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[EatChildren]

CDPR issued a statement. Credit to ScepticMatt.

http://www.gog.com/news/news_gog_galaxy_home_to_over_half_of_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_pc_gamers

PC sales (thread worthy?)

GOG: 693k (gog)

Steam: 572k (steamspy)

So PC sales are just above 30% of the total

(not counting Origin/uPlay sales, which I'm guessing are negligible)

PC sales = ~1.3 million (of ~4.0 million total)

 

[Lingitiz]

Not bad at all. Glad to see GOG doing well.

 

[UnrealEck]

What about retail physical sales? Are those included? Also, those included with graphics cards.

 

[dakun]

they must be happy to have such an amazing multiplattform launch.. just further proves the point that it's really the best way to go if you have the resources.

 

[Jigorath]

So nice to see the GOG version outselling Steam.

 

[Dictator93]

What about retail physical sales? Are those included?

I have no idea, does retail use GOG or something?

So nice to see the GOG version outselling Steam.

They way the galaxy client handles the game is quite nice to be honest. Manual patching, all the selectable options... I like it.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

What about retail physical sales? Are those included?

Sorry double post

 

[Yurikerr]

Wow, nice numbers for all platforms.

Good job CDPR.

(I edited my post so people stop thinking
that I'm downplaying pc sales)

 

[FlyStarJay]

What about retail physical sales? Are those included? Also, those included with graphics cards.

well it says all other pc platform, so i will assume retail is included as most physical sales uses steam. IMO

 

[Phamit]

so about 40k on Uplay + Origin

 

[Maintenance]

Wow, if pc sales account for 30%,console sales were huge!

And that's a game that was said to be pc focused.

It didn't take long, less than 10 posts.

 

[dragn]

how much of that are the 15€ witcher 3's from russian gog :<

 

[me0wish]

I'm sure this includes the free copies given away with nvidia cards, still, I'm glad its doing good, Steam needs some competition.

 

[SlickVic]

Hmm, so is the GOG total including physical copies that were redeemed on GOG and 3rd party sellers who were selling GOG codes at a sizable discount before release like GMG and Nuuvem? If so, not too surprising to see it on top.

 

[Felix Lighter]

well it says all other pc platform, so i will assume retail is included as most physical sales uses steam. IMO

The physical copies of the Witcher 3 do not use stream. In fact, I don't believe you need to register it on any digital platform.

 

[Sportbilly]

Good figures- I wonder if the non-GOG Galaxy figures also include games installed without using GOG Galaxy, as well as Steam, uPlay and Origin? Or is that just all installs from GOG itself?

 

[MUnited83]

Should be noted that it still sold better on Steam than directly on GOG. GOG keys are what's sold by every retailer but Steam. That plus the physical versions being redeemableon GOG and the Nvidia promo that also gives a GOG key.

 

[UnrealEck]

I have no idea, does retail use GOG or something?

I don't think it uses anything.

The numbers are generally going to be higher than this count. There's loads of online sellers who were likely never even counted.

 

[Pocky4Th3Win]

so about 40k on Uplay + Origin

Doubt it, they are probably tied to GOG like nvidia codes were.

EDIT: Saw that it was on origin, my bad.

Retail is DRM free plus an optional GOG code.

Thought every retail copy needed to connect to GOG to get the missing files?

 

[Corpekata]

Retail is DRM free plus an optional GOG code.

 

[Grief.exe]

Wow, if pc sales account for 30%,console sales were huge!

And that's a game that was said to be pc focused.

Math is hard

 

[MUnited83]

It wasn't available on neither of those platforms I thought...

It is. GOG code.

 

[SwiftDeath]

So this wouldn't count retail pc copies right?

 

[Gipsy Danger]

PC really is dying.

 

[Dictator93]

Retail is DRM free plus an optional GOG code.

Well there it is.

I wonder if If Klaus Simülator registers GOG codes.

 

[crazysapertonight]

Not bad almost 1/3 of all sales

 

[Yurikerr]

Math is hard

?? I really don't understand what's wrong with my statement.

Maybe I'm dumb =)

 

[iNvid02]

127 hours played by top 1%

*pats self on back*

 

[Dictator93]

*pats self on back*

Working my way there, I have like 60 hours and I am only in Novigrad.

 

[Grief.exe]

?? I really don't understand what's wrong with my statement.

Maybe I'm dumb =)

30% PC would imply there was an almost even split between the three platforms. Though empirical evidence would show the PS4's portion being higher.

