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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's Switch Port cited by CD Projekt RED As Driving Revenues Up 38% YoY

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Our third-quarter revenues were over 38% higher than during the corresponding period in 2018. This is due, among others, to increased sales of The Witcher 3, first shipments of the game's Nintendo Switch edition and an increase in revenues posted by GOG.com – says Piotr Nielubowicz, Vice President and CFO of CD PROJEKT.
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Two important events occurring after the close of the third quarter involved releases for new hardware platforms which had not been previously targeted by the Group. On 15 October The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released for Nintendo Switch, while on 29 October GWENT debuted on iOS mobile devices.

- We are greatly encouraged by positive reception of both releases on the part of gamers, particularly taking into account the fact that we hadn't previously released any products for either hardware platform. It is worth noting that throughout the first three weeks following the launch of GWENT on iOS, 68% of revenues associated with this game came from iOS devices – says Piotr Nielubowicz
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So two takeaways:
  • It looks like The Witcher 3's Switch version ended up being successful for CDPR (make a good port of a good game for a popular system, and it will sell well, who'd have thought)
  • It sounds to me, based on the second quote, that the Switch has "passed a test" so to say, in that CD Projekt RED is adequately impressed by the performance of TW3 on there that the platform is something they are looking at going forward. This is primarily speculation on my part, but regardless of whether or not it's true, at least TW3 on Switch ended up being a success.
 
Skittzo

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The only Switch stuff that would show up on this report would be the initial shipment of TW3, so that revenue isn't really based on consumer demand. They could still be happy with it (and probably are) but the initial shipment is what contributed to the bump.
 
SunBroDave

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Reminder that Thronebreaker was legitimately a very cool game with a lot of interesting ideas. Buy it when it comes to Switch, folks
 
a916

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Compared to last year where they only released Gwent on the Windows platform I believe?
 
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Thronebreaker on switch could sell enough for them to make a sequel.. it was glorious games people, so much more if you are a witcher fan. Buy it now!
 

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I wonder if they'd go back and port/re-release Witcher 2.

Otherwise, I doubt this means much. I don't think Cyberpunk 2077 is going to happen for Switch.

But, all of this does bode well for a changing landscape on Nintendo platforms. If Nintendo keeps with this momentum and releases a more powerful Switch 2 down the line, I can really see 3rd party support increasing further.
 
Anth0ny

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cyberpunk on switch lets make it happen kids


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Makes sense since it's the biggest game they've released in years. It's their only one besides qwent until Cyberpunk.
 
ZhugeEX

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The report is through to September 30th 2019. The game launched mid October.

CDPR is only talking about the initial shipment on Switch ordered by retailers. It's not indicative of anything.

They even mention this in the report.
 
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ZhugeEX said:
The report is through to September 30th 2019. The game launched mid October.

CDPR is only talking about the initial shipment on Switch ordered by retailers. It's not indicative of anything.

They even mention this in the report.
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At the very least the initial shipment would be based on preorders, right? So it is at least partially indicative of consumer demand.
 
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skittzo0413 said:
At the very least the initial shipment would be based on preorders, right? So it is at least partially indicative of consumer demand.
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I'm aware. But this is a really weird thread title and premise when there are other more notable factors cited. Better to wait for next quarter to report on Switch performance.

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Pre-orders, retailer demand, consumer interest. It's not a number totally devoid of meaning.
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There is no number?
 
BarryFishFinger

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Switcher 3 is legit fantastic. I'd like an option to turn off the AA and sharpen things up a touch, those areas where AA is off look better to me than the blur, but other than that I can't fault it. I spend 3 hours on a train running around Skellige today, just fantastic.
 
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Probably Gwent/Thronebreaker ports. I wonder if they'd consider doing The Witcher 1-2? Maybe in a collection?
 
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I remember all these shitty graphics memes when Witcher 3 was considered a ridiculous proposition. It's going to be quite funny if Cyberpunk actually gets a Switch port, and actually looks more than acceptable for a portable device.
 
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ZhugeEX said:
I'm aware. But this is a really weird thread title and premise when there are other more notable factors cited. Better to wait for next quarter to report on Switch performance.
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Yeah, I agree with that. I even said the same thing as you early on in the thread.

It really doesn't mean much at this point.
 
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Just a small nitpick, but the press release is about CD Projekt, the publisher, not RED, the developer.

CDP=CD Projekt, owner of GOG and RED
CDPR=CD Projekt RED
 

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Only way Cyberpunk comes to Switch is if Google adds Switch as a platform for Stadia. Switch 2, though...
 
K Samedi

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Yeah this doesn't say much but I feel Witcher 3 will sell for a long time on Switch. Its one of the go to games if you want a big rpg to play on a portable.
 
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CD Projekt actually said something about The Witcher 3 on Switch during the Q&A following this report :

"Incidentally, the release of The Witcher 3 on Switch is generating additional revenue, but it isn't comparable to the release of a new game. Sales are in-line with expectations."

Not much to extrapolate from that. Thanks Giuseppe for listening to the conference call as always !
 
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