it takes more than one disaster to kill a company that spends a lot of time and money on PR, and the cyberpunk thing was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. this will unfortunately sell well.
if we really want to see the downfall of these creatures we're going to have to offer the people an alternative, not just hope the snake decides to get bored and eat itself.
anyone with a mind, yeah. but the millions that buy games, that actually make all the billions for these big companies, operate on emotions, social pressure, and "hey i saw this new big thing on TV yesterday, looks like a cool game i'll buy." it's how sports games still sell and why FIFA is still a zillion-dollar game franchise. it's also why coca cola ads are just someone drinking it, going "ahh", and then the logo flashing up.
it takes long, repeated, dull failures for established, well-marketed brands to fall. that's how ubisoft died, but CDPR is still a big hitter for the time being.
The Witcher 3 wasn't pozzed and Cyberpunk's pozz was sold as part of the aesthetic/experience. You also have to account for sales/discounts. When a copy is sold for $20, the devs only make $7-10, possibly even less if they choose to spend additional money on marketing.
As the Witcher 3 only cost $80M to develop, every additional copy sold even for a heavy discount, was a bonus. That wouldn't be the case if it cost 10x as much, despite being a good game.
i want these gay retards to fail too, but just wishing it won't make it happen. fate needs a little nudge.
Agreed. It all depends on right-leaning consumers standing their ground, which doesn't always happen.
in truth i believe it depends on right-leaning producers, which are eerily rare for a population that has such strong opinions on how things are produced. i hope soon we can turn this around and start up our own artistic endeavors.
The only game on GoG I play with regularity is Tales of Maj'Eyal, which is available for free on their own website (or paid for on Steam, which I also did, own it three ways).
Cyberpunk apparently cost $449M and made $750M in revenue, so I guess they're banking on a billion this time, assuming this post is true. I don't see any kind of female lead fantasy having the same mass appeal.
I’m trying to figure it out as well. I guess the game has to be absolutely massive with a bunch of stuff crammed in, but even then I don’t see where almost a billion dollars is going to go.
Supposedly they opened the Boston studio because they are setting cyberpunk 2 in Boston and wanted their devs to have an "authentic feel" of what its like there
Supposedly they opened the Boston studio because they are setting cyberpunk 2 in Boston and wanted their devs to have an "authentic feel" of what its like there
Now that's just retarded. Makes sense if they went full-AAA to also go full-retard.
Many pozzed games have potential to be fixed with modding like Baldur's Gate 3 with Realms Restored mod : https://rpghq.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3839 ( torrent, don't buy fixable woke games ).
I doubt that Ciri game has that sort of potential. Shall it turn out to have it, torrent and mod or ignore, do not fund the Woke.
But seriously..its bloated because of all the women and dei they hire and placed into useless positions and marketing. Bet you only 20% of that went to actual essential game devs.
My kids wouldn't even watch the stupid Witcher movie with me. It was predictably stupid, but I enjoyed the setting, and costumes. My kids said the dude who lost it in the Expendables movie must have bills to pay.
CDPR is going to Ubisoft themselves.
it takes more than one disaster to kill a company that spends a lot of time and money on PR, and the cyberpunk thing was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. this will unfortunately sell well.
if we really want to see the downfall of these creatures we're going to have to offer the people an alternative, not just hope the snake decides to get bored and eat itself.
Yeah. It takes minimim 3 titles imo. Just look at bethesda. People still waiting for tes6 after fo76 and starfield...
Will it though? I have not heard anyone speak positively about the trailer.
anyone with a mind, yeah. but the millions that buy games, that actually make all the billions for these big companies, operate on emotions, social pressure, and "hey i saw this new big thing on TV yesterday, looks like a cool game i'll buy." it's how sports games still sell and why FIFA is still a zillion-dollar game franchise. it's also why coca cola ads are just someone drinking it, going "ahh", and then the logo flashing up.
it takes long, repeated, dull failures for established, well-marketed brands to fall. that's how ubisoft died, but CDPR is still a big hitter for the time being.
