Four years of CD Projekt RED over 20 million copies . The third part is significantly ahead of the rest of the games in the series - in the aggregate they have fewer units sold. However, according to analysts, the best of the Polish studio is yet to come: Matthew Kanterman (Matthew Kanterman) from the agency believes that Cyberpunk 2077 will overcome the mark of 20 million copies in the first year. The publication also included the developer in the list of the 50 most interesting companies that are preparing to release a major product in 2020.
The list of companies that the agency advises to pay attention to next year includes those that are preparing "products or services with blockbuster potential" as well as those that are "facing unusual difficulties." The selection took into account indicators such as sales growth, market share, debt and economic conditions. CD Projekt was ranked eleventh, higher than Facebook (20), Netflix (31), Samsung (39), Siemens (41) and Toyota (44). In 2020, CD Projekt RED sales are projected to grow by 446,12% and earnings per share by 1%, according to analyst forecasts. The company's assets are estimated at $183,13 million.
From the financial report of CD Projekt, at the end of August, it is known that in the first half of 2019, the company's revenue increased by 27% compared to the same period last year (up to $54 million). Net revenue was almost flat at $13 million, but development costs were up 20%. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt played a key role in maintaining the performance: during this period, it sold better than in the first half of 2018. At the same time, back in July, the developers that they are satisfied with the number of Cyberpunk 2077 pre-orders. In the future, they plan to develop both series.
In the interview at PAX Australia this month, CD Projekt RED Head of Krakow John Mamais that Cyberpunk 2077 will be "the last big and truly beautiful game of this generation of technology." In the possibility of transferring the project to the Nintendo Switch, he , although the version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for this console impressed specialists . Developers are more attracted to the next-gen PlayStation and Xbox, but versions of Cyberpunk 2077 for them have not yet been confirmed. Now the company, he noted, has already grown enough to work on several big-budget projects at the same time. The second game could be a new The Witcher, a game from someone else's intellectual property, or a completely new license.
Cyberpunk 2077 will release on April 16, 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. Upon release, the game will receive a multiplayer mode, as well as, possibly, a few additions (according to Mamais, the developers have not decided anything about the DLC yet).
Source: 3dnews.ru