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by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 30, 2008 2:46pm PDTNoting the number represent sales to "real, live people" playing on a platform some have declared "dead", CD Projekt RED announced that its debut project The Witcher (PC) has sold through one million copies since the game's release twelve months ago.
"We created The Witcher with the intent of becoming an acclaimed and successful development studio that always made games for its fans; we spent more than $11 million developing The Witcher and the Enhanced Edition, and it sure is nice to make some of that money back!" said CEO Adam Kicinski about the milestone.
CD Projekt followed the original release of The Witcher with an Enhanced Edition last month, offering re-recorded dialogue, additional NPCs models, improved load times and many other improvements. The company also recently launched Good Old Games, a digital distribution platform for classic PC games.
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Bollocks. Look at EA's profit a report down the page, after the 360, the PC is their second most lucrative platform, ahead of both the PS3 and the Wii.
Is the PS3 a dead platform?
The Wii?
The problem has always been that the PC doesn't have a single voice, that spends fortunes on marketting and PR. 360 games are released like crazy (look at the reports on how early Fallout 3 and GTA4 were availble) but you dont hear a sniff about it.
Consoles would love the demise of the PC, it means more money for the taking, but the PC aint going anywhere, and is in fact going from strength to strength. Leading the way in every technology going from graphics to distribution to online communities, the PC always has, and always will be the leader in innovation. Its just up to us to spread the word, because no one else is going to do it for us.
And well done CD Projekt. I loved The Witcher (playing through again on the enhanced edition) and it's fantastic to see the devs support us in this way. They sell 1 million and reward fans with respect, thanks, and an amazing update to a great game.
Crytek sell 1 million, and then proceed to halt all Crysis patches, and call us all pirates.
Here's hoping CD Projekt go from strength to strength, and along with the mighty Valve and others, I can't see the PC going anywhere but up.
Well done lads!
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And $11 mill eh? I bet this thing would cost 30 in the West.
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Seems funny to me, showing off mediocre-at-best sales as proof that the PC market is alive and well...
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Maybe "The Witcher" will be my next lay. hehe.
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Watch and learn EA and Ubisoft, this is how you don't piss off customers.
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Someone should tell CliffyB. Perhaps he's wrong about that piracy thing, saying all PC Gamers are thieves and all that.
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I want it.
It doesn't even come close to running at a playable framerate on my machine :(
Yay for GOG though. I bought some cool stuff from there.