CD Projekt chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz known as 2023 the second greatest yr in the corporate’s historical past because the studio posted internet earnings of greater than $120 million in its full yr earnings. Nielubowicz credited the discharge of Phantom Liberty, which he says was bought by round 1 / 4 of Cyberpunk 2077 homeowners, in addition to ongoing curiosity in The Witcher, for CD Projekt’s success.
“[Phantom Liberty’s success] resulted in robust gross sales,” Nielubowicz stated in a video assertion as a part of the earnings. “By the top of 2023 Phantom Liberty had been bought over 5 million occasions.”
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Nielubowicz known as Phantom Liberty’s gross sales “a wonderful end result,” particularly provided that it has been greater than three years because the launch of the unique Cyberpunk 2077. Through the earnings, CD Projekt introduced that Cyberpunk 2077 has earned greater than 3 billion PLN (about $751 million) since its fraught launch in 2020.
Regardless of the strong numbers, CD Projekt underwent a spherical of layoffs in summer season 2023 that noticed it cut back its workforce by round 9 %, which the studio described as “an alignment of the size and measurement of the group with the necessities of ongoing initiatives and the CD Projekt Group technique.” The layoffs led to the creation of the Polish Gamedev Staff Union, which was based by gameplay QA analyst Pawel Myszka and programmer Lev Ki. Layoffs have remained an ongoing concern in the video games business, with Riot, EA, Sony, and quite a few different publishers affected.
Trying forward, CD Projekt is shifting extra sources to The Witcher 4: Polaris as improvement continues apace. CD Projekt can be planning the subsequent Cyberpunk recreation, codenamed Orion, in addition to a live-action venture set in the universe.
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