Wrapper ports are done because of timing. Making a proper port is surely better, but it's considerably more time consuming. So I suppose it's harder for them to make it profitable.

That said, I prefer the work of CodeWeavers and Wine developers to the work of Feral and the like. Simply because former work in the FOSS fashion, and because they can gradually improve performance over time, even if it's not the best initially. That's how FOSS projects work - effort is accumulated and usually not lost. Closed wrappers on the other hand are usually one time throwaway thing. Sure, they might revisit their older titles a few times, but that improvement is not likely to persist for a long period.

Plus, FOSS work like Wine, benefits a lot of titles at once, while Feral and eON efforts are not benefiting anything else. As a bonus, Wine tends to work better with AMD and Mesa in general, because of stricter OpenGL compliance.

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Quoting: NonjuffoMy take on why Linux versions don't show up on GOG while they do on Steam (e.g. Kotor 2) is that GOG doesn't support the kind of profit sharing based on the OS that Steam does. Steam reports Aspyr (and Feral) as the publisher for the MacOS and Linux versions of the games instead of the original publisher such as 2K or Sega. These "port-publishers" probably receive all the money left after Valve's cut and divide it according to their agreements with the devs/publishers.

I find this arrangement to be rather silly, since customers buy all versions at once, so dividing profits per OS is bizarre. But if the likes of Feral and Aspyr want such arrangement, I don't think GOG would have a problem counting downloads per OS for them, or for example user agent OS during purchase as a fallback for cases when someone bought but never downloaded that title. Another fallback would be simply some default split. It wouldn't be any more crude than their arrangement with Steam.

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Quoting: adamhmI'm very interested in SW2 as I really liked the first game (and would've bought SW2 full price if it had a Linux version at or close to launch)

Are there any news about SW2 Linux port? They said they'll work on it after their console versions, which they have already released.

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Quoting: liamdaweIt's not always up to Aspyr and Feral where the games go, they will often be at the mercy of the original developer.

True, but aren't Aspyr the publisher in this case? So what's the blocker?

Quoting: Alm888UPDATE: Actually, there is a movement! Developers said [External Link]:

Working on it!

regarding Linux version on GOG. We shall see…

They've been working on releasing KoTOR II for Linux on GOG for years now. So far - nothing. Possibly this case is better, but I would't expect it too much.

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Quoting: poke86It got me Observer but GoG doesn't have a Linux build for it yet.

You can thank Aspyr for this mess.

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The "just because" doesn't make any sense to me. They are supposed to be sensible companies, so the fact that they refuse to explain the reason suggests there is something fishy going on.

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Aspyr never properly explained, why they don't want to release it on GOG.

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Quoting: ziabiceThe game is a lot more in the vein of the original Fallout. If you played them, you know what to expect: strange situations and encounters, seldom on the edge situations. Forget the more FPS style that Fallout 3 had (in fact, to me Fallout 3 is a FPS with RPG elements).

Well, that's exactly what I expect from Obsidian - a proper RPG, not an "FPS with RPG elements" :) It's a good thing in my books.

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Quoting: wvstolzingA Vulkan renderer [External Link] for RBDOOM-3-BFG appears to be in the works.

Yeah. I'm very interested in that one.

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Quoting: KimyrielleHas anyone tried to run ESO or Fallout 4 with the newer WINE releases?

I was planning to play Fallout: New Vegas sometime in the future (got in on GOG sale). I've heard it's the best of the newer Fallout games.

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