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6 Million Copies in 6 Weeks | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited August 2015 in News & Features Discussion

image6 Million Copies in 6 Weeks | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | MMORPG.com

CD Projekt Red has sent out an open letter that astonishing fact that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold over six million copies in just six weeks since launch.

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  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,320
    Good for them. I hope the AAA companies take note and learn what was done right and apply it to their own games instead of mimicking successes.
  • Nemesis7884Nemesis7884 Member UncommonPosts: 1,023
    Alverant said:
    Good for them. I hope the AAA companies take note and learn what was done right and apply it to their own games instead of mimicking successes.
    especially since the budget for the witcher 3 was actually pretty low (well salaries in poland are low of course but still) i hope 6mio meets their expecations
  • laseritlaserit Member LegendaryPosts: 7,591
    Congratulations to CD Projekt Red

    The success is well deserved. 

    "Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee

  • ArteanArtean Member UncommonPosts: 215
    laserit said:
    Congratulations to CD Projekt Red

    The success is well deserved. 
    Indeed it is.

    .............
    When in doubt, troll.

  • alkarionlogalkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584
    and with no DRM and 16 free DLC after launch
    FOR HONOR, FOR FREEDOM.... and for some money.
  • Thomas2006Thomas2006 Member RarePosts: 1,152
    If there is one company that deserves the success its CD Projekt Red. They put there hearts into Witcher 3 and its a well deserved success. Little disappointed on the whole mod tools thing but that's easily excused when you put out an amazing game.
  • AlomarAlomar Member RarePosts: 1,299
    The game became my 2nd favorite rpg of all time and surpassed Skyrim for me. Definitely the best rpg developer out there atm and they deserve success.
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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    They earn their money and respect. Great devs CD Projekt Red




  • MrSnufflesMrSnuffles Member UncommonPosts: 1,117
    So, what happened to "We need DRM desperately or all the pirates will steal our software"?

    Looks like that if you produce good software people are perfectly happy to pay for it.

    Other developers and publishers should take a lesson from CDP.
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  • Dragon43591Dragon43591 Member UncommonPosts: 47
    No joke, No one cares The Witcher series is not an Mmo series, So i see no relevance to this Post being made.
  • ArskaaaArskaaa Member RarePosts: 1,265
    Glad to hear they made some money:) Just awesome game.
  • Gobstopper3DGobstopper3D Member RarePosts: 966
    Glad to hear it's doing well.

    I'm not an IT Specialist, Game Developer, or Clairvoyant in real life, but like others on here, I play one on the internet.

  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    No joke, No one cares The Witcher series is not an Mmo series, So i see no relevance to this Post being made.
    Your a bit late, but welcome to 2015, we discuss games these days, not just MMO's.
  • demodardemodar Member UncommonPosts: 63
    If it was SQE they would call it a failure just like their tomb raider selling 3 million the first week or 2
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,000
    Glad to hear their doing so well.  Good for them.

    "We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa      "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."  SR Covey

  • killion81killion81 Member UncommonPosts: 995
    DMKano said:
    Alverant said:
    Good for them. I hope the AAA companies take note and learn what was done right and apply it to their own games instead of mimicking successes.
    The difference between a single player game and a MMO are pretty major. AAA MMO devs have almost nothing to learn from this, as the vast majority is simply not applicable.

    There is one take away for all game developers.  If you make a good game, people will buy it.
  • LilithMLilithM Member UncommonPosts: 82
    Nice to hear. I have no interest in W3 myself, but this is nevertheless great news. Though, I would love to play it if I could choose my gender. Hopefully the next game from CD Projekt allows us to to choose, I defiantly would buy it if I could.
  • KenFisherKenFisher Member UncommonPosts: 5,035
    Great to see a hit.
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  • Methos12Methos12 Member UncommonPosts: 1,244
    Nemesis7884 said:
    Alverant said:
    Good for them. I hope the AAA companies take note and learn what was done right and apply it to their own games instead of mimicking successes.
    especially since the budget for the witcher 3 was actually pretty low (well salaries in poland are low of course but still) i hope 6mio meets their expecations
    From what I understand the budget actually climbed up significantly specifically because CDPR hired a lot of foreign people who wanted to paid competitively. Not to mention the marketing budget was about the same as development budget in the end after the delay.
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  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    LilithM said:
    Nice to hear. I have no interest in W3 myself, but this is nevertheless great news. Though, I would love to play it if I could choose my gender. Hopefully the next game from CD Projekt allows us to to choose, I defiantly would buy it if I could.
    Not a simple thing to do, the game is based around the guy after all, to change that, would probably double the workload, and effectively make it 2 seperate games.
  • arobiarobi Member UncommonPosts: 124
    Its a fantastic game no doubt I enjoyed most of my time with it. Now if they could just fix the framerate on ps4 I would be happy. An option to drop to 900p would be nice. I had to stop playing my ng+ cuz i just couldnt get past the combat lag its really bad imo.
  • gunmanvladgunmanvlad Member UncommonPosts: 281
    Well deserved, actually I would say I'm surprised that they only sold 6 mil. Witcher 3 is a beautiful masterpiece, they deserve all the credit and recognition they're getting. I hope other devs take heed of what this studio has produced, and get their AAA game on.
  • killion81killion81 Member UncommonPosts: 995
    DMKano said:
    killion81 said:
    DMKano said:
    Alverant said:
    Good for them. I hope the AAA companies take note and learn what was done right and apply it to their own games instead of mimicking successes.
    The difference between a single player game and a MMO are pretty major. AAA MMO devs have almost nothing to learn from this, as the vast majority is simply not applicable.

    There is one take away for all game developers.  If you make a good game, people will buy it.

    Of course - but this is not exactly a big learning point for any game dev - it's just common sense.


    One would think.  However, looking at some of the garbage that has been released, you have to wonder...
  • heerobyaheerobya Member UncommonPosts: 465
    Really want to buy it, but with so many good games coming out this fall, I just don't have the time.

    I wonder what % of sales were console vs. PC - don't need DRM for console games :)
  • TimesplitTimesplit Member UncommonPosts: 191
    edited August 2015
    Meh, the sales are good, but the game came at the cost of CDPR themselves and the ending to Geralt's story. No chance i'll trust what they're saying with Cyberpunk 2077 before the game is released. Witcher 3 - decent standalone game, poor sequel. Still, GOG is the best thing about them.
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