The only comment they made was that they aren't making it at present. The rest is open to interpretation. But indeed one can't claim they said they are never going to make it. Formally speaking, they never even said it for TW3 either. But I'd estimate chances of getting it as low, until CDPR will reverse that negative stance on Linux.
Unfortunately, unless we get access to the CP2077 code, we can't know for certain what's going on. Given the range of possibilities for how to program some things, it can easily become almost entirely impossible to use certain OS's simply because you'd have to rewrite too much of the engine to get the game to work. This can even affect different versions of the same operating system; Windows is particularly notorious for this.
CDPR already need to address cross platform support for PlayStation and Xbox. As always, the worst offender would be the graphics API (same as it was in TW2), thanks to crooked lock-in approach of Sony and MS.
I hate Bill and Melinda as much as any,but refuse to give up my gaming over it.
Cross-platform support between Xbox and Playstation is out of CDPR's hands. That's between Microsoft and Sony, and Sony is known as of late for not playing nice with others. If there are any features that require cross-platform communication, the Playstation likely won't be capable of using them. This is probably a contributing factor to why multiplayer was delayed.
I think that refers to cross-platform multiplayer, rather than releasing a (for now) single player game on multiple platforms. I doubt the Xbox supports Vulkan, I think both the PS4 and XB1 have their own propietary graphics APIs (on the latter a modified version of Direct3D), and only the Nintendo Switch uses Vulkan, but CDPR do not seem to plan releasing games on the Switch. I am not 100% sure about these, however. I also wonder if third party software like Nvidia GameWorks and others used by CDPR work with Vulkan. If I had to bet, I would guess CP2077 will use Direct3D (unsure which version), that is what the developers have experience with and what is already in the previous versions of RED engine.
It kinda refers to both. Sony tries their best to secure a game as an exclusive, or at least having exclusives, on the Playstation in addition to their multiplayer unfriendliness. In many ways, they are even more proprietary than Microsoft.
Will it be for Windows 7? I thought they didn't confirm on that and figured Windows 10 was likely.
I don't see why not if they'll use Vulkan. A lot of GOG users are quite irritated by Windows 10 and are stuck with Windows 7, so it would be a rough move to ignore them. But if they'll go along with MS lock-in while using DX12, then no Windows 7 indeed.
Well, I was thinking that reducing the number of APIs to develop for might be a consideration for reducing development costs without reducing quality.
That actually would increase quality if they use Vulkan, since they'll catch more regressions that way. Though cost is exactly what MS is playing on. They use Xbox lock-in leverage to prevent developers from using Vulkan on Windows (lock-in tax).
And since the game isn't being released for the one platform that does use Vulkan, it's not unreasonable to consider they might not be using it.
Not sure what you mean, Vulkan is available on all supported Windows versions (let's say Windows 7 and later). So on any Windows they release - they can use Vulkan there. If they are smart, they can use that to make the game more portable to Linux in the future.
I meant the Switch. It does use Vulkan for certain, while Windows and Xbox both have Direct3D in common. And then there's Sony's API.
Vulkan is basically available everywhere besides Xbox and PS. And there is work now to remove some of that lock-in for Xbox through translation (portability initiative). Not sure if anyone is working on that for GNM.
I think we may be looking at an Xbox lock-in for API, given what we know about release choices just because of that. If they were going to use Vulkan, they could possibly do a Switch release as well. Without a Switch release and resulting need for Vulkan to minimize development cost, it would make sense to instead go Direct3D for both Windows and Xbox.
I was surprised when Bethesda released new Doom for Switch (not that I play it, but I found that quite amusing). It was doable thanks to Vulkan usage in their engine. And I suppose their game is very scalable and can adapt well to weaker hardware.
That and Skyrim are why I am thinking CP2077 is possible for Switch if Vulkan was used. And since we know scaling wouldn't be as much of an issue...
