games that are ported to Windows 7 from DX12 crash and have major glitches, switching OS only makes sense for DX12 API for this big game but Microsoft shafted us with force upgrades for DX API like they always do

Any update on whether Cyberpunk will run on Windows 7?

Yeah, if it's not on Windows 7, I can't play it. I have a Windows 8 laptop but there's no way it'll play the game (not even on lowest settings) at a playable framerate. Moreover, I refuse to use the pile of hot garbage that is Windows 10 until I'm literally forced to.

Frankly, I'm waiting until we get the requirements before I preorder. I really want to play it but I can't if they don't support 7.

The same for me. If it's not Windows 7 I won't be playing the game. (I might consider XBOX version, but very unlikely.)

CD Project RED should really, really overthink its OS philosophy.

Imo, abandoning Win 7 is a severe mistake.

An OS that is meant to be exploitative spyware shouldn't be supported without giving the consumer the possibility of alternative choice(s).

Don't abandon Windows 7!

I cannot understand why there should be a problem with this.

"The Witcher 3" was such a huge success ... surely there are enough resources for WIn 7 implementation.

I don't care if some optical gimmicks don't work in a Win 7 version. What really counts is the gameplay anyway!

Please don't make issues too easy for yourself - and hard for us conscious customers/players!

This. Unfortunately, I may have to do it either way as I think my current drive is slowly failing, but I'm planning to do a dual boot and leave 10 unactivated because I'm not about to pay $140 for a key for 10 and I don't want to use my 7 key for an upgrade. It still sucks either way, though.

It would be really nice to have CDPR create it's own OS. Format a drive, install it to the new drive under WhAtEvEr-OS and do an alt boot from BIOS to that drive to play the games.

But, i imagine every game Dev or Steamy-pile-of-Garbage platform would start doing that and you'd end up having a drive farm just to play your games.

That'd be a fun gimmick for Cyberpunk at least haha

The only way i'll be able to buy and play it is IF it either runs on Windows 7 OR Linux. Windows 10 just is not even a consideration for my systems going forward, MS have proven they can not be trusted anymore imho (during this whole Windows 8 to XboxOne and Windows 10 era). They are all about the spyware and control over your systems now, much more than they have ever been in the past.

There is a statement by CDPR lead graphics programmer Marcin Gollent, who actually confirms Windows 7 support for Cyberpunk 2077:

"Thanks to the introduction of DX12 support for Windows 7 SP1 that Microsoft introduced last year, the game will run on this system. We do, and will continue to, test Cyberpunk 2077 on Windows 7 in an attempt to iron out any edge-cases that might arise. Unfortunately, Windows 8 didn't receive its variant of DX12 libraries."

Source:
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Cyberpunk-2077-Spiel-20697/Specials/Raytracing-interview-1353192/

When i understand it right then the game will run on Windows 7:

Marcin Gollent from CDPR: "Dank der Einführung der DX12-Unterstützung für Windows 7 SP1, die Microsoft im vergangenen Jahr eingeführt hat, wird das Spiel auf diesem System laufen. Wir testen Cyberpunk 2077 auf Windows 7 und werden dies auch weiterhin tun, um eventuell auftretende Probleme auszubügeln. Leider hat Windows 8 seine Variante der DX12-Bibliotheken nicht erhalten."

"Since the implementation of DX 12 support for Win 7 SP1......, will the game run on this systems. We test CP2077 on Win7 and we keep doing that..........

Sorry for bad translation.

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Cyberpunk-2077-Spiel-20697/Specials/Technik-Interview-Raytracing-1353245/

SORRY, already wrote...

Sorry, but Windows 8.1 is still perfectly in service until 2023.

I really asking myself how much money has CDPR gotten by Microsoft to restrict it stricly to Windows 10 / DirectX 12.

Witcher 3 has also a perfectly running Linux version and Cyberpunk 2077 just has a newer version of the the game engine, so ....

If Cyberpunk 2077 really won't support Linux or Windows 8.1, I'll never buy something here again and will cancel my pre-order box, really.

Well that sounds like awesome news! Why do they not put this info in big BOLD letters here or on the game page? I'll hold of my purchase until this is all much more clear, but kudos to CDPR for helping make Windows 7 work on the game!

As for Windows 8, sadly it just comes down to the numbers of users and the fact MS pretty much killed it off before EoL. It was a shockingly terrible OS when it first came out, and never really recovered (in user numbers), a bit like Vista.

I think it's down to numbers - most people use W7 or W10, these days.

I think most people that used Windows 8.1 either moved to W10 or downgraded back to W7. Why anyone kept W8 or W8.1, that's beyond me.

Seriously, Windows 8's Metro UI was "meh." Had to use ClassicShell to keep that running right and well. W10's basic Start Menu is better and more desktop-orientated - but eh, still not ideal for me. I still use ClassicShell, even on W10.

Sure, W8 performed better than W7 - but its UI had issues. W10's a much better OS, in many ways - and well, as long as Microsoft doesn't keep pushing forced updates to fix one thing but maybe also break a bunch of other things.

I definitely do understand people's concerns here w/ say Spyware, tracking, and all of that stuff - but yeah, looks like it's W7 or W10 or bust here for Cyberpunk 2077 with official CDPR support, for now.

Would be interesting to see, if Microsoft ever decides to add DX12 support to W8.1 - but, I don't see that happening anytime soon.

I don't know if there's really enough numbers of Linux or Proton users right now, for it to run officially on versions of Linux. I'd be curious to see if CDP gets it going on Linux, Proton, or something of that sort officially - as that might make those happy that don't want to deal w/ W10...but it sure doesn't seem like it, right now.

I probably don't look or pay enough to Linux and whatnot - but does WINE on Linux support DX12 yet? Could it be possible for users to get CP 2077 running on Linux with WINE?

Don't mix Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, despite its similar version name. Windows 8 is long gone and not supported anymore, Windows 8.1 is a complete different operating system and is supported until 2023.

Microsoft was forced to remove most of the annoying stuff of Windows 8 and it only a checkbox to almost never see the Metro stuff, so it is nearly like Windows 7, but with better hardware and software support.

Oh, the reason why people use Windows 8.1? This is the last version of Windows which calls itself an operating system, Windows 10 is viewed and called by Microsoft as a service not an operating system.

Nope, no dice with WINE and DirectX 12, as far as I can tell, but I can very well imagine that the Linux community will rush to make it playable with WINE and/or DXVK.