If there is then it's pretty lop sided on the physical platforms since Steam is accountable of the over 1,000,000 of the 2.5 million. That means it would have had to sell over 1,000,000 or more on one physical platform and 500,000 or less on the other.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt exceeds 1 MILLION pre-orders worldwide!
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If there is then it's pretty lop sided on the physical platforms since Steam is accountable of the over 1,000,000 of the 2.5 million. That means it would have had to sell over 1,000,000 or more on one physical platform and 500,000 or less on the other.
Well, IMO the series was in decline, since SIM CITY 2000, I liked the games, but that something also that falls on to Developer trust, and Im one that thinks that on a Video game franchise, its easy to tell when the next installment is going to be good or bad game.
I played the Witcher 2, and, It wasnt the graphic, it wasnt the gameplay that sold me on the series, it was the Story, Im a fan of Medieval fantasy, and Witcher is the closest we are going to get for a decent Games of Thrones videogame.(the sex)
Well, considering his body language in that twitter post, prepare to laugh...
Obliterator
Member
Man if Witcher 3 scores low I think that would be the biggest surprise of this generation in terms of scores. Previews from the press have been overwhelmingly positive and CD Projekt Red has such a good track record.
Not gonna lie I would be pretty damn sad if its mediocre. Been waiting for this game for years.
Probably... everyone.
I know that this is their first open world project and that there's a rather big discussion on whether the games visuals have been downgraded or not.
I'm sure the gameplay, story, visuals are all great.. yes, they've done great things in the past but there's no developer I trust 100%, especially since games become more and more advanced and the technical back-end of things is becoming more complicated.
Why on earth would Sony fanboys preorder the game the most when they've likely never even played any of the titles?
A lot?
People with Xbone + level of hardware (And keep in midn that you can RUN the game with less than that) are about 20% of active users (At least - and that's just Steam active users, NOT all PC gamers). That's about 25 million people. More than tere are PS4's out there right now, and again, that's not all of PC gaming.
AND let's not forget that we're coming off a long console cycle that has people playing even modern, recently released titles, at decent levels of quality with like 5 year old hardware.
TW2 sold more than 3 mil. copies on PC, that number is only for Steam.. retail and GoG (copies actually sold on GoG, I don't mean retail copies activated through GoG) had great numbers too.. actually retail copies made up most of sold copies of TW2 in his first year, when it was on number 1,7 mil.
I have a few examples but then you'd probably go 'late ports don't count' :/
I have seen more than enough to know it's something I will enjoy, regardless of the numbers that get slapped beside it. But the game looks so outstanding that I just can't see it reviewing poorly. It just has 'special game' written all over it, and like I have said before, sometimes you just know.
Effigenius
Member
personally I love the timing of this game. Gives me all summer to play it. If this released in the fall I would skip it because it's so big and so many other things to play.
razgriz417
Member
Ah ok, yeah completely legitimate concern. Yeah I had the skipping and infinite load bug with FC4 (got my copy with my video card) too, never did go back to the game because of it.
That's not going to happen. They're very confident on the game, and big games like these don't go out wiht a lot of focus testing and analysis. They've probably paid companies to do a lot of mock reviews from people in the industry.
They already have a good idea of where it's goign to land on the review scale.
I don't think there exists any such social contract as the one you describe -- in these matters, we are under no shared obligation and we bear no collective responsibility for exercising our rights as consumers and secret bears.
I guess what I'm saying is that there's no reasonable scenario under which I wouldn't be getting W3 on day 1. Literally the only thing that would prevent me from playing it on day 1 would be if that goddamn bear that's been terrorizing my hives makes another sortie and ends up killing more of prize mating drones.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I just googled him. He works for GS? Why would people have meltdowns over his review? Serious question.
Throw them up. Make sure to include links/references. I got Steamspy.
More hands in the pot with their console releases. Means more revenue splits. Means less profit. PC? Less expenses, less hands in the pot, more profit.
Because people melt down over any review in this day and age. Stand firm and defend your money at all costs!
What else are they gonna play? ;p
That's half joking. There aren't many game son new consoles for there to be competition. If you're looking for a big RPG, what else you gonna pick up?
Now the issue previously would have been that most wouldn't know what the hell the Witcher is, but this time round Marketing has been beefed up, from a Conan "review" to mainstream sites doing big video content on the game, to TV and internet ads.
