CD Projekt Crimson has launched its 2021 Fiscal 12 months earnings, revealing new gross sales numbers for each its Witcher franchise and its newest sport, Cyberpunk 2077.
To in all probability no one’s shock, each The Witcher collection and Cyberpunk 2077 have bought very well for CDPR. The truth is, as of right now, The Witcher collection has bought greater than 65 million copies, with greater than 40 million of them being The Witcher III: Wild Hunt alone. Cyberpunk 2077, however, has bought greater than 18 million copies.
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The final time CDPR publicly launched gross sales numbers for its newest RPG, the studio revealed in April of final yr that Cyberpunk 2077 bought greater than 13.7 million copies in 2020. That signifies that between the tip of 2020 and now – so roughly 16 months – Cyberpunk 2077 has bought about 5 million copies. That’s nonetheless a powerful quantity, to make sure, however it speaks to a bigger drop off for the title’s gross sales in 2021.
After all, many studios could be pleased with promoting 5 million in any period of time however for CDPR, a studio with the Witcher collection in its portfolio crossing the 65 million items bought mark, 5 million may not be as spectacular. The perceived drop off is probably going as a consequence of word-of-mouth about its post-launch state, its elimination from PlayStation shops for six months, and extra.
CDPR has been working laborious to shift the angle on Cyberpunk 2077, although, having simply launched Replace 1.5, which fixes lots of the RPG’s issues and makes now the right time to play the sport. Nonetheless, it appears Cyberpunk 2077 will stay within the shadow of CDPR’s Witcher collection, particularly now that we all know the studio is engaged on a brand new Witcher sport that will likely be made in Unreal Engine 5.
However, as CDPR’s 2021 FY earnings present, Cyberpunk 2077 would possibly get a lift when its Netflix anime, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, is launched this yr.
For extra, learn Sport Informer’s Cyberpunk 2077 PC evaluate after which learn Sport Informer’s The Witcher 3 evaluate.
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