Cyberpunk 2077 had a disastrous launch in December 2020, but it surely’s now bought greater than 35 million copies, reaching that determine sooner than The Witcher 3.
As a part of CD Projekt’s earnings report, the Polish firm disclosed the brand new gross sales determine for Cyberpunk 2077 and the context round it. Joint CEO Michal Nowakowski stated Cyberpunk 2077’s sturdy gross sales are a testomony to the “franchise’s enduring energy.” The gross sales success additionally “permits us to be much more audacious about charting its future,” he stated.
VGC reminded us that The Witcher 3 wanted about six years to realize 30 million in gross sales, so Cyberpunk 2077 is promoting at a sooner charge. Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty enlargement, in the meantime, has bought greater than 10 million items. The Witcher 3 went on to promote greater than 60 million items to develop into one of many prime 10 best-selling video games of all time.
Cyberpunk 2077’s launch in December 2020 was so problematic that the sport was faraway from sale on the PlayStation Retailer due its bugs and points, and CD Projekt processed hundreds of refunds. Nevertheless, regardless of the problems, the RPG bought greater than 13 million items out of the gate to develop into one of many fastest-selling RPGs in historical past. Executives on the developer benefitted, too, with the top bosses earning millions in bonuses.
CD Projekt vowed on the time to replace and enhance Cyberpunk 2077, and the corporate delivered on what many are calling among the finest comeback tales ever for a high-profile sport. Issues culminated within the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 launch in 2023.
The sport expanded to a brand new place, the Change 2, when it launched on Nintendo’s console again in June. Following the massive success of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt introduced a sequel, Cyberpunk 2, which is now within the works on the firm’s new workplace in Boston alongside groups in Warsaw and Vancouver.
In CD Projekt’s earnings launch, the corporate stated had 135 folks engaged on the sport as of October 31, which was up from 116 on the finish of July. The majority of the studio’s employees are assigned to The Witcher 4 for the time being, with 447 folks engaged on the sport (up from 444).
As you possibly can see within the chart above, CD Projekt plans to considerably ramp up the dimensions of the groups engaged on Cyberpunk 2 within the years to return, aiming to scale to 300+ by 2027. Persons are taking this to imply that Cyberpunk 2 will not launch earlier than 2028, however nothing is evident at this level.
Past Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher 4, CD Projekt is engaged on a multiplayer Witcher sport, a brand new IP within the works beneath the codename Hadar, and a remake of the unique Witcher. The studio can also be making a brand new sport primarily based on one in every of CD Projekt’s IPs with Saudi Arabia’s Scopely.