JeffG
Member
Probably because he liked that POS Dragon Age
He's a fanboy of The Witcher, so if his review score is low, it must be really bad. But it won't.
I like how you think.
MiguelItUp
Member
How many of you haven't played the first two games? I'm just curious. I've always wanted to drive into the previous two, but never got around to it. I figured I would just read up on the lore, or maybe some play-throughs.
evilchicken
Member
Maybe I need to get on board. Having not played the previous games, what is the best way to make sure I'm informed enough on the world fiction to play this?
Development costs most likely are around 20-25 million USD now after delays, rough estimate from my part btw as original dev budget was 15 million pre-delays, so do some math on that basis.
That's what I said isn't it? Over 3 mill on PC alone. It's a big franchise on PC, which is why I think it's definitely possible that the PC version will do just as wlel or better than any other single console platform.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
they said there is a story lead in on the game that goes over the past 2 games.
Great goodness man... I'm still trying to push through DA:I.
Hip Hop
Member
I've never played any of them, although I do own Witcher 2, but never got around to installing.
I read somewhere that you don't need to play the past games anyway.
Count me in as one that pre-ordered!
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I wonder if they will remaster The Witcher 2 now for PS4/XBox One.
Witcher 2 seemed pretty standalone compared to Witcher 1, and in this one they seem like they are (successfully) aiming for an even bigger audience, so they will probably provide background. See also - the changing of 3 to clawmarks to make it less daunting.
I mean the background that's probably really important is that you are an alchemy-created mutant named Geralt who has some superhuman abilities, a girlfriend named Triss, and you hunt monsters. There, The Witcher.
The obvious one would be the FF series which you should already know about. Granted it is quite unfair to compare those but eh.
Then there's Agarest war 2
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413965
21k first week in Japan alone. Not exactly sure how the western release did. Steamspy has it at 18k avg
Gonna try finding a few more.
Not really. CDPR will get the most revenue from the PC version without a doubt imo. Don't forget the following:
Revenue in retails in terms of percentage is way lower. Tipically a publisher gets 27$ out of a 60$ game.
CDPR is not publishing the retail versions, so they will get a even lower percentage of revenue from them.
Most of the PC market is digital.
There.
Do we know how much they spent on development + marketing + other costs? It's probably cheaper to develop games in Poland than in say, the UK or LA, but I'd wager they still spent a lot of money...
JeffG
Member
I played the second over this past Christmas break, where I really dug into my backlog. I finished Dark Souls, then The Witcher 2 on Dark and then Insane. Although, I'd tried to get through it before a few times and couldn't.
Every time I dive into the first it's like forcing myself through blandsville and quit within 5 hours. I'm kind of at peace with the idea of never playing it again.
Nevertheless, Witcher 2 made me extremely excited for the Witcher 3. I even played the iOS MOBA.
Denton
Member
Well played.
You and me both, I have CE/GOG/Steam version on preorder, all three.
I am not phazed with any scores though, there were plenty of people who shit on Witcher 1 and 2 and for me those are some of the finest games ever made.
Just used him as an example, although gamespot is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) game sites.
But Order review thread was pretty epic read..
I guess it'd be too late now, plus they have to put themself all in into Cyberpunk
razgriz417
Member
Check this thread and link out
http://fextralife.com/witcher-3-story-recap/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1030363
Guilty as charged (pre ordered on Steam), and I'm sure it will be a fantastic game, and the 1 million pre order is great.
I am just sort of puzzled by how much the game has been disocunted even before its release though...
10% off pretty much base just for pre ordering it.
20-30% off if you arleady own Witcher 1 & 2.
Given away for free with Nvidia cards ... and so on.
For a game looking so good and with so much hype ... I don't get it (not that I have a problem paying less money for it mind you).
I am just sort of puzzled by how much the game has been disocunted even before its release though...
10% off pretty much base just for pre ordering it.
20-30% off if you arleady own Witcher 1 & 2.
Given away for free with Nvidia cards ... and so on.
For a game looking so good and with so much hype ... I don't get it (not that I have a problem paying less money for it mind you).
GoonerTRON
Banned
Well thankfully the reviews are going up early so people can cancel their preorders.
That Conan O'Brien effect had to lead to this. Sex on a unicorn? PRE ORDER!
Vincent Grayson
Member
Yeah, this is a big title on consoles. I don't doubt it'll sell very well on PS4.
I like the way you think too.