Quoting: btorvilleThat Steam banner was hardly confirmation and if proof of that was really needed, the fact that it was taken down a scant hour after it first went up should be enough that it was a mistake on Steam's part.

Now this whole brou-ha-ha that refuses to die being stirred up again by some stupid comments from someone at GoG support... Jeez! Hell even the community manager, Marcin Momot isn't always authorized to speak officially for CDPR.

GoG is nothing more than a storefront for CDPR. They have no authority to make statements, hence why it's been retracted. They're in no position to make official statements for CDPR whatsoever.

Just face the facts. A Linux version, hell even a Mac version, just isn't going to happen any more than a port to last-gen consoles. It's just not cost-effective for them to even bother. Sales for the first half of this year are HALF of what they were last year, even with the Blood and Wine expansion and the Game of the Year edition isn't likely to pick things up much better during the second half.

The Witcher 3 is done. Stick a freaking fork in it and move on. Still can't get enough? Then go place some pre-orders on those damn statues they've got coming out of Geralt, Ciri, Yen and Triss. While you're at it, maybe buy some of the action figures, mugs and T-shirts too. Oh and don't forget that microtransaction from hell, the Online Gwent game.

But Linux? Just keep dreaming. It's not coming.

That's what they said about Tomb Raider.. and Life is Strange and just about any other title currently out on Linux. I know it's the wet dream of people who have their whole life staked on a single platform. But... this isn't the Emerald City. It's Earth. It exists. It's possible.

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Quoting: oldrocker99I notice that Witcher 3 has a "garbage" rating on winehq: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=16884 [External Link]

That's because wine atm, does not emulate DX11/12.

I don't do wine though. Anything that does not have native or at least a good supported wrapper with a proper emulation engine is out.

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Disappointing. False advertising.

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Finally.

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I have a lot more faith than you do.

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The world is no longer being unfair. In fact, fairness is what's driving the gaming platform on Linux today.

We just need more people to realize that Windows alone isn't the answer. To be fair to Microsoft as well, multi-platform is the way to go.

The fact that the usage is rising when more games are coming onboard shows that it's as viable a platform as any.

Any most MS users today.. they'll say, oh if it can play this game, i'd love to switch. And that's becoming a reality.

And for development. Hands down. Python will just be there and all the environment variables set. Windows, i have to do all that shit myself.

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This is now live for Linux. Installing now.

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No.. but subid 57646 in the Depot is for Feral CD keys.

https://steamdb.info/depot/413373/subs/ [External Link]

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I'm really glad this is coming to Linux. Like i've said before, i played the first and initially didn't intend to continue with this title because it was thought to be Windows only.

But now, i'm going to pick it up on release day if it releases properly.

I can only hope Square Enix Japan also decides to follow the same route with some of their games in future.

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I finished the first one and while i hope that gets ported to SteamOS, i'm really stoked for the sequel too!

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