With the astounding success of The Witcher and Metro series it is a wonder that more books aren’t being adapted or continued in video game format. Here is a list of five books that would make great games.
Alexander Morton, the Scottish actor probably best known for starring in British comedy drama Monarch of the Glen - but known to me for being the hilariously foul-mouthed dwarf Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3 - has died aged 81.
The latest revenue report from CD Projekt Group shows Xbox only made up 10% of sales for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 in 2025.
3x less sales than Playstation.
3x less consoles sold than Playstation.
Per captita, it averages out that the same number of users are buying CDP games regardless of platform, no?
The exact same or possibly more because a series S, initial investment and effort to Port to Xbox consoles for a third of the return.
Simply not worth it
A third is a pretty big number to be honest. Like would you rather make 15 million or 20 million? That's the difference that a third makes.
Hey it’s ok. They are really impressed with XBOx’s new CEO so exclusivity is on the way. 😂
Ok but I mean be logical ... modern PC, Switch, PS4 PS5 then you have XBOX, of all of those XBOX is probably only 10 percent... I mean, what do you expect? 10 percent increase in sales is still nothing to sneeze at, remember - this is CD projekt red and they sell a lot of software. 10 percent of their sales is probably what most studios DREAM of selling .... just playing devils advocate..... its easy to say LOL haha XBOX.... but.. I mean we know what it is at this point. I havent bought on since my xbox one X and before that I only used other peoples xboxes since the OG XBOX and stick with PC and Playstation and switch OLED, but .. I mean.... theres nothing WRONG with an xbox considering its just not the best - but they work fine. make no mistake.
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According to Polish podcasters Rock and Boris, CD Projekt RED is reportedly planning a third DLC for The Witcher 3, set to release in 2026.
Sign me up. I haven’t played it since it released on PS4 so I could go for another run with a new DLC.
Hideyuki Kikuchi's 'Vampire Hunter D' novels would make a great foundation for a Witcher/Bloodborne RPG hybrid - D is the perfect 'blank-slate' protaganist, plus his 'demon hand', half-vamp bloodlust and heat syndrome would make for a variety of interesting gameplay mechanics... The post-apocalyptic/sci-fi/fantas y setting has enough depth and complexity for any number of unique sidequests - many of which could be lifted from the books - and the world's gold-based economy could serve as a basis for upgrades/repairs to D's sword, armor, cyber-horse and such, whereas vampire blood could be a resource for levelling up his abilities.
Obviously CDPR would be my #1 choice, but they're gonna be busy with Cyberpunk (and it's all but guaranteed sequels) to ever get around to doing it... Platinum or Fromsoft would also make fine candidates - plus they're Japanese, which is always preferable with regards to anime-style games.
It amazes me that noone has ever attempted to do this (outside of an atrocious PS1 game), but there's currently an animated series in production - which will be based on the novels - so here's hoping someone from my aforementioned list of devs takes notice... done right, a game could be massively successful.
The Elric series by Michael Moorcock. All the Eternal Champion novels actually but the White Wolf Elric sits at the top followed by Corum and Urlik Skarsol.
The works of Phillip Dick or Harry Harrison, amongst many other Sci Fi authors, would be wonderful sources for game material.