Game News The Witcher sold more than one million copies

[Data4]

I still don't get all the hate. The Witcher may not be perfect, but it did a lot of things right and is a fantastic first release for CD Projekt. I congratulate their success and wish them well on future projects. Any Witcher sequel as going to be a must-buy for me, unless for some reason they lose the license and it goes to some place like Ubi.

 

[Radisshu]

The witcher is just what we need to prove the nonexistance of the hivemind even though the hivemind actually exists.

 

[Trash]

A million? Good for them and good for pc gaming. Nice to see quality recognised and rewarded for once.

 

[Lesifoere]

The witcher is just what we need to prove the nonexistance of the hivemind even though the hivemind actually exists.

Schrödinger's hivemind?

 

[Herbert West]

they both have crappy inventory systems perhaps (haven't played Witcher Enhanced yet though...)

The new inventory actually works great- it has autosort and autostack buttons and separate section for alchemical ingredients with filter for every type of reagent.

 

[Lesifoere]

Technically, ME has item filters too, but god, what a clusterfuck it is. Did anyone find "sorry your inventory is full lulz you must delete __ items before you can loot these" fun?

 

[Volourn]

"They are both Adventure games with some CRPG elements,"

Wrong. They are both Action RPGs.

" both have relatively linear storylines,"

Soemthing they both have in common with plenty of other RPGs.

" both have fetch quests and general running from area -> area to form a decent chunk of the gameplay,"

OMGZ! every RPG ever created has fetch quests. *yawn*


"both have fully voiced dialog,"

Big deal. This is 2008, and is part of RPGs now.


" both have horrifically out of place sex scenes,"

Wrong.


" both have ARPG combat systems. "

But... wait. I thought they were Adventure games? Make up your fuckin' mind.


Bah. You are THA retarded.


P.S. people mseem shocked that TW sold a lot. The game was hyped a lot, and as evidence by what wa sspent on it, it surely wasn't treated like a 2nd class class citizen. hell, they got advertsing courtesy of BIO. No doubt, 'engine from elite RPG developer BIOware' gave them extra sales. I know that I wouldn't have even paid attention to TW if it wasn't for the fact it was using Aurora. HUGE mistake of mine.

 

[Elwro]

I know this is more or less what most AAA titles cost nowadays, but still, especially considering it's debut from a Polish dev.. $11 Million sounds like a such a crazy amount of money.

Bear in mind this was when the Polish currency was very strong and the $ was worth nothing. Right now it'd be more like $7-8 million.

 

[serch]

I'm playing the EE now and it's the best cRPG in years, with MotB. The 1 million copies sold is even more meritorious knowing that the publisher is not doing its best with the distribution, I had to buy the EE in the UK.

 

[Shannow]

we spent more than $11 million developing The Witcher

I know this is more or less what most AAA titles cost nowadays, but still, especially considering it's debut from a Polish dev.. $11 Million sounds like a such a crazy amount of money.

IIRC, they were publishers in Poland/Eastern Europe before they started developing themselves. They also mentioned in earlier interviews that they didn't expect to make a profit of off the first Witcher game(s), but to establish the franchise and make money in the long run. Being occupied with playing and modding Mount & Blade my purchase of TW EE has been postponed indefinately but it will happen
I wish them less hype, more polished games in the future and best of luck^^
Wouldn't mind a TB-game either...

And I share Lesifoere's bafflement.

 

[Biges]

Maybe they should better finally release a patch to correct all new graphical glitches brought with the EE

http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=17287.0

 

[Morgoth]

Good for CD Project.

But Dragon Age will crush TW both critically and in terms of sold SKUs.

 

[doctor_kaz]

Very encouraging. 1 Million copies is a lot when you consider that games like this have absolutely no television exposure and minimal to no hype outside of hardcore niche sources. I hope that this means that the next Witcher game will be PC exclusive or, at the very least, PC lead.