Alternatively, the majority of the PC platforms sales will be on the back end, while console sales almost always jump off a cliff after the first week or two. The fact that the PC essentially matched the consoles from day one is quite impressive.

 

[Beerman462]

I like seeing games do well on PC. Incentive for other publishers. *cough*Capcom*cough

Spoiler

Dragons Dogma

 

[bigace33]

So nice to see the GOG version outselling Steam.

agreed

 

[Totobeni]

Amazon and other third party sellers were only selling GOG keys and the disc come with a GoG key, so I see how GOG beat Steam on this.

 

[Dice]

Amazon and other third party sellers where only selling GOG keys and the disc come with a GoG key, so I see how GOG beat Steam on this.

Did they count the GOG keys that came with videocards?

 

[Obliterator]

Very impressive PC sales

 

[Momentary]

?? I really don't understand what's wrong with my statement.

Maybe I'm dumb =)

Maybe people are just tired of folks like you who lump together 2 different physical platforms only when it suits them.

 

[UnrealEck]

Did they count the GOG keys that came with videocards?

I don't think we know. Same for physical.

 

[Rajang]

GOG

 

[Mifec]

Thought every retail copy needed to connect to GOG to get the missing files?

Nope. You could download it without a gog acc.

 

[Momentary]

Did they count the GOG keys that came with videocards?

I'm sure they did, just like console platforms count those games that come with their systems as well.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

*pats self on back*

Damn, my 93 hours are pathetic. Guess I could load up my final save and finally give gwent, horse races & boxing a try.

 

[Mrbob]

Look at the GOG split. I bought my copy on Steam hoping to be able to get a GoG code sometime in the future.

So I'm guessing overall the numbers are PS4 > PC >>>XB1.

Did they count the GOG keys that came with videocards?

Whatever has been activated. No different than console bundles throwing the game in for free.

 

[Yurikerr]

30% PC would imply there was an almost even split between the three platforms. Though empirical evidence would show the PS4's portion being higher.

Alternatively, the majority of the PC platforms sales will be on the back end, while console sales almost always jump off a cliff after the first week or two. The fact that the PC essentially matched the consoles from day one is quite impressive.

Yes, but what's wrong with what I said?

This data shows that of the 4 million copies sold roughly 70% were on consoles. And that's a big percentage.

Even more surprising because the series was always associated with pc.

I didn't imply that the pc sales were bad, I just expressed amusement with the consoles ratio.

 

[derExperte]

So much for PC selling only 700.000 or whatever some 'experts' were predicting here after the initial numbers.

 

[Mrbob]

So much for PC selling only 700.000 or whatever some 'experts' were predicting here after the initial numbers.

I think they were just tracking the Steam numbers through Steamspy.

This data shows that of the 4 million copies sold roughly 70% were on consoles. And that's a big percentage.

If you are going to bundle the PS4 and XB1 together you might as well throw the PC in there too. PS4 is taking up a significant part of the console percentage. I can see why Sony let CD Projekt push the 1.04 patch through early.

 

[SlickVic]

Amazon and other third party sellers where only selling GOG keys and the disc come with a GoG key, so I see how GOG beat Steam on this.

Yeah, reading the press release, I'm not seeing anything that says all 693k of these copies activated on GOG were all bought on GOG. The game isn't Steamworks, places like GMG and Nuuvem were selling GOG keys for like $30-$35 before release (among other sources), so if they're clumping all these together and saying 693k copies are activated on GOG, no real shock that's higher than the number on Steam (where all copies had to be bought directly from Steam to activate there).

 

[derExperte]

I think they were just tracking the Steam numbers through Steamspy.

Correct, but that was mentioned a few times and still people were laughing at predictions above 1m for PC.

 

[Anno]

I mean, this is GoGs home turf, so it's not surprising to see these numbers. Great sales all around though, and I imagine they'll keep on going up at a solid clip. Anything that can force some more competition towards Valve is probably good for PC games.

 

[Yurikerr]

Maybe people are just tired of folks like you who lump together 2 different physical platforms only when it suits them.

Man....
Did I said anything wrong? Is there any rule that i broke?

Why are people jumping on me?

I just expressed surprise with the sales breakdown. For me Witcher was a more pc focused game, just like let's say Diablo.

There's no consoles vs pc mentality on my post

 

[Vibranium]

I wish CDPR would sell Steam codes through retailers as well but then GOG numbers wouldn't be high I guess. I just like having choice.