CD Projekt has deemed Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty a industrial success after revealing it hit related numbers to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.
Talking to IGN, CD Projekt confirmed Phantom Liberty has an connect charge of roughly 23%, which means 23% of gamers who purchased the bottom Cyberpunk 2077 additionally purchased the enlargement. As revealed by co-CEO Michał Nowakowski on X/Twitter, The Witcher 3’s Hearts of Stone enlargement had a 22% connect charge and Blood and Wine had a 24% connect charge inside three months of launch.
What propels Phantom Liberty even additional, nevertheless, is its launch round two years and 9 months after the bottom Cyberpunk 2077 launched. Hearts of Stone arrived round 5 months after The Witcher 3 and Blood and Wine arrived round one yr after, when downloadable content material is historically launched and basic engagement is often increased.
Obsidian Leisure studio design director Josh Sawyer pointed this out on X/Twitter in November 2023, when CD Projekt revealed Phantom Liberty had offered 4.3 million copies with an connect charge of 20%, saying his studio hopes for round a 25% connect charge on DLC launched inside a few months, “so a 20% connect charge on an enlargement two-and-a-half years after launch is fairly spectacular”.
This prolonged size of time between the bottom sport and Phantom Liberty launching — sparked by CD Projekt having to deal with myriad points that even noticed Cyberpunk 2077 faraway from the PlayStation Retailer after its preliminary launch — seemingly brought about the developer to query making the enlargement in any respect.
“To be trustworthy, the choice to undergo with the enlargement so lengthy after launch of the single-player sport was a bit counterintuitive,” Nowakowski mentioned within the publish. “However what occurred is proof to us that strong content material that individuals are pleased with is the best way to go.”
CD Projekt beforehand revealed Phantom Liberty offered greater than 5 million copies in 2023 after it added a new space to Cyberpunk 2077’s Evening Metropolis and a spy thriller storyline starring Idris Elba upon its launch in September. The enlargement was obtained very nicely by critics, with IGN giving it a 9/10 in our assessment.
The developer launched the ultimate main replace for Cyberpunk 2077 in December 2023, primarily ending the sport’s three-year journey of energetic post-launch improvement. Consideration at CD Projekt Pink has now switched to its subsequent initiatives, which embody Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel, codenamed Orion, and the following mainline Witcher sport, codenamed Polaris.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.