In an interview with The Game Business, CD Projekt Red talked about the business results achieved through: The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077explaining that there are always ways to reach higher-level goals.
Specifically, CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michał Nowakowski explained GTA 5 says there’s always room to grow.
Message from CD Projekt Co-CEO
Nowakovsky explained that the goal is to achieve better results, make more games and sell more without compromising quality. please remember The Witcher 3 sold 65 million copies, Cyberpunk 2077 sold 40 million copiesbut there is room to do more. “If you look at the sales of GTA V, those numbers are very different from what we achieved. There’s still room to grow.”
The second option is to make the game faster: this would lower development costs and lead to more frequent revenue (assuming quality remains the same and sales don’t drop). However, the co-CEO said this is not the way the team thinks. Although he is very cost-conscious, he is clear that he cannot impose huge restrictions, otherwise it would be impossible to make a game like “The Witcher 4”. He is also convinced Games like GTA 6 have no budget constraints.
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Finally, let’s remember what CD Projekt RED revealed about the sales figures for the first two Witcher installments: they’re more than you think.