It needs to sell about ~20-25 million copies at full price to break even. It's basically guaranteed to flop.
Witcher 3 has sold 60 million, Cyberpunk (hasn't been out as long and had a truly awful launch) has sold 35 million.
i want these gay retards to fail too, but just wishing it won't make it happen. fate needs a little nudge.
The Witcher 3 wasn't pozzed and Cyberpunk's pozz was sold as part of the aesthetic/experience. You also have to account for sales/discounts. When a copy is sold for $20, the devs only make $7-10, possibly even less if they choose to spend additional money on marketing.
As the Witcher 3 only cost $80M to develop, every additional copy sold even for a heavy discount, was a bonus. That wouldn't be the case if it cost 10x as much, despite being a good game.
Agreed. It all depends on right-leaning consumers standing their ground, which doesn't always happen.
in truth i believe it depends on right-leaning producers, which are eerily rare for a population that has such strong opinions on how things are produced. i hope soon we can turn this around and start up our own artistic endeavors.
And they somewhat redeemed theirselves with the phantom liberty dlc and other patches for the game.
Its just liberals punishing poland for rejecting commie boot by putting a second commie dei boot on it
I will enjoy their financial failure by not buying or even pirating this piece of shit. Im going to get blood of the dawnwalker instead.
“claude, make me a lame and gay video game”
Dont forget to save local copies of your GoG library if you have one folks. It'll be much harder to do once they go bankrupt.
GOG and CDPR recently separated, so we should be fine for now.
The only game on GoG I play with regularity is Tales of Maj'Eyal, which is available for free on their own website (or paid for on Steam, which I also did, own it three ways).
How many fucking units would they need to sell to break even?
~20-25 million at full price.
So it is 100% a work of propaganda then.
Why are you so negative, bigot?
Cyberpunk apparently cost $449M and made $750M in revenue, so I guess they're banking on a billion this time, assuming this post is true. I don't see any kind of female lead fantasy having the same mass appeal.
Uhhh how?
They probably paid Idris Elba 200mil for voice and mocap as Ciri's new boyfriend.
I’m trying to figure it out as well. I guess the game has to be absolutely massive with a bunch of stuff crammed in, but even then I don’t see where almost a billion dollars is going to go.
CDPR has offices in Boston, MA. Despite being a polish studio. I wouldn't he surprised is its kickbacks and Sweet Baby firms expenses.
Supposedly they opened the Boston studio because they are setting cyberpunk 2 in Boston and wanted their devs to have an "authentic feel" of what its like there
Now that's just retarded. Makes sense if they went full-AAA to also go full-retard.
Not exactly hard numbers
Won't buy, won't play.
Many pozzed games have potential to be fixed with modding like Baldur's Gate 3 with Realms Restored mod : https://rpghq.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3839 ( torrent, don't buy fixable woke games ).
I doubt that Ciri game has that sort of potential. Shall it turn out to have it, torrent and mod or ignore, do not fund the Woke.
Probably have more value watching porn of ciri.
But seriously..its bloated because of all the women and dei they hire and placed into useless positions and marketing. Bet you only 20% of that went to actual essential game devs.
Probably 5% after you account for all the waste, grift, and fraud from jeets.
That's just moronic, they cant possibly expect to make that back, best case scenario they break even
650M of that is 1)Dei positions 2) « scrum masters » 3) feminism trash positions (muh ht)
Reminds me sadly how Ubisoft's studios in Québec made a few good games. The credits were filled with Roy, Arseneault, Tremblay, Bouchard names.
It all went to shit when the credits were filled with Ahmeds and other foreigners hired for ''diversity''.
My kids wouldn't even watch the stupid Witcher movie with me. It was predictably stupid, but I enjoyed the setting, and costumes. My kids said the dude who lost it in the Expendables movie must have bills to pay.
So how buggy is it going to be and how long will we have to wait for the post launch fixes?
Poland got destroyed with socialism/communism yet again
It's gonna flop.