Adam Kiciński, CEO of CD Projekt RED, makes a statement about The Witcher 2's DRM.
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.
Replies(2)CD Projekt announced its financial results for 2025, while the company looks to its future by investing in The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2, and "Hadar."
"...forcing you to be signed into the awful “live for windows” piece of crap (I did not capitalize that on purpose, it is not worthy of my shift key)."
I lol'd pretty hard.
Hopefully The Witcher 2 uses Steamworks, it's not foolproof, nothing is, but it seems to be the least amount of hassle.
I agree about GFWL, it's more of a needle in the eye than anything else.
Couldn't play GTA's MP the other day because it didn't want me to play in that region -_-
Then it worked
GFWL is alright, I've never had a problem with it, and my old router was kicking me off of Live like every 5 minutes, and I was still able to play Dawn of War II just fine, and all my other Live games (Batman, RE5, Dark Void, and Fallout 3). So I personally have not experienced these types of problems with Live...
however...
I do believe going with Steam for DRM is by far the best, least comprimise situation. Steam doesn't have to be online constantly, it has an offline mode, which makes it great. If it came down to choosing an achievement system, I would pick Live over Steamworks, like what Dawn of War II does, but that isn't my top priority, as I don't buy games if they have achievements or not, or for which system they use. I have a preference, not a requirement. My experiences with Steam as of the last few years have been superb, so kudos to them if they choose it.