Shifty1897
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Witcher 3 sold 4 million copies in the first 2 weeks!
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A Serious Man
Member
Super thrilled to hear this, they fucking deserve it.
I love how it always turns in to a big dick contest.
The game did well yet the pettiness comes out as if it matters what platform sold the most, it isn't a contest there is no grand prize for someone's favourite platform out selling another.
It really doesn't matter.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Very nice.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Excellent numbers. Faith in gamers slightly restored.
Denton
Member
Yeah...we will hopefully see, if they release breakdown data. I dont think 1.3 mil on pc is overstated, on the contrary.
Audioboxer
Member
Well deserved!
How did you arrive at this conclusion?
The Steam version was more expensive, more restrictive (DRM), and only sold on one store.
The GoG version was cheaper, DRM-free and sold on many stores.
And then there is retail, which made up a large portion (>50%) of Witcher 2's initial PC sales.
I mean, you could be right, but you could also be way off. Saying "at best" is most certainly unwarranted.
In the middle of reading the books (on Time of Contempt), and I'm actually not a fan of Yennefer. Triss is better but I haven't seen a lot of her. Geralt is servicable, but I like Dandelion and Ciri is my favourite.
Lifejumper
Member
Congrats. New game + now pls.
Wiktor
Member
With 570K sales just on Steam it's possible the entire sales of PC version are over 2 mlns though, judging by how Witcher 2 performed.
I really doubt that Steam only contributes to less than a third of PC games sales.
It's possible, big, expansive games like this have long legs on PC, and the consoles have the upcoming holiday period.
captainnapalm
Member
Excellent news. If this game hadn't done well, it would have been an absolute travesty.
silver moose
Member
/fist bump
Honestly, I'd be down for a stamdalone version with online play a la hearthstone, that would be amazing.
That said, good for CDPR. It has been a while since a game grabbed me like TW3 has.
It has made me that much more excited for the expansion content and their next project.
Lovely Salsa
Banned
One of the few games Ive finished in the last 5 years and the first one Ive put 70+ hours in
With big discount Steam sales this game can definitely reach 10m ltd sales.
Yeah I doubt that's right.
At best, given POland seems pretty absent from Steam numbers, I'd say another 300,000 is more likely. About 800,000 sales on PC would be my, well, really nothing more than my gut guess.
But those numbers are going to continue to grow long after the console version has stopped selling, and we've also got a Steam sale coming up in a few days!
This is only good news for CDPR, I think this game will continue to sell on consoles into the holiday, and on PC until well into 2016.
This game has been nothing but fantastic so far, now 43 hours + into it.
Agree, I've had a lot of fun with it so far. The team put much love into creating the game and world
Was thinking the exact same thing. I'm hoping it has an affect on Bioware in particular.
I agree that Steam most certainly contributes the vast majority of the sales for most PC games.
But The Witcher 3 is not like most PC games.
Between retail sales in central and eastern Europe and the fact that all digital copies not on Steam did not include Steam codes I wouldn't be surprised if it did more than half of its numbers outside of Steam.
Witcher 2 sales in the first 6 months on PC were 75% retail, 25% digital. Even I was very surprised when I read these numbers.
Interfectum
Member
Witcher 3 has a long life ahead of it.
Nov/Dec Shopping Season
Expansions
"Game of the Year" editions
PC mods
Steam sales
PC mods could be huge, but I don't know how mod friendly the game is...
Wait, I think one fo the Skyrim modders mentioned something about mod tools being released for the game? Maybe I dreamt it.
If that's true, this game could have Skyrim level of legs on PC.
Sold at 4.50 around TW2 launch. Fuck my life.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
it's great to see games that just go above and beyond the norm, rewarded with stellar sales!
CDPR will release mod tools, hopefully faster than they did for 2.
Wiktor
Member
For Witcher 3 I doubt it's any more. Steam version is expensive as hell and lacks the physical bonuses.
Also...people often don't realize that a big reason for a high Steam numbers is because retail versions include Steam keys. Here they don't. It's all GOG keys. Every third-party DD store is also selling GOG keys.
Honestly..it just doesn't make sense to buy Witcher 3 on Steam in most of countries it's sold. Even in Germany retail version is 15 euros cheaper than Steam one. Buying W3 on Steam is essentially flushing money down the toilet at this point.
Yes, they said they're planning on releasing the tools for modding.
Big Green Anus
Member
Smart decision on releasing the games on consoles. I can see 8-12 millon lifetime sales with sales and Game of the Year editions.
mckmas8808
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mugurumakensei
Member
CDprojekt red plans to release redengine 3 tools for creating mods. We already have minor mods for the game. There will probably be custom mod tools before cdprojekt red releases the official modding tool. Took a year or more to release for witcher 2.
Linearskillz
Member
Best game ever. Super happy to see it do so well.
Given these sales, they now have the capital to develop it for as long as needed.
See you in 2018!
Gipsy Danger
Member
Wow. Just wow.
Great news for CDPR, game is fantastic. Just need to plug some more time into it.
They recently said this and next year are the year of Geralt. They didn't even start on it yet, so yeah some time away, 2018 the earliest.
derExperte
Member
We've all been there, selling almost any stock in 2011 was a bad idea.