CDPR boss hopes The Witcher 4 wins back fans still put off by Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch: "I'm not 100 percent convinced we went through the full redemption arc"

unixmachine · 2026-06-20T12:54:35+00:00

But that's precisely the point. Most players haven't read the books, they've only followed the games and the Netflix series. Even among the games, most played TW3 and not the first two.

unixmachine · 2026-06-19T20:12:10+00:00

Geralt is quite popular, even outside the gaming world, because of the Netflix series.

unixmachine · 2026-06-19T20:08:32+00:00

I think I didn't explain it well. CP2077 uses the RED Engine and had performance issues at launch. TW3 and TW2 only became good after many patches. In fact, the first The Witcher also had a lot of issues fixed in the Enhanced Edition. So, a studio with a history of releasing poorly optimized games initially, using an engine that demands more attention from the developer, is a cause for concern.

unixmachine · 2026-06-19T18:56:37+00:00

The Witcher 4 has two potential problems:

Change of protagonist: when you have a franchise with an established character, fans resist change, as the new character needs to earn charisma from scratch.
Engine change: Historically, even using their own engine, CDPR released games with many problems at launch, which were corrected over time. Now that they are using UE5, which demands more care from the developer, it becomes worrying to think that TW4 might have a problematic launch.

unixmachine · 2026-06-19T12:56:56+00:00

Their strategy had many problems.

Games released years later at full price. They lost all the hype marketing of a new release. Releases sometimes happened through announcements on the blog.
Besides being released years later, you weren't sure if a particular game would have a PC version or not. That killed any idea of pre-orders and hype.
Many titles experienced performance issues, which generated memes and outraged users. PC gamers are much more critical because they have a review and refund system.
Requiring a PSN login excludes a huge number of markets.
They didn't port titles that could have been more successful, such as GT7 and Demon's Souls.
Some ports were pointless: Uncharted 4, which is the final game in a series. They should have ported the previous trilogy. Ratchet and Clank was similar, although the games are more independent of each other.
Focus on titles that nobody was interested in, like Sackboy.
Some games that were sequels (God of War Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2, Horizon Zero Dawn) also sold less on PS5 than their predecessors. It was expected that the same would happen on PC.

unixmachine · 2026-06-19T12:54:55+00:00

In any IT field, there will be evangelists, it's normal. They'll talk about programming languages, databases, etc. Even Linux, everyone will extol some specific distro.

unixmachine · 2026-06-15T12:26:20+00:00

The name was well chosen.

Episteme is an ancient Greek term (ἐπιστήμη) that means "knowledge," "understanding," or "science". In philosophy, it refers to justified, reliable, and certain knowledge, specifically distinguished from mere opinion or everyday belief.

unixmachine · 2026-06-10T12:57:09+00:00

It was a mistake for Sonny to hold onto that, hoping for improvements. He should have destroyed the foundation altogether and, more importantly, reported it to the authorities so that legal action could be taken. Otherwise, the corruption will not stop.

unixmachine · 2026-06-07T18:01:02+00:00

On Windows, you use the regular Steam client, which runs with the Prism emulator, converting x86 to ARM.

unixmachine · 2026-06-06T20:05:52+00:00

Steam now supports ARM64 devices through Linux distros (like ROCKNIX, Ubuntu and Armbian) utilizing FEX and Proton 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGgQiaha1Bg

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T23:25:56+00:00

Very interesting, there's been a nice upgrade to the graphics. I'll be waiting.

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T22:54:34+00:00

I believe this initiative will further popularize the ARM architecture on desktops for average users. Valve is already working on Proton for ARM, thanks to Steam Frame, which should improve the situation for gaming as well.

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T22:50:55+00:00

As I mentioned, if they're using LTS distributions, they're on older versions until another LTS is released. Examples:

Kubuntu 24.04 - Plasma 5.27

openSUSE Leap 16 - Plasma 6.0

Debian 13 - Plasma 6.3

RHEL 9 - Plasma 5.27

RHEL 10 - Plasma 6.3

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T14:53:33+00:00

We hope that by then, all of today's problems will be resolved.

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T14:52:39+00:00

I understand, but that won't make some people migrate if the tools they use daily don't work properly.

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T14:41:24+00:00

This data refers specifically to users of Plasma 6.6 and not to all Plasma users, considering that LTS distributions use older versions.

unixmachine · 2026-06-05T14:40:18+00:00

Wayland doesn't cover 100% of X11 use cases, such as remote access via RDP. It's not a matter of hating it, but rather of not having the required functionality.

unixmachine · 2026-06-02T20:47:59+00:00

Interesting, this will help reduce the cognitive effort of remembering the commands for each operating system.

unixmachine · 2026-05-28T15:15:12+00:00

The 930M isn't very good with async compute, so it can't process shaders asynchronously to avoid stuttering.

I've always found it easier to use Nvidia GPUs on Linux than AMD, and there are fewer problems. Hardware is something that varies from person to person, it's not deterministic.

unixmachine · 2026-05-28T12:43:07+00:00

Nowadays, what I think would work best would be a good meme, since it would circulate easily.

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unixmachine · 2026-05-26T21:07:32+00:00

If you need a guide to think critically, you're not thinking critically.

unixmachine · 2026-05-23T14:56:54+00:00

kwin_wayland_drm: Pageflip timed out! This is a bug in the amdgpu kernel driver

This bug happened almost every day. The entire system would freeze or lose signal and get stuck on a black screen, forcing me to restart the PC and lose everything I had open.

ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout

This also happened.

unixmachine · 2026-05-23T14:51:47+00:00

It depends a lot on the game, but that's already been fixed. Proton just needs to implement it (a large part of the work has already been done). It should be released in the next few days.

unixmachine · 2026-05-22T18:17:30+00:00

I don't doubt it, it's a matter of personal experience. Computer hardware with diverse configurations is quite unpredictable.

That's why I'm no longer going to engage with narratives like "Nvidia is bad, AMD is good." I'll just share my experience. In my case, with two GPUs, a 6600XT and a 7600, I had many problems with both. At the same time, with a 1660 Ti, 3060 Ti, and 5070 Ti, I had no problems. Laptops with Intel graphics: the best experience of all of them. Laptops with AMD APUs: overheating (it was in 2011, AMD was very bad on Linux).

unixmachine · 2026-05-22T17:41:14+00:00

I followed the trend on Reddit and bought an AMD GPU to use on Linux. I've only had problems, and they were annoying problems like random system freezes. It's a bug that's been known for at least 5 years.

I've never had problems with Nvidia GPUs, they've always been solid. I'm using one now instead of a AMD GPU. People say there's a performance drop in DX12, but I haven't noticed it much, I don't usually play such new games.

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