 

[Volourn]

"consider that games like this have absolutely no television exposure and minimal to no hype outside of hardcore niche sources"

Bullshit. TW was hyped a lot. All over the gaming mags/websites, on the BIO site (not exactly unknow), and it even ahd some television exposure on the video game shows.

Stop trying to talk like TW came out of nowhere FFS.

 

[Darth Roxor]

One of the very rare times volly is right. I remember hearing about TW even on the radio.

 

[Herbert West]

One of the very rare times volly is right. I remember hearing about TW even on the radio.

That's because that radio was polish, wasn't it?

And Volourn is right to a degree- major gaming sites published previews, interviews and articles about twitcher on their front pages, but nothing comparable to some major games like Mass Effect or Fallout 3. Also it wasn't nearly as much hyped or as heavily advertised as other games you're mentioning.

So, this game didn't come out of nowhere, that's obvious.

But Dragon Age will crush TW both critically and in terms of sold SKUs.

I've no doubt about it- it will happen regardless of the quality of this game in relation to the witcher.

 

[Darth Roxor]

That's because that radio was polish, wasn't it?

Yes, but the fact that radioes around here never mention a tiny little thing about video games means something.

 

[dragonfk]

That's because that radio was polish, wasn't it?

Yes, but the fact that radioes around here never mention a tiny little thing about video games means something.

Yeah, it means that CDP as a publisher in Poland decided to pay money for TV and radio advertisments, big deal. You think that ATARI did something like that in their district?

 

[Darth Roxor]

That's because that radio was polish, wasn't it?

Yes, but the fact that radioes around here never mention a tiny little thing about video games means something.

Yeah, it means that CDP as a publisher in Poland decided to pay money for TV and radio advertisments, big deal.

Yes, and that is called 'hype', which is the current subject here.

 

[Rondel.]

It was hyped much in Poland, but I doubt that there was any hype in USA. Atari managed to sell 250k copies in US and A, while CD Projekt sold 250k in Poland and Novyi Disk 350k in Russia. Maybe it felt hyped alot on RPG Codex, because everything RPG relate comes here. I wouldn't hear about Mount'n'blade, but when I came to Codex, I saw many threads about it. Does it mean that this game is hyped? Maybe here, but rest of the world lives without such knowledge.

 

[dragonfk]

That's because that radio was polish, wasn't it?

Yes, but the fact that radioes around here never mention a tiny little thing about video games means something.

Yeah, it means that CDP as a publisher in Poland decided to pay money for TV and radio advertisments, big deal.

Yes, and that is called 'hype', which is the current subject here.

Current subject is wheter or not The Witcher was a game that was as much hyped as are blockbuster productions in the West. And may I remind you that Poland is not the West? So the most important question is: was TW advertised in USA, UK, Germany in radios or television?

 

[DefJam101]

God, Volourn is so boring the days.

 

[Hazelnut]

Anecdotal evidence: I've don't know a single person who has even heard of The Witcher, but some have heard of the biggie hypes like ME/F3.

FFS there's even a F3 poster on a bus stop near where I work which considering it would be way way down on a list of where to put posters in the UK means they're spending serious dosh.

 

[RainSong]

"consider that games like this have absolutely no television exposure and minimal to no hype outside of hardcore niche sources"

Bullshit. TW was hyped a lot. Stop trying to talk like TW came out of nowhere FFS.

Bullshit is what you have for brainz mofo.

Was going to answer your last post with some ''proves'' that you are full of shit, but my saving throw against brainless fuckers worked so I didn't waste my time. Maybe for once step out of your whorishworld and check some facts instead of pooling them out of your arse.

or simply, plane tickets bitch, I'll end your suffering.

 

[aweigh]

i don't know anyone who has ever heard of the witcher either, or the franchise. the fact that it's sold a million copies just demonstrates that good product generates good sales, and good will goes a LONG way.

volourn wouldn't know anything about this sort of thing, tho, as he never leaves his basement.