Monday, February 24th 2020
CD Projekt Red Now Second Largest Gaming Company in Europe
CD Projekt Red has to be the most renowned games developer in the world, due to its consumer-friendly policies and overall posture when it comes to creating and maintaining their game worlds. The company has always given gamers more than the average company, with free DLCs being delivered throughout the first year of support for a given title (looking at you, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt), and added goodies to packages that from most other companies usually only feature the plastic packaging around the game disk. Their GOG games platform is also one of the most well-established out there, and has helped build the company's image due to its DRM-free approach.
All of this, alongside the fact that The Witcher series has seen a resurgence with the release of the Netflix series, and expectations on their upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 title, have led the company towards tremendous growth, with it now ranking as second largest European gaming company, second only to Ubisoft - and the difference is still tremendous. Ubisoft has around 16,000 employees (as of 2019), and is home to some of the world's most historic franchises, while CD Projekt Red counts more than 900 employees (as of 2018), with that number having certainly increasing in size in preparation for, and in continued development, of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077.CD Projekt Red took to Twitter to thank their fans, and added that The Witcher 3 has already accumulated more than $50 million on Steam alone - which means that now, the company takes in 80% of the value of each digital sale through that platform. I, for one, like to see the proverbial "good guys" doing well, and here's hoping for another resounding success in the form of Cyberpunk 2077.
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All of this, alongside the fact that The Witcher series has seen a resurgence with the release of the Netflix series, and expectations on their upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 title, have led the company towards tremendous growth, with it now ranking as second largest European gaming company, second only to Ubisoft - and the difference is still tremendous. Ubisoft has around 16,000 employees (as of 2019), and is home to some of the world's most historic franchises, while CD Projekt Red counts more than 900 employees (as of 2018), with that number having certainly increasing in size in preparation for, and in continued development, of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077.CD Projekt Red took to Twitter to thank their fans, and added that The Witcher 3 has already accumulated more than $50 million on Steam alone - which means that now, the company takes in 80% of the value of each digital sale through that platform. I, for one, like to see the proverbial "good guys" doing well, and here's hoping for another resounding success in the form of Cyberpunk 2077.
13 Comments on CD Projekt Red Now Second Largest Gaming Company in Europe
Great to see that talent is rewarded by us gaming folk
Don't tell anyone or EA will try to buy them out.
Keep it gangsta :cool:
P.S. Here's hoping more people will recognize how amazing GOG is and if they have a choice, choose to support CDPR as much as possible compared to other platforms.
There's a distinctiveness about them (compared to Western counterparts) that's very refreshing.
Very cool.
I do question your assertion abut CDPR tho, since The Witcher was released in October 2007, and 5 months later in February 2008 they began GOG, a place to buy drm-free games.
Only briefly, early after release of The Witcher 2, did they “go after” pirates. Even then it was not for legal action. They contacted them and asked them to pay, if they liked it. When that disnt go well in forums, and when they saw the version without securom was selling better, they decided from then on to kill the pirates with kindness and quality content.
www.cinemablend.com/games/Pirates-Misunderstood-Customers-Says-CD-Projekt-RED-57456.html