Issues are going fairly good for CD Projekt proper now. The writer has simply shared its full monetary outcomes for 2024, and revealed that it simply recorded its finest internet revenue for a 12 months during which it did not put out any main releases. Cyberpunk 2077 was the primary driver behind this, because it continues to assist maintain down the fort till The Witcher 4 arrives.
This data’s detailed in a contemporary press launch and presentation from the corporate during which it seems again on its monetary outcomes for the entire of 2024. There’s additionally a pleasant video starring CDPR CFO Piotr Nielubowicz that goes by way of the highlights.
“We’re very happy with the truth that, even within the absence of any main launch, the previous 12 months was the third finest within the Group’s historical past by way of internet revenue,” Nielubowicz mentioned within the press launch, including within the video that this marks “the very best end result now we have ever managed in a 12 months which didn’t embody any main releases.”
Figures sensible, that internet revenue was practically 470 million Polish złoty, with Cyberpunk’s base sport and Phantom Liberty DLC being cited within the launch as having “generated practically 600 million [złoty] in earnings”, whereas The Witcher 3 “continues to draw consideration and produces a secure income stream” regardless of being 10 years previous. As of the top of November base Cyberpunk had shifted 30 million copies over its whole lifespan, whereas Phantom Liberty enlargement had shifted 8 million, which is sweet.
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Naturally, this implies the studio’s seeking to do extra Cyberpunk stuff, with the sport set to reach on MacOS in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months, and CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski including: “We’re additionally working to develop the Cyberpunk universe. In 2024 we introduced a brand new animation mission, which is presently beneath improvement, and which will probably be launched on Netflix. And that’s simply a few of what now we have in retailer.”
As for The Witcher 4, it is nonetheless very a lot within the full manufacturing stage it was revealed to have entered late final 12 months, simply earlier than it was correctly revealed at The Recreation Awards. CD Projekt appears fairly satisfied with the reception that reveal obtained, citing information displaying that the trailer outdid the likes of Elden Ring Nightreign by way of trailer views on IGN’s channel and general proportion of press headlines within the 72 hours following TGAs, with “explicit consideration dedicated to Ciri” being protagonist by way of the latter.
The explanation for that final bit might properly have had one thing to do with a kind of foolish discourses that simply will not die – that being dickheads saying bizarre issues about Ciri’s face, and the remainder of us all going ‘you what, she simply seems like an precise grownup lady that is nonetheless very engaging’.
Anyway, to lighten the temper after eager about that once more, here is a Cyberpunk 2077 mod that’ll ship you random info about cats and canines as you play.
