DRM is only harming sales, that's a well known thing for anyone who researches the topic. But I guess there is no point to speculate, Feral have some problem and don't seem to be interested in addressing that. It's the reason I prefer original studios to make Linux ports, rather than Feral. It increases chances of getting it DRM-free (right away or eventually).

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Quoting: TheRiddickDoesn't feral have their own store? isn't that the proper way to get their games for Linux?

Yep, and you would think that if GOG pay split is the issue, you would see games that original publishers released DRM-free in Feral's store without DRM as well. Yet, you can't find such games. That leads me to the conclusion that Feral have pro-DRM stance and that's the main blocker, and not GOG's payment logic.

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Quoting: TheRiddickSome games can't come to GOG due to lack of DRM

Some, and in those cases Feral is out of the picture, since original publishers decide that. You simply don't see even Windows versions of those games on GOG. But there are already several examples that have Windows versions on GOG, but are missing Feral's versions there. So in those situations it's surely Feral's decision not to release them.

Feral even said it's not "feasible" for them to do it, but they didn't explain what's so unfeasible in it.

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Quoting: TheRiddickI know there will still be those who refuse to support feral, only accepting from developer native releases, but that is the way some of the Linux community is sadly.

Personally, I wouldn't mind using their releases, but they have some issue with releasing on GOG unfortunately. Either because of pro-DRM stance, or because GOG can't provide them with an option to get paid only for Linux downloads (since Feral normally separate profits for their releases from profits for Windows versions which go to the original developers). Linux releases made by original studios don't have such problems.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI would like to see Feral ninja some Stadia ports since most of the work is already done.

That indeed can be a good opportunity for them. If they come with proposition "we take your Stadia port, make it work on desktop Linux and handle all support costs", some legacy publishers who ignore desktop Linux but released for Stadia, might actually agree. But that again puts Feral in the position of gatekeeper of the port.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80interesting but i wouldnt bet on it being on linux but is it actually on stadia because at one point linux was getting witcher 3 then they changed their minds

There is no clear info on what happened, but from the context, they didn't plan to work on TW3 for Linux themselves, but planned to offload it to Virtual Programming (who before released TW2 for Linux). Something went wrong in the process, and we don't know what exactly. Either estimated costs became too high, or they got dissatisfied with Valve stopping marketing Steam Machines or whatever else, they simply cancelled the project and VP went their own way.

With CP2077 situation is not the same. I guess Google's marketing push was enough or stronger than Valve's at least, for them to actually decide to work on releasing it for Stadia, and if I understood correctly, they didn't want to outsource things anymore being burned before a few times, so that would imply in-house work.

If they have Linux developers in the studio, then they surely don't need Feral or VP to do it for them. And once they have Linux port for Stadia, it would be up to their management to decide, whether desktop Linux release is worth it. I wouldn't compare it to TW3 situation at all - it would have a very different set of variables to evaluate.

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Quoting: tpauCyberpunk 2077 would be a nice thing.

I think we can rule it out given prokect red hatred of the linux community as a whole entity but yeah it would be nice to have

Likely for very different reason - they are already working on it for Stadia, so why would they need Feral for it? It clearly means they hired Linux developers for the project.

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Quoting: GuestI actually do not know if stadia games are ported to stadia or Linux native from the start.

I still believe our problem is the support costs for a small market share.

If anything, costs of porting in house should be lower than costs of outsourcing it, as long as the goal is to make a good quality result of course. The later is usually done if there is no one to work on that internally.

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Quoting: subPlus less likely diverging code bases, release dates and support for cross play.

Yes, in house support is just better.

I think bigger game changer for the situation is not Wine/Proton, but Stadia. With Staida around, we can see more and more studios starting picking up Linux development. And why shouldn't they be doing it in house? Once they have in house expertise and want to release for normal Linux, then the same people could do it. I.e. they won't need to outsource.

In such landscape, for Feral it's better to refocus from porting and publishing to consulting studios on Linux development,

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Also, I don't think ACO takes full advantage of RDNA yet. It's still work in progress, so performance is going to improve.

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