[Andreson]

So how much did the game sell in the latest news?

[lubo 1654]

It sold over 2 millions on all platforms. It was confirmed by Iwinsky on the latest press conference.

[FoggyFishburne]

lubo 1654 said:

It sold over 2 millions on all platforms. It was confirmed by Iwinsky on the latest press conference. ›››

Well, there we go. He ended the thread in like a nano second.

Related to this though, it does always pain me to see how "little" this marvellous game sold. Hopefully RED will release a Witcher 3 Collectors Edition. I'm totally fucking buying it. Oh and, I do hope it's gonna include the Wolf medallion ^^ You deserve more RED, you're fuckin' awesome.

[MM360]

FoggyFishburne said:

You deserve more RED, you're fuckin' awesome. ›››

Thank you, we appreciate your support:)

[Andreson]

lubo 1654 said:

It sold over 2 millions on all platforms. It was confirmed by Iwinsky on the latest press conference. ›››

May I ask when was the latest press conference?

[Purpleknight]

On October 18th as long as I know: http://en.thewitcher...unity/entry/306

Dunno if there have been another private-like conference since then.

[cubert87]

What about the black friday sales on steam, they must have sold a bunch of copies since the witcher 2 was top seller at the time. I bought a copy too for the first time ever (and I am hooked)

[Sirnaq]

FoggyFishburne said:

Well, there we go. He ended the thread in like a nano second.

Related to this though, it does always pain me to see how "little" this marvellous game sold. Hopefully RED will release a Witcher 3 Collectors Edition. I'm totally fucking buying it. Oh and, I do hope it's gonna include the Wolf medallion ^^ You deserve more RED, you're fuckin' awesome. ›››

Yeah, witcher3 collectors edition will be next to my retail witcher and witcher 2 copies. Need to find some job to build better pc till that time, you reds don't need some IT technician living in warsaw?

[Geralt_of_bsas]

its good but the for the quality these games have they deserve a lot more sale.

I bought the witcher 1 time, the witcher 2 2 times, soo i guess ill buy the witcher 3 3 times.

[HomemComH]

In a fairer world Witcher 2 would've sold as many units as Skyrim did.

[Chromie92]

HomemComH said:

In a fairer world Witcher 2 would've sold as many units as Skyrim did. ›››

I think you mean Blops 2.

[Sirnaq]

HomemComH said:

In a fairer world Witcher 2 would've sold as many units as Skyrim did. ›››

Problem is that witcher 2 is game for niche audience. I would compare it to MCDonalds(skyrim) and some really good sushi restaurant (witcher 2). Ofcourse everyone knows what we get buying in mcdonalds: a piece of tasty although probably not very healthy low quality food, enough to satisfy your hunger, but not very sophisticated. What we get in sushi bar? Eww, it's RAW FISH and it's too expensive, it's hard get into sushi, let's go to MCDonalds instead.

[cubert87]

Except McDonald's food sucks (it doesn't even taste good unless you are drunk or high) and skyrim is actually good.

I don't understand why wicher is not more popular? It wasn't marketed well? I never gave it a chance till now since people kept saying it's a hard core, dark fantasy, punishing game. To me this translated into some old school RPG with terrible combat, mind numbing grind, and generally slow game where you die a lot just to justify the adjective "hardcore". Well suffice it to say the game is not that, and it's great.

The thing is, the great open world sand box games always sell better than the great story driven not so open world games.

[slimgrin]

cubert87 said:

I don't understand why wicher is not more popular? ›››

Are you kidding me? This is like asking why anime isn't more popular in Kansas. TW2 is a niche game, for a niche audience. It's a love letter to eastern european fans of the series. And that's a good thing. When they start making it for everyone, well then it's dead. To me at least.

[Aver]

slimgrin said:

Are you kidding me? This is like asking why anime isn't more popular in Kansas. ›››

It's not a good example. The anime market for the United States is worth approximately $4.35 billion. The only place where Anime is more popular than in US is Japan.

[HomemComH]

Sirnaq said:

Problem is that witcher 2 is game for niche audience. I would compare it to MCDonalds(skyrim) and some really good sushi restaurant (witcher 2). Ofcourse everyone knows what we get buying in mcdonalds: a piece of tasty although probably not very healthy low quality food, enough to satisfy your hunger, but not very sophisticated. What we get in sushi bar? Eww, it's RAW FISH and it's too expensive, it's hard get into sushi, let's go to MCDonalds instead. ›››

Well, I think sushi tastes like shit so your analogy doesn't quite work for me

[Sirnaq]

HomemComH said:

Well, I think sushi tastes like shit so your analogy doesn't quite work for me />/>/>/> ›››

I thought it was decent. ;_;

But you get the idea.
Skyrim - for more casual audience, light game for saturday night. Don't bother you or question your morality, you just wander around, kill some dragons, put some mods to stare at landscape.

Witcher & Witcher2- game for hardcore RPG audience with complicated story, based on 7 books, work of art. Often asking difficult question or questioning your morality, no casualizations in shape of glowing arrows telling you exactly where to go, lot's of lore needed to fully understand.

[Pangaea]

Sirnaq said:

Problem is that witcher 2 is game for niche audience. I would compare it to MCDonalds(skyrim) and some really good sushi restaurant (witcher 2). Ofcourse everyone knows what we get buying in mcdonalds: a piece of tasty although probably not very healthy low quality food, enough to satisfy your hunger, but not very sophisticated. What we get in sushi bar? Eww, it's RAW FISH and it's too expensive, it's hard get into sushi, let's go to MCDonalds instead. ›››

McCrapnald's tasty?

It doesn't even *look* good, and tastes like eating cardboard with ketchup on it. No thanks.

I get the analogy though. Use ME2/3 for Skyrim (haven't played it so don't know how good/bad it is), and I agree wholeheartedly with the McD analogy

[Myari]

Hmm When the Witcher 3 comes out there will be new fans and they will buy Witcher 2 aswell and part 1.
Although i thought...they sold more copies then 2 million?? Is that pc also included?
Witcher series is so much better then Skyrim... played skyrim some time and a bit longer and then i got bored killing dragon and doing quests that kinda looked the same at some point...