CD Projekt revealed sale (and profit) numbers of The Witcher 2

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[QUOTE="PC360Wii"] What does this have to do with console games? there has been pleanty of viral hype and marketing for the Witcher 2, its a free alternative or addition that works well. I didnt get the memo that we base sales as "awesome" based on Sales : Marketing Ratio..... "Niche RPG" oh please..... whats niche about it exactly? The massive hype? the game mechanics resembeling those of a typical modern western RPG? the most hyped up PC RPG exclusive (well so we thought.... bet CDproject was having a good laugh at people buying multiple copies to ensure it was a success so it would stay PC exclusive... or buying it off GoG.) Nothing "Niche" about the witcher 2.

It was a direct competitor to Bioware's style RPG, with industry leading graphics (RPGs), copying the now not niche Demon Souls.

I think peopel forget when a company stops going indie.

NoodleFighter

Profit is more important than sales. Right now the witcher 2 is probably more profitable than crysis2.

That reminds me of all the things Crytek said about single player only games not selling on PC they I wonder how they feel when looking at this :P

They've already said in interviews that in retrospect, they feel stupid for approaching crysis 2 the way they did.

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Profit is more important than sales. Right now the witcher 2 is probably more profitable than crysis2.

topgunmv

That reminds me of all the things Crytek said about single player only games not selling on PC they I wonder how they feel when looking at this :P

They've already said in interviews that in retrospect, they feel stupid for approaching crysis 2 the way they did.

Hope they show the learned better in their next game on PC.

I wish they would also port TW1 to the 360.
Package it together with TW2.That would be lovely.

Nearly a million copies sold in 3 monthsDJ_Headshot

Actually,those numbers are from half of that time. ;)

[QUOTE="DJ_Headshot"]Nearly a million copies sold in 3 monthsArach666

Actually,those numbers are from half of that time. ;)

I was expecting this game to sell more considering its a big PC exclusive. Well hopefully they get more sales, and hopefully the xbox 360 version next year will give them more sales as well. They are an awesome developer and they deserve the sales. I am hoping piracy for this game was low, because it would be a shame that this game suffered potential sales loss due to scum **** pirates.

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[QUOTE="ocstew"]So now PC gamers can stop claiming DD makes up over 50% of PC sales in rebut poor retail figures from devs. I'm a PC gamer too but you have to face the truth. Anyway, great sales figures for TW2.ocstew

I believe the 50% DD numbers were solely NA.

Link

NPD releases the statement.

Great to hear,it deserves it.One of the best games for 2011

Great news, PC gamers support good devs.

Sell out devs should look to people like this as an example, Crytek for example.

That's good news. It was a great game just like the first one and deserved to sell well.

More than 20% of those copies were sold in digital distribution.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that it's likely less than 25% and definitely less than 30%. This surprises me because I usually hear PC gamers looking at retail numbers and saying that digital sales are likely double or more.

More than 20% of those copies were sold in digital distribution.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that it's likely less than 25% and definitely less than 30%. This surprises me because I usually hear PC gamers looking at retail numbers and saying that digital sales are likely double or more.

Senor_Kami

I was expecting this game to sell more considering its a big PC exclusive. Well hopefully they get more sales, and hopefully the xbox 360 version next year will give them more sales as well. They are an awesome developer and they deserve the sales. I am hoping piracy for this game was low, because it would be a shame that this game suffered potential sales loss due to scum **** pirates.

AkimboBFGNinja

Those sales were from the first 6 weeks, it has probably sold well over a million by now. Pirates also shouldn't be seen as lost sales either, if the game sold well it sold well, who cares what pirates are doing.