The Witcher 3: Title sold over 30 million times
The Witcher 3
It's been almost six years since The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released and the title still inspires numerous players. In total, The Witcher 3 has now sold over 30 million times. The entire Witcher series comes to over 50 million units sold. It is interesting to see that The Witcher 3 has shown increasing sales figures again since 2019. The fantasy role-playing game is becoming more popular again and is a permanent source of revenue for CD Project Red.Recommended editorial content Here you can find external content from [PLATFORM]. To protect your personal data, external integrations are only displayed if you confirm this by clicking on "Load all external content": Load all external content I consent to external content being displayed to me. This means that personal data is transmitted to third-party platforms. Read more about our privacy policy . External content More on this in our data protection declaration. The new Witcher series, which recently finished filming the second season, could contribute a large part to the recurring interest in the title. The hype surrounding Cyberpunk 2077 could also have helped the title's sales, as it was perhaps the first time that players heard about CD Project Red. Not to forget that the Covid pandemic has given players around the world significantly more time to play.
CD Project Red also announced that Cyberpunk 2077 sold over 13.7 million times in 2020. Despite the numerous bugs, the title was able to achieve a certain degree of success. We also got some interesting facts about the development of the game. Cyberpunk 2077 had a budget of about 1.2 billion PLN, which is about 263 million euros. In addition, a team of 530 developers from CD Project Red was involved in the game.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Sales Reached Nearly 14 Million Copies, The Witcher 3 Hits 30 Million Copies Sold
CD Projekt Red has revealed their latest financial figures for fiscal year 2020 that ended last month. In the report they revealed Cyberpunk 2077 had sold 13.7 million copies. Meanwhile, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has shifted another couple of million copies to put its base game and DLC add-ons at 30 million copies over its lifetime.
The Witcher franchise still remains at more than 50 million copies sold between the three games and the DLC add-ons. Of those sales, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold more than 30 million copies on its own, two million more than it had at the same time last year and far outweighing the combined sales of the previous two titles. FY 2020 was its third best year so far, only being beaten by FY 2015 when the game launched and FY 2016 that saw the release of the game’s second DLC expansion Blood and Wine. With a PlayStation 5 update due to arrive in the second half of 2021, the sales of the game will likely increase even further next year.
The developer’s other more controversial franchise, Cyberpunk 2077, has now sold more than 13.7 million copies. As the game had reached more than 13 million copies sold back in December, sales over the last few months have been much slower. According to the developer, this is due to the game’s removal from the PlayStation Store and its knock-on effect on sales on other platforms. The game relies heavily on digital sales; only 27% of those sales have been physical discs. Despite the game’s removal, 28% of the game’s sales have been on the PlayStation 4 console with just 17% selling on Xbox One.
CD Projekt offered a refund program for those wanting to return their copies of the game after its launch after many complained of a “poor experience.” According to GamesIndustry.biz, the company revealed this has led to just 30,000 refund requests through their offer. While this won’t include refunds issued through Sony or retailers like GameStop, this will have made barely a dent on the game’s overall sales.
The financial results also revealed some interesting details about the game’s development. Its total budget was 1.2 billion PLN (just under $319 million) and those costs had already been recouped back in December. While the development team included 530 developers from CD Projekt Red, the game involved more than 5,200 people in total. Because the game was launched in 18 languages with voice overs in 11 of them, 2,000 actors were involved in the title. Development continues on the game with more patches that aim to turn the game into a state where they can “successfully sell it for years to come.” The PlayStation 5 version of the title and a free next-gen upgrade is also due to be released during the second half of 2021.
[Source: Twitter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), GamesIndustry.biz]
