Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux

I can edit the non-steam game and use the installed game path, but then it fails to launch because some of these games used to require that the game CD was present in the CD reader, obviously I don't carry it around and plug it in he Deck, this is why I've tried the same thing using Bottles but I'm not sure if I can easily mount a CD or ISO or folder this way, and only in the context of launching a game, not persistent. I have to look further into this and also check Lutris maybe, but if someone knows how to solve this, I'd be glad to hear about it!

For some games, it might be easier to patch it and remove the CD check...

For Re-Volt, a community engine and launcher exists, RVGL, which makes it way easier.

CDPR higher-ups though, in large part fueled by experiences with similar situations that lead to success in the past[0], were unconcerned by. If the situation had stayed similar to The Witcher 3s last few months of development, CP77 would have potentially still released in a less than perfect state (considering W3s bugs at launch, new technology, more SKUs, less dev time overall and any form of crunch, in my opinion, being a failure in itself), but likely not nearly as bad as what we ended up getting. COVID-19 happened though, as we all know, and that had its fair share of consequences for everyone and everything involved.

What I'd like to focus on are dev kits. PC gaming has the up- and downsides that come with flexible hardware choices, leading to consoles generally having more targeted optimization and often receiving more testing. But when dev kits are inaccessible due to agreements with manufacturers, those become impossible.

Stadia though, for all its flaws, had two key advantages in the work-from-home world. Whilst physical devkits exist for Stadia, they also offered the ability to access development environments via the internet[1]. Because Stadia was a targeted platform with one specific, testable hardware configuration (like a console), but allowed development and QA from anywhere with a decent internet connection, that likely explains why the Stadia version at launch was more playable and stable than any console SKU or PC experience.

There was, as far as I know, never any public confirmation of this speculation and as Stadia has seized to be, we will likely never know, but this always seemed like a reasonable assumption to me.

[0] https://www.eurogamer.net/cd-projekt-red-this-approach-to-ma...

[1] https://developers.google.com/stadia-dev/cloud-identity-gsui...

With the risk of opening a can of worms, yes, get the pirated cracked versions of the game. You already own the legitimate copy so it's fair. Not your fault the DRM is not letting you play the games you paid for and own legitimetly. At least that's how I see things.

Otherwise consider re-purchasing the DRM-free versions of the games on platforms like GOG.