Today CD Projekt presented its financial results for the first quarter of this year. As part of them, we learned that The Witcher 3 has reached a new sales milestone. Plans for a Phantom Liberty story expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 have also been confirmed.
A celebration of the almost ten year adventure of Geralt of Rivia. A game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt since its launch in 2015, it has sold over 50 million units worldwide. In April last year, more than 40 million copies were reported. The open-world RPG continues to sell at an impressive pace. The success was helped by the next generation version, which appeared last year on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
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To give you an idea of how successful The Witcher 3 is, with 50 million it has risen to 9th in the list of the best-selling video games of all time, above Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow (47.5 million copies) and below Red Dead Redemption 2 (53 million copies). But of course you have to take into account the release date, the western action from Rockstar did it twice as fast. Top sellers are Minecraft (238 million copies) and Grand Theft Auto V (180 million copies).
Thanks to the success of the third installment, The Witcher trilogy is under consideration. over 75 million pieces. Therefore, it is not surprising that CD Projekt RED is preparing a new trilogywhich will use the modern Unreal Engine 5 for the first time. It is also in preparation spin offbut development at The Molasses Flood studio is not going as expected, and remake of the first part in connection with the fool’s theory.
CD Projekt RED also confirmed that Summer Games Festival will be presented in more detail phantom freedom pro Cyberpunk 2077. The first and last story expansion for the cyberpunk adventure will be available to journalists after Summer Game Fest. After that, the extension will be shown at other events.
Phantom Liberty was previously speculated to be released in June/July. However, this is unlikely due to other events. Let’s see if a date for Summer Game Fest is announced. An overview of the summer presentations is here.
WE ARE NOT FOR SALE!
Adam Kiczynski, CEO of CD Projekt, took the opportunity during a conference call to dispel rumors that the Polish company could be bought by Sony or someone else.
“CD Projekt is not for sale. We want to remain independent.” he said that going your own way is very interestingthough not easy.
Source :Indian TV
