Quoting: TheGZeusMaybe VP wrote a cheque they couldn't cash.

I doubt it. They got tons of money from TW3 sales.

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Quoting: devlandIt's easy.

They're working on it but are having difficulties. This would be their first Linux game. Witcher 2 was outsourced to VP.

Except they said this:

Our team is focused mainly on Cyberpunk 2077 and Gwent and cannot revisit W3 for Linux. We are still exploring our options for Linux – if we would have something new to announce we will do it via our social channels.

So I highly doubt anything is going on in-house now. Outsourcing - can still happen I guess.

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Quoting: valguskWell 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.

That doesn't make sense. How did they find a way to play it? It's not working in Wine yet. Those who only use Linux for gaming skipped it, and can still be potential customers.

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This looks pretty neat and I might buy it once it will come out, if there will be a way to use it without Steam and UI will be open source. But hardware crowdfunding is rather risky. More so than games crowdfunding. So if you have spare money to invest - sure, but expect it to be a gamble.

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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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Size of the market doesn't seem to bother them either, since they released Witcher 2 for Linux in the past, and since then Linux gaming market only grew in size. So I'm not really sure what's the hiccup they have with TW3 for Linux. Unless they simply changed their mind about Linux in general, which doesn't seem to be the case based on their responses until now.

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SteamOS is based on Debian stable, so it's pretty constant even to very conservative tastes. I doubt it's their main blocker, since many already release games for Linux and cope well with the fact that there are many distros.

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Quoting: cprnNo, I don't think there's any good contact to ask about Linux in any AAA company unless they're already open about it. And even when they are open and you can read about it in the official press release, don't trust it unless you get a working copy because it might as well be the figment of some wannabe Director actual Senior Executive PR's imagination. ;)

Well, as I mentioned above, there was an interview with Marcin Iwiński (who according to this [External Link] is the second biggest shareholder in CDP), and that's what he said (here at 1:29:04 [External Link]):

Q: In regards to the latest announcement Steam Box, SteamOS, Steam Machines, will you be poring your games to their version of Linux, will you support SteamOS and in general, this idea of home computer console?

A: First of all we have a lot of respect for Steam and we think they are very good business guys, and good gamer friendly guys. And it's really really important. We like what they are doing, and with the Steam Box, if they will be able to deliver a cool console, definitely we are interested in having our game there. One of the reasons why we have not released the Witcher on Linux is that you most probably have to address five different versions of Linux, and this is always terrible to support the quality of the games afterwards, the patches, the updates and everything. If Steam will deliver a constant Linux environment, call it SteamOS or anything like that, we would love to have our game there, because the more people play our games, the better for us.

So, may be it's all PR nonsense, but he didn't say "we aren't interested because market is too small".

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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.

Who would be a good contact to ask about whether they plan CP2077 for Linux or started any work on it already? And do you have any idea about this subject in general?

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The last personal communication about this was with Marcin Iwiński, and back then he said they'll release their game for Linux, if Valve would make SteamOS.

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