross-platform PC sales. Now even if they will even release it, will it bring them money? Nope, they will more likely lose them at this point imho.
crt0mega Sep 8, 2016
Well, that's rather disappointing. I'll probably buy it when it's on sale for $5 if Wine supports it – maybe earlier, when they finally got their job port done. I don't care anymore for miscommunication and lame excuses. Unfortunately I do care for TW's storyline, so it's still quite a dilemma for me.

I'm afraid I don't have any $$$ for you at this point in time.
1mHfoksd1Z Sep 8, 2016
I think they are going to port it, but it is going to take a very long time until we get it. You'd think they'd give us an official answer and clear this whole fiasco or even prevent it in the first place, if the port was to be released in the near future... this kind of attitude shows me it is not even close. Same goes for dropping the project, they would have given us an official answer on that as well, especially in this last reply. Now it's miscommunication, then it's no answer... this tells me that they still plan to do it.

Anyway, I was never hyped for this game, haven't even player Witcher 2 even as I own it both on Steam and on GOG. But it's pretty sad for the Linux community to get this kind of attitude from the devs, and even sadder for the people that wanted to get this game. They were supposed to be pioneers in the Linux gaming industry... but if that's what we get... the future is not looking so bright afterall... apart from a very few devs who are really cool and involved, most of the rest have this same kind of attitude.
wvstolzing Sep 8, 2016
Quoting: sunbeam4STEAM OS ISN'T A CONSUMER PRODUCT YET.sorry for caps, late night.

So you haven't assigned your Caps Lock to be an extra Ctrl?
What kind of Linux user are you?

(DISCLAIMER: This is a joke.)
mao_dze_dun Sep 8, 2016
Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's probably Valve's fault, so I don't know what all the hate for CDPR is. Valve announced The Witcher III was being ported for Linux, not CDPR. My guess is Valve blew the lid off something that was never definitive and then CDPR had to take all the blame. I mean, they never announced it on GoG, did they?
Crazy Penguin Sep 8, 2016
Well, that is not really a surprise. If you think about what **** CDPR & GOG has fed us on why they are not supporting Linux. Meanwhile we have Linux-Support on GOG, but many Linux-Natives are missing, which are on Steam. Or that the Galaxy-Client is still not available for Linux. Must be really difficult to port that joke of a Windowsclient. Or think about the decisions which GOG makes. Latest fun: Amerello DRM Free Edition :(. I wonder every time: WHAT THE HELL IS GOG THINKING? I don't understand them.

Quoting: maodzedunHonestly, I'm pretty sure it's probably Valve's fault, so I don't know what all the hate for CDPR is. Valve announced The Witcher III was being ported for Linux, not CDPR. My guess is Valve blew the lid off something that was never definitive and then CDPR had to take all the blame. I mean, they never announced it on GoG, did they?
I doubt that very much that this has been announced by Valve only. At some point CDPR hat a SteamOS planned, otherwise it wouldn't have been announced by Valve. I think they had some sort of Agreement at this time. But CDPR canceled it as they noticed that it will not work with Wine /sarcasm off
Liam Dawe Sep 8, 2016
Quoting: cprnHahahahahaha! Liam, the person you've reached - was that Robert Malinowski? :D I kinda know the guy. He has no say about Linux release, it's way above his pay grade. But reading into Polish mentality, this just probably meant there's no official decision, he doesn't know about any unofficial plans and currently the work on the subject stopped. I happen to know they're currently focusing on some card game promo so I wouldn't count on any other answer.
Yeah hilarious I spoke to their official rep.
crt0mega Sep 8, 2016
Quoting: maodzedunHonestly, I'm pretty sure it's probably Valve's fault, so I don't know what all the hate for CDPR is. Valve announced The Witcher III was being ported for Linux, not CDPR. My guess is Valve blew the lid off something that was never definitive and then CDPR had to take all the blame. I mean, they never announced it on GoG, did they?
shmerl's timeline is a great reference.
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