From The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Linux thread:
I'm sure many users would appreciate it. But CDPR didn't comment on this yet (see the whole thread above). I would guess it's not because they don't care to elaborate, but because they are dealing with some weird 3rd party NDAs. For example, imagine they got an early preview of PS4 SDK which isn't even available to the public. PS4 is supposedly using OpenGL 4.x. But Sony doesn't want people to talk about it (typical prerelease paranoia). So they forbid these developers even to mention any technical details related to it. Now, for CDPR to start talking about OpenGL would make Sony angry. And you can't start talking about Linux without talking about OpenGL and etc. It's just a guess, but I see no other obvious reasons for CDPR to ignore this question.
Barlogs said:I'm personally will be glad to play in Linux version of this game and really sure I'm not only one. Perhaps after release on the claimed platforms?
I'm sure many users would appreciate it. But CDPR didn't comment on this yet (see the whole thread above). I would guess it's not because they don't care to elaborate, but because they are dealing with some weird 3rd party NDAs. For example, imagine they got an early preview of PS4 SDK which isn't even available to the public. PS4 is supposedly using OpenGL 4.x. But Sony doesn't want people to talk about it (typical prerelease paranoia). So they forbid these developers even to mention any technical details related to it. Now, for CDPR to start talking about OpenGL would make Sony angry. And you can't start talking about Linux without talking about OpenGL and etc. It's just a guess, but I see no other obvious reasons for CDPR to ignore this question.