"I am appealing to people from CD Project RED in each fan of "The
Witcher" game's name, using Linux operating system for creating native
installator for this system platform." [...]

http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/petit...or_The_Witcher

or

http://www.petitiononline.com/7730722/petition.html

The Witcher Videos: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682220/vids_1.html

Kokos wrote:
> "I am appealing to people from CD Project RED in each fan of "The
> Witcher" game's name, using Linux operating system for creating native
> installator for this system platform." [...]

Do you really think that would happen, from the official FAQ:

"We do not anticipate a version for the Linux operating system. This is our
first game, and so we do not want to overly complicate our work. Beyond this,
we do not believe that Linux is a good/popular platform for games."

As there won't be a GNU/Linux native binary, there is no need of a GNU/Linux
installer for a game you won't be able to install.


What could have been a lot neater, if someone did release the game with
source, so game community could port the game to other platforms and you only
paid for a license/account.

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//Aho

J.O. Aho said:
>
> "We do not anticipate a version for the Linux operating system. This is our
> first game, and so we do not want to overly complicate our work. Beyond this,
> we do not believe that Linux is a good/popular platform for games."
>
> As there won't be a GNU/Linux native binary, there is no need of a GNU/Linux
> installer for a game you won't be able to install.
>

Aren't they being so typical? Say Linux is not a "good/popular platform
for games" and continue/promote that by ignoring the potential of what
is actually a "good/popular platform for games".

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sk8-365

sk8-365 wrote:
> J.O. Aho said:
>> "We do not anticipate a version for the Linux operating system. This is our
>> first game, and so we do not want to overly complicate our work. Beyond this,
>> we do not believe that Linux is a good/popular platform for games."
>>
>> As there won't be a GNU/Linux native binary, there is no need of a GNU/Linux
>> installer for a game you won't be able to install.
>>
>
> Aren't they being so typical? Say Linux is not a "good/popular platform
> for games" and continue/promote that by ignoring the potential of what
> is actually a "good/popular platform for games".

Yes, it's a typical excuse why not make a good code that can easily be ported
to a number of platforms, I guess most game developers are lazy, thanks that
we have IDSoftware.


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//Aho