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CD PROJEKT S.A. Solidifies Relationship with Witcher Books Author Andrzej Sapkowski
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If I remember correctly, originally Sapkowski got a pretty raw deal for his creation. Glad something has been worked out.
Edit: Been told he screwed himself in the deal like 10 times now. I get it lol.
Edit: Been told he screwed himself in the deal like 10 times now. I get it lol.
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Yeah, the rumor is that he never believed in the games, so he accepted a shitty deal and now regrets it.
Glad they got it figured out, I didn't like how demanding the author came off from what I read since he originally thought he was getting the best side of the deal and the games wouldn't do well but it wasn't in good faith with the actual success to keep him from getting anything more than originally agreed upon. its better for them to work together then separate. I just wouldn't of given him exactly what he wanted.
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They've been working on another unannounced AAA RPG for release by 2021, but I don't think they'll hit it. I'm betting it's Witcher-related.
Wait CD Projeck own the merchandise rights to anything Witcher? Or just what come from their stuff.
Excited to see more of CDPR's take on the world.
Excited to see more of CDPR's take on the world.
They do own gaming-related merchandise yes, but probably they extended to generic "The Witcher" now?
So just from their stuff, them just stating "merchandise" with all the other stuff also listed separately had me wondering.
He was upset about his decision years ago to not accept the royalties type of contract proposed by CDP regarding The Witcher. He wanted all the money upfront so they went with that instead and when The Witcher became successful, well... He wasn't happy ! :D
Someone'll quote me if I'm wrong but that's what I remember reading years ago.
Not a rumor. He outright admitted he refused a percentage of the profits in the initial deal because he thought they would fail. He thought a lump sum would greatly outweigh anything they'd make on the games.
He is responsible for his own raw deal. Got offered royalties but wanted an upfront sum because he was convinced the first game wouldn't make it to market. Made his own bed. That CDPR opted to renegotiate anything with him at all seemed like a gesture of good will. I'm glad everybody signed on for more, but the author is not the victim here.
Good for him. He seemed upset with his original deal. I remember the Metro author basically telling him he should be glad the games are popular because it leads to more people buying and reading his work.
To be fair, it was a raw deal of his own making. He had no faith in the game making any money so he insisted they pay him a lump sum instead.
It is not. I'm sure we gonna see another Witcher game with Geralt of Rivia
I wonder if he'll suddenly regret this deal and throw over his lack of foresight this time too. I guess it's easy to have faith in his own product now that they've made so much of it.
I'm not always a CDPR fan, but I admire their patience...and attentiveness to good publicity.
I'm not always a CDPR fan, but I admire their patience...and attentiveness to good publicity.
Ah, so he fucked himself. Sounds like this is for additional rights going forward though, so hopefully everyone is happy this time lol.
Yeah, he thought they'd go under and make no profit at all so he wanted the money right away
So basically they paid him so he won't talk shit about the games after fucking himself over with a lump sum deal.
A reminded to ALWAYS negotiate for percentage of profits vs. a lump sum. Even if something is just a modest success you'll most likely get more.
Knew this would be the case the minute they paid him. Can't wait to see what the future of the franchise holds.
He was salty he didn't think video games would make any money and settled for a lump sum instead of revenue share. He was a victim only to his own ignorance.
I'm seeing this sentiment a lot and while I wouldn't be opposed to the idea, I'd much prefer they double down on the role playing side of the games and go with an entry set a while before the Geralt Trilogy. Let me make my own Witcher and pick my starting school!
Hopefully this time he'll be happy with the arrangement. Hope this means we'll get either a Ciri game or a game about another Witcher somewhere else. Outside the Northern Realms would be my preference. Let's see Nilfgaard, Zerrikana, Hakland, or Ofir.
Geralt's story is done. But it's still a very popular fantasy setting which can support all sorts of stories about other Witchers or mages or even monsters. Imagine playing as a higher vampire!
I think they own everything but they for sure own the merchandising rights to their own stuff. Sapowski keeps the book, TV, and film rights but CDPR has been letting Dark Horse make comic books so I'm not sure who owns the rights to those.
They didn't need it but continuing to get in public pissing matches with Sapowski isn't something they want to do. Plus they like to paint themselves as the "good guys" and getting into fights over money with Sapowski hurts that image. Hopefully this is the last of it. They didn't owe Sapowski anything, they even offered to renegotiate the contract before and he turned it down. Dude really doesn't think much of video games, he just got pissed when he saw how much money W3 made.