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And that reminds me of Andrzej Sapkowski and CD Project Red deal https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17927916/the-witcher-author-andrzej-sapkowski-royalties-cd-p
by Krizzu 6y ago
And that reminds me of Andrzej Sapkowski and CD Project Red deal
https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17927916/the-witcher-author-andrzej-sapkowski-royalties-cd-projekt-red https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17927916/the-witcher-autho...
- cauthon 6y ago> “I was stupid enough to sell them rights to the whole bunch,” Sapkowski said at the time. “They offered me a percentage of their profits. I said, ‘No, there will be no profit at all — give me all my money right now! The whole amount.’ It was stupid. I was stupid enough to leave everything in their hands because I didn’t believe in their success. But who could foresee their success? I couldn’t.” Do you think he would have returned the lump sum if the game failed and they went broke? You give up risk when you ask for a lump sum
- oblio 6y agoWhy not split the difference? A lump sum and a smaller percentage.
- skinnymuch 6y agoFor the author? Since he didnt believe in it, any slice would have been timny. His regret and words would likely be close to the same.
- Scoundreller 6y agoAnd one could argue that the gamemakers were much more motivated to create a successful product when they started out in the red, but got the keep all of any profits.
- megablast 6y agoCD Projekt Red is a computer game company who created a game based on sapkowski’s books. The games and company did very well.
- uep 6y agoThat's the point. He gave up royalties for a lump sum, when the game seems to currently be the 23rd best-selling game of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...