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While it technically "made a profit" it's sales after launch where massively under expectations. They where expecting to sell upwards of 30+ Million copies in
by dainchi 4y ago
While it technically "made a profit" it's sales after launch where massively under expectations.
They where expecting to sell upwards of 30+ Million copies in the first year. They sold 14+ Million before launch, and an additional 4 Million since. For an AAA game of this size that is a crazy dropoff, and it is unlikely to ever reach the original goal, even if the expansions manage to turn the massive PR hit to CD Projekt around.
(And thats ignoring the fact that CD's stock absolutely tanked after launch, and is unlikely to recover until The Witcher 4, if ever.)
- dleslie 4y agoSo it's not a smash hit, but it's not a failure either. In game development, any game that makes a profit is a success; that's just how our business is.