Quoting: AnzaTo me based on where the checks are, it's designed more like an anti-cheat measure. Based on the discussions though, anti-cheat is no longer effective.

How do you define an anticheat in a single player game? Many of such games historically had built in cheats / consoles and allowed mods that change all kind of behavior. I wouldn't even touch a game that actively tries to prevent that.

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On-line connection for single player game? What for? I don't even get the reason for it, let alone any benefit. Unless developers want to spy on users in some way? It's surely an anti-feature.

Personally, I haven't bought the game so didn't really follow the whole drama. But I agree that for a GOG release it's a pretty major blunder.

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Quoting: FrawoYes, Steam Machines failed, but I'm still somewhat disappointed that a "pro consumer" company like CDPR/GOG needs financial incentives to do native Linux ports. I always thought they where striving for ideals, but now it looks like they are all about money these days.

Aren't you dissapointed in them, too? I've seen comments from you in their community wishlist.

I was surely disappointed, but I think part of their pro-consumer stance is just PR. They are still driven by shareholders. GOG started supporting Linux even if not as seriously as Steam. Compare it to Epic or other game stores that don't do anything for Linux gamers.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPI don't have a problem with closed source software per se.
If the documentation is good and the license not too prohibitive, all is fine, albeit not optimal.

Of course, I have no clue how good either is in this case...

I have a problem with it when it starts being used for OS and infrastructure especially, including interfaces.

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Quoting: Jewgeni Filippowitsch Iwanowski

Quoting: ShmerlWhat is it using for big screen kind of UX?

Steam Big Picture Mode.

Well, that's disappointing. Would have been nice for someone to work on open source console style UI. The trend of Linux distros starting to use closed source interfaces is a bad one.

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What is it using for big screen kind of UX?

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Quoting: FrawoWell, Valve already made a Linux console and CDPR did nothing. They have been promising Linux support for Witcher 3 and GOG Galaxy for years now, and still not managed to do so. I don't expect that to change anytime soon... so I don't buy from them.

You could argue the other side, that Valve's effort with Steam Machines was half baked, lacked marketing push and in practice didn't really succeed as a product. Valve seem to be way more serious about Steam Deck, so the above point that Marcin Iwiński was making is more relevant.

So I'm actually looking forward to CDPR commenting on feasibility of making native Linux games in the new situation.

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Quoting: BielFPsWith Valve stating that they "don't need" I doubt it, the good side is that if deck makes success in the mainstream (without most of them installing windows on it) then studios will develop native versions anyway because games perform better without the need of Proton.

Don't need to is kind of tricky here. They don't need to, but they might want to from the start, to make the quality better sooner rather than later.

I.e. I think "don't need to" is more of an attraction tactic than actual recommendation here. So it really depends on the approach of those studios and how much quality and performance are a priority in their view.

I think even CDPR CEO said in the past that if Valve will actually make a Linux console, they'll start making native versions. So I'm curious whether this will actually happen or it was empty talk.

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Do any developers talk about making more native games becasue of Steam Deck?

That would be especially interesting for bigger studios.

It would be also interesting to know more who is among these partners.

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With state of the art free codecs, no one should be using Microsoft Media Foundation junk.

Besides, didn't MS back AOM? They should start using free codecs as well.

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