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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Quoting: pop2010First was that "mistake" made by Valve about the announcement of The Witcher 3 on SteamOS. Who creates a banner that is wrong?

The only explanation to me is that they signed some agreements for a launch, but there was some confusion.

You can't make such confusion twice in a row. It was clearly arranged, but later they hit some problems.

For timeline of events, see also: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/to_cd_projekt_red_bring_witcher_3_and_your_other_games_to_linux_please/post1 [External Link]

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And by the way, I tried to get information about Cyberpunk 2077 development (whether they plan Linux release or if they use Vulkan and etc.) but got nothing so far.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI say good on them for communicating with our crazy asses.

Yep, my point exactly. Their communication is very poor to begin with, so them acknowledging that they can't answer the question is something.

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Quoting: liamdaweIn addition, you may think it is rude, but it's business. They don't have to give a reply to me or anyone technically when personally emailed, it's their choice.

It's common to ignore, yes, but it doesn't make it less rude. Of course it can happen some are bombarded with huge amount of e-mails and simply can't answer them all. But more than often, the approach of legacy media is to ignore individuals by design. CDPR claim they on purpose don't want to be like that (that's why they reply I assume). But their avoidance of communicating anything essential negates that anyway.

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It does beg the question though: why reply at all when you're essentially saying nothing?

Because not replying is rude. And if they can't give you an answer (for whatever reason), it's better to confirm that they have nothing to say "at this point" instead of ignoring.

More interesting can be the reasons why they can't answer. Some suggested it could be related to stock market regulation in Poland. CDPR is a public company, and falls under scrutiny from the stock regulators. At one point they came under fire for publishing certain information prematurely, and were blamed for manipulating their stock price:

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/39lxus/cd_projekt_may_need_to_pay_a_fine_after/ [External Link]

Who knows how their regulators work, but they can easily claim that publishing any plans in advance is an attempt to manipulate stocks price. After such threats it's easily can cause the company to forbid any kind of communication about their work in progress and plans.

There is also another point. CDPR are required to give answers to their shareholders. So may be some Linux users can buy some of their stocks and then ask questions on shareholder meetings or shareholders forum:
https://www.cdprojekt.com/pl/forums/forum/forum-glowne/ [External Link]

Strangely no one asked such questions on those meetings before.

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Interestingly, GOG are most careful about listing supported OSes. Unless Linux is really confirmed on day one, they don't list it in the upcoming game tab as supported OS.

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And you can get actual DRM-free Morrowind here:
https://www.gog.com/game/the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowind_goty_edition [External Link]

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