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Well, this was bound to happen sometime - but I expected it sooner, rather than as late as now. The Witcher series has become an incredible success in the videogame department, with each successive entry in the series becoming more and more of a masterpiece, culminating in The Witcher 3 - considered by many to be the ultimate RPG yet. The story for the games' development by CD Projekt Red goes way back to 2000, when the developers approached Andrjez Sapkowski on acquiring the rights to The Witcher, after a failed endeavor from another studio who had already bought the rights, but failed to deliver a game - Metropolis, which counted with Adrian Chmielarz (known for Bulletstorm, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter).
Andrjez Sapkowki's approach to the whole "games industry" informed his decision on how to sell the copyright to The Witcher series' and characters - with a "Well they brought a big bag of money! (...) What I expect from an adaptation: a big bag of money. That is all." And that is what he got, according to himself, though CD Projekt Red's co-founder Marcin Iwinski described it as "(not) a huge amount of money".
The author's stance on videogames as not being "worth his time" shouldn't have informed a business decision, however. Now, following the tremendous success of The Witcher series, the author seems to be growing less and less fond of the "big bag of money" he received - a clean, one-time-only sum pales in comparison to royalties pegged to the games' success and sales.
Of course, these sales and the incredible revenue that CD Projekt Red has derived form The Witcher series of videogames is partly - originally - due to the polish author's world and character building. However, I'd argue that most of the success stems from CD Projekt Red's focused, generous delivery and work ethics looking to elevate the bar ever further (much as they are certainly doing with Cyberpunk 2077). There have been a huge number of games with equally or even more interesting premises that haven't reached - and never will reach - the heights and bar set by The Witcher 3. And that's on CD Projekt's side of the table. As are, of course, the certainly very, very significant increases in book sales for the author in many western countries, which would never even have heard of his name and The Witcher series shouldn't the games have been created and achieved their own success.
The claim and CD Projekt Red's response can be read in the sources of this article; let it only be said, as way of summation, that Andrzej Sapkowski is looking for payment in the order of 6% of total The Witcher profits from CD Projekt Red; that he was looking to finish this deal with no pomp and circumstance and as quickly and quietly and possible; and that CD Projekt Red feels that its contractual obligations have been fulfilled. It may just be that CD Projekt's success offered way too many "big bags of money" for comfort.
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Andrjez Sapkowki's approach to the whole "games industry" informed his decision on how to sell the copyright to The Witcher series' and characters - with a "Well they brought a big bag of money! (...) What I expect from an adaptation: a big bag of money. That is all." And that is what he got, according to himself, though CD Projekt Red's co-founder Marcin Iwinski described it as "(not) a huge amount of money".
The author's stance on videogames as not being "worth his time" shouldn't have informed a business decision, however. Now, following the tremendous success of The Witcher series, the author seems to be growing less and less fond of the "big bag of money" he received - a clean, one-time-only sum pales in comparison to royalties pegged to the games' success and sales.
Of course, these sales and the incredible revenue that CD Projekt Red has derived form The Witcher series of videogames is partly - originally - due to the polish author's world and character building. However, I'd argue that most of the success stems from CD Projekt Red's focused, generous delivery and work ethics looking to elevate the bar ever further (much as they are certainly doing with Cyberpunk 2077). There have been a huge number of games with equally or even more interesting premises that haven't reached - and never will reach - the heights and bar set by The Witcher 3. And that's on CD Projekt's side of the table. As are, of course, the certainly very, very significant increases in book sales for the author in many western countries, which would never even have heard of his name and The Witcher series shouldn't the games have been created and achieved their own success.
The claim and CD Projekt Red's response can be read in the sources of this article; let it only be said, as way of summation, that Andrzej Sapkowski is looking for payment in the order of 6% of total The Witcher profits from CD Projekt Red; that he was looking to finish this deal with no pomp and circumstance and as quickly and quietly and possible; and that CD Projekt Red feels that its contractual obligations have been fulfilled. It may just be that CD Projekt's success offered way too many "big bags of money" for comfort.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
