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How is GOG Galaxy Still Not On Linux? (notthesolution.substack.com)
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[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (10 children)

Because Linux still makes up a small % of PC Gamers, so CDPR hasn't prioritized it. Plus they'd need to have some kind of proton-like middleware (or just proton) for the majority of their games (which are mostly 15-20+ years old) to be playable. It seems like a large engineering challenge for a company which isn't nearly as wealthy as valve

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (6 children)

Heroic did it. Why couldn't GOG?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

CD Projekt is a public company, which would likely be cautious in relying on complex third-party tools like Wine.

[–] Gawdsausage@lemm.ee 9 points 12 hours ago

Most businesses rely on third party tools and software libraries. Particularly open source ones.

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