It seems GOG support got it completely wrong on The Witcher 3 for Linux. A different person inside GOG has said they have no idea why a previous staff member said TW3 was never planned.
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Maybe it will one day, maybe it won't. We again are back to officially not knowing what's going on at all.
Until there's something more solid in future, this is likely the last time I will be writing about The Witcher 3. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Maybe it will one day, maybe it won't. We again are back to officially not knowing what's going on at all.
Until there's something more solid in future, this is likely the last time I will be writing about The Witcher 3. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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They are not even located in the same country: GOG offices are located in Cyprus, while CD Projekt is in Poland.
No, that's incorrect. GOG offices are located in Warsaw. Cyprus is listed for some legal reasons - no idea why exactly.
See here for Linux developer position open in their Warsaw office (this is for working on Galaxy).
Last edited by Shmerl on 4 Sep 2016 at 3:07 am UTC
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EagleDelta 4 Sep 2016
This is not surprising at all. As someone working for a Medium-sized Tech company with over 30 Business Units doing their own thing, I rarely know what each individual Business Unit is doing..... and my team supports the Linux Infrastructure for most of them.
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walther von stolzing 4 Sep 2016
I've given up on GOG/CD Project Red at this point. A Linux version of GOG Galaxy has been one of the most requested features on the user wishlist for YEARS, and has been 'in progress' according to the FAQ for years and years with no updates.
As a filthy dual-booter, I have an installation of Galaxy -- even on windows it's a pretty bare bones affair, with lots of obvious features missing. Right now it's good mainly for automated patch downloads (some of which are unnecessarily large). They *might* be waiting to complete the feature set on the windows version, before porting it to Linux.
On the other hand, they already have a Mac port, so there's that.
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As they said, their main effort for Galaxy now goes into the libraries used by developers, rather than the client for users. What's strange is that they are so slow in making those available for Linux as well.
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lucifertdark 4 Sep 2016
I wouldn't be surprised if the first person doesn't even know what Linux is & probably thought it was a rare species of Aquatic Bird. ;)
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Actually both are located in Poland, but GOG is registered in Cyprus. Kinda like how many US companies are registered in Nevada or Delaware even though they may conduct little or no business there.
Oh! I didn't know that, I've just earlier noticed GOG with a Cyprus address, Cyprus being my #1 holiday destination and the place I want to move when an opportunity arise.
Too bad really, I'd not mind working for GOG in Cyprus someday. :)
Still, it does underline the organisational distance from support department of a subsidiary company to product management in the parent company.
Last edited by Beamboom on 4 Sep 2016 at 9:18 am UTC
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lucifertdark 4 Sep 2016
Still, it does underline the organisational distance from support department of a subsidiary company to product management in the parent company.They're probably sitting one desk apart.
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Stupendous Man 4 Sep 2016
Really professional! ;-)
However, I'd also ask you Liam to gather a little more information before publishing an article. Please don't take this as blame, I generally like your articles, but sometimes it may be worthwhile to wait a couple days and ask around some more before publishing someone's unconsidered and unofficial comment.
As it is now, some articles are like ping-pong: X game will be out in a month! X game just got cancelled! X game was never cancelled/planned etc... Though I understand it may be frustrating with some of the incoherent comments you receive from official sources.
However, I'd also ask you Liam to gather a little more information before publishing an article. Please don't take this as blame, I generally like your articles, but sometimes it may be worthwhile to wait a couple days and ask around some more before publishing someone's unconsidered and unofficial comment.
As it is now, some articles are like ping-pong: X game will be out in a month! X game just got cancelled! X game was never cancelled/planned etc... Though I understand it may be frustrating with some of the incoherent comments you receive from official sources.
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@Stupendous Man: hey man - X (X3, XR) games have linux ports for quite long time, and they never been cancelled :D.
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Stupendous Man 4 Sep 2016
@Stupendous Man: hey man - X (X3, XR) games have linux ports for quite long time, and they never been cancelled :D.
:-P
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Mohandevir 4 Sep 2016
Really professional! ;-)
However, I'd also ask you Liam to gather a little more information before publishing an article. Please don't take this as blame, I generally like your articles, but sometimes it may be worthwhile to wait a couple days and ask around some more before publishing someone's unconsidered and unofficial comment.
As it is now, some articles are like ping-pong: X game will be out in a month! X game just got cancelled! X game was never cancelled/planned etc... Though I understand it may be frustrating with some of the incoherent comments you receive from official sources.
Liam is not the problem, it's CDPR & GOG who seem to be unable to get their acts together in TW3 case. Feels like there is no official line of conduct for this particular game, on their side, leading to all sorts of awkard answers.
Obviously there is or was a willingness for a Linux port but don't know how or when. Else, I dare hope that CDPR would have already cleared the issue a while ago. It's just not yet in their priorities. Incidents like these may change that but I'm not sure if it will be in our favor...
Edit: Typos!
Last edited by Mohandevir on 4 Sep 2016 at 1:09 pm UTC
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So to summarise, there may or may not be a linux version of Witcher 3, which may or may not be in development and may or may not be released sometime that may or may not be in the future?
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So to summarise, there may or may not be a linux version of Witcher 3, which may or may not be in development and may or may not be released sometime that may or may not be in the future?
Yep, pretty much nothing new here ;) Personally, I'm looking forward to Wine supporting it. But I wouldn't mind if some wrapper version will appear as well. Native one is highly unlikely either way.
Last edited by Shmerl on 5 Sep 2016 at 12:45 am UTC
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So to summarise, there may or may not be a linux version of Witcher 3, which may or may not be in development and may or may not be released sometime that may or may not be in the future?
Yep, pretty much nothing new here ;) Personally, I'm looking forward to Wine supporting it. But I wouldn't mind if some wrapper version will appear as well. Native one is highly unlikely either way.
A wrapped version would help us showing our support, though.
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I did think it was a little bit odd that support at GOG should be this well informed of such plans (or lack thereof). Even if they are owned by the studio, anyone who's worked for an employer this large (they are close to 400 employees as far as I understand) everyone does not know about everything that goes on.
They are not even located in the same country: GOG offices are located in Cyprus, while CD Projekt is in Poland.
They share the same building in Warsaw, Poland. You only see Cyprus on your receipt because that's where they are paying taxes. Damn you Cyprus and Ireland.
Last edited by killyou on 5 Sep 2016 at 2:36 pm UTC
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Damn you Cyprus and Ireland.Sure, blame the tax havens.
I'd prefer to have low taxes everywhere but since that's not the case, yes, I blame them. That's their business model to attract companies to pay taxes there even if sales and manufacturing are not actually there. They are driving tax money away from the other countries and thanks to shady tax laws they are the countries with the most HQs in Europe. That is not fair to other EU members. If they would not be EU members then they would be free to do whatever they want.
Last edited by killyou on 5 Sep 2016 at 8:25 pm UTC
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That's like blaming the bartender for your alcoholism. I doubt anybody forced GOG execs to register their company in a tax haven. But we're going way off topic here.I'd prefer to have low taxes everywhere but since that's not the case, yes, I blame them.Damn you Cyprus and Ireland.Sure, blame the tax havens.
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