Few weeks ago, a rumour apparead on the Internet, which claimed, that Andrzej Sapkowski received just $4000 for the license to the never released Witcher game by Metropolis Software. This claim has since been denied by Adrian Chmielarz, CEO of the defunct studio.
However, in the comments section of his Facebook post, Sebastian Zieliński, former (original) head of CDPR stated, that the amount paid for the license to The Witcher 1 was 35000PLN paid in two instalments - 15000PLN and 20000PLN. This translates to around $9500 in today's money.
Zieliński kept a copy of the first draft of the contract, which was rejected by Sapkowski, because CDPR misspelled Geralt's name as Gerald.
Zieliński's comment on Facebook - in Polish
Polish article about it
However, in the comments section of his Facebook post, Sebastian Zieliński, former (original) head of CDPR stated, that the amount paid for the license to The Witcher 1 was 35000PLN paid in two instalments - 15000PLN and 20000PLN. This translates to around $9500 in today's money.
Zieliński kept a copy of the first draft of the contract, which was rejected by Sapkowski, because CDPR misspelled Geralt's name as Gerald.
Zieliński's comment on Facebook - in Polish
Polish article about it