Witcher Franchise Sales Almost Match Illegal Downloads

[RhombusHatesYou]

The sales volume is definitely impressive, and close to matching the illegal download estimates made in late 2011. CEO Marcin Iwinski surmised that The Witcher franchise had been pirated about 4.5 million times [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114429-The-Witcher-2-Pirated-Roughly-4-5-Million-Times-Says-Dev], and further admitted that "the reality is probably way worse".

Pretty solid lie.

I am guessing that he's one of those people who thinks computers make all those Sci-Fi sounds when they are loading things like they do in the movies.

Actually the real fuck up in his estimate is that it would take 6 hrs to download a 14Gb file... a timeframe that would require around a 5.5Mbit/s download speed and while having an internet connection with the bandwidth to pull that off isn't an achievement finding a torrent with enough seeders to push out an average 5.5MBit/s to every leech is up there with finding a unicorn.

 

[mad825]

RE: the future Mac release of the Witcher 2

So does this mean that my physical copy of The Witcher 2, currently installed on my Windows partition, will also work on my Macbook Pro without anything required of me, except to install it again? Or will I need to buy another copy/uninstall it from Windows first?

Sorry I don't know this stuff, I'm hardly a PC "Gamer" - I just play the odd game on my Mac when I can.

I doubt that unless they're going to use Cider in which case you're being screwed over. If CD Projekt are nicer that we think then they might provide a Mac version for free but again I won't put my money on that.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

I can't believe the Escapist is still running with this dishonesty about the piracy figures, which he admitted were an asspull.

So wait, the fact that the game was pirated more than it was purchased at one point means that the company isn't changing policies? I'm against DRM as much as everyone else (I don't care if a game has it though), but isn't that really, really stupid?

No, the fact that the game has managed to still sell despite high piracy figures means the company won't change policies. Which is crap, since those numbers weren't even close to true. In order to gt 4.5 million pirated copies, they would have had to have outpirated COD, Battlefield, and FarCry. And the reality? "Probably worse."

Regardless, 4.5 million sales is still quite good for the franchise.

It's not just me noticing the level of conjecture, speculation and blatant sensationalism is on the rise around here of late? Even newspapers are more interested in stories than they are news. God, media has gone to shit.

 

[antipunt]

Gotta feel happy for CD Projekt. Good work guys

 

[Dogstile]

4.5 million times pirated was an estimate, a crap one at that. Didn't the guy who said it admit it? If so why exactly is it in the article?

Aside from that, good for them. that game has sold brilliantly.

 

[eniac0]

4.5 million times pirated was an estimate, a crap one at that. Didn't the guy who said it admit it? If so why exactly is it in the article?

Aside from that, good for them. that game has sold brilliantly.

Good point actually. if you're gonna use some data you know is wrong, why use it at all? for all they actually know, it could also be less than 4.5m.

And the DRM thing is really not what drives or kills piracy. DRM only sucks for the buying customer, pirates don't care, they always found ways to bypass anyway. It's always been about the money, so long as there's a way to get software for free, people will use it.

No DRM is definately the way to go, but more than that, cloud is the way to go. I haven't researched on this but im pretty sure anti-piracy is the big reason behind diablo 3 always-on internet, and i believe this is where the industry will go.

I applaud cd projeckt, wtg guys. gaming is a tough tough business and I salute the owner of the big balls behind the decision to stick to no DRM. Thank you for trusting the more mature gamers.

 

[Kiardras]

Wait, you're telling me that people are happy to pay money for a game thats worth the money?

 

[Aeshi]

Moral Victory: For when you've completely failed to achieve any other kind of Victory.

 

[cjackson92]

Will be joining the paying club later this year when I have the money.