Friday, May 29th 2020
The Witcher Franchise Soars Past 50 Million Games Sold
CD Projekt Red announced that the cumulative sale of games in the Witcher franchise has surpassed the 50 million mark. This news comes three years after the developer broke through the 25 million mark on the same franchise, and speaks to the intemporality that can be achieved by games developed during the last gen. While there will always be improvements in graphics technologies (though the diminishing returns equation is already definitely present), it can be said that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt still remains a beautiful game today. This is true even if you don't consider the numerous graphical improvement mods that have been made available since; and that helps games keep their sales momentum for many more years than those developed in previous gens.
Sales of games on The Witcher franchise have obviously increased following Netflix's successful adaptation of the universe for its The Witcher streaming series, with original author of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, also enjoying increased book sales in the same period. It's a circular system of sorts - and a well deserved one for CD Projekt Red. Here's hoping the developers can achieve the same level of acclaim (and sales) on their Cyberpunk 2077 project - only four months to go now.
Sales of games on The Witcher franchise have obviously increased following Netflix's successful adaptation of the universe for its The Witcher streaming series, with original author of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, also enjoying increased book sales in the same period. It's a circular system of sorts - and a well deserved one for CD Projekt Red. Here's hoping the developers can achieve the same level of acclaim (and sales) on their Cyberpunk 2077 project - only four months to go now.
37 Comments on The Witcher Franchise Soars Past 50 Million Games Sold
Not too bad on writing from memory :clap:
But that screenshot for the CB2077 is not correct, the Studio is not the old one anymore, they setup an internal Ethics Dept like Square Enix, it's in the latest Investor Relations report (Pg18) and considering all the latest "PC" drama happening with the game news. And the art style of that screenshot from 2013 teaser is not there in this game, now It just looks like a glorified GTA with ugly GFX fidelity (from the demos), and the model used for MoCap for 2013 Teaser/Screenshot is not there as well apparently as the latest Female V is not at all like that on the Box or game art or even before that V doesn't look like that at all.
If CP2077 tuens out to just be GTA V with more side activities I'll be rather let down, especially after the witcher 3 was so good.
And V isn't a fixed female or male character. You can change his face, skin color, body type... it's no different than the generic dragonborn of Skyrim. He's a Nord, but you can play as a khajit, what's up with that ? :rolleyes:
I don't mean to be rude, but some of your points make it sounds like you didn't follow the communication around the game.
1st person all the way for my self, makes you think harder more surprises that way too. Although RDR2 i run 3rd person some time's but that's due to how dam nice they made those horses.
I just hope it don't turn out like another Deus ex, as much as i loved the original never been that into them since.
You won't believe the perspective!
MAYBE when it becomes more of a norm.
3rd person is fine for strategy based games but being 3rd person, it's far less immersive. CP Project Red choose well when they choose first person.
You won’t get the option for third person combat in a real gunfight, with all its limitation on perspective etc. You’re going to see what you see in your field of view when it cones to life-threatening combat, no matter how many drones and advanced optics are on the the battlefield.