Arguably seen as the biggest cautionary tale of gaming in recent years, the launch of “Cyberpunk 2077” in December 2020 has still managed to be a monetary success for developer CD Projekt Red as the turmoil around the game has finally subsided.
In a call today as part of the company’s earnings results, CD Projekt VP and CFO Piotr Nielubowicz revealed to VGC that the company has sold over 18 million copies of “Cyberpunk 2077” to date.
They are also working on a major expansion to the game featuring a new storyline, while further DLC is also in development. This comes after they spent much of last year fixing a host of technical problems with the title which saw the game being pulled from the PlayStation Store at one point.
Nielubowicz says: “We believe in the long-term potential of our newest release; thus, one of our priorities for 2021 was to improve Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay. We are now satisfied with the game and encouraged by the gamers’ reception of its next-gen console edition, which launched this February.”
In addition, they revealed their “The Witcher” franchise has also shipped over 65 million units to date, with over 40 million of those being “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”. The sales numbers come in the wake of the company delaying the next-gen console port of that game to an unspecified date as they bring the development of the title in-house.
