The Witcher 3 unit sales share worldwide 2015-2022, by distribution format
In the observed period, an increase in sales of the Witcher 3 through digital distribution channels can be observed. In 2022, sales from this channel reached over 96 percent, thus reducing the share of sales through traditional channels from 68 percent in 2015 to four percent in 2022.
Polish gaming company CD Projekt RED created RPG game The Witcher. While creating the plot, the creators were inspired by the world built by a Polish fantasy writer, Andrzej Sapkowski. The video game premiered on October 26th, 2007, and since then, CD Projekt RED has released three series of Geralt of Rivia’s adventures. In 2019, a TV series inspired by Geralt's tales premiered on the Netflix platform.
Since its launch, the game has been hugely successful and still enjoys great popularity among computer players worldwide. The demand has directly translated into the sales results of CD Projekt RED. Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had its premiere in May 2015. Since then, 28.3 million copies of the game have been delivered to customers. The most significant number of copies were sold for desktop computers and Play Station consoles, and the largest number of buyers were in Europe, Asia, and North America. Six years after the release of The Witcher 3, CD Projekt RED achieved sales revenue of 2.1 billion zloty and a consolidated net profit of 1.15 billion zloty. According to preliminary information, work on the next release of The Witcher will begin after the premiere of Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020.
The gaming sector is one of the fastest-growing areas of the Polish entertainment industry. In 2020, the Warsaw Stock Exchange has noted 28 gaming companies planning to enter the market. The largest company in the gaming industry is undoubtedly CD Projekt RED, which is due to the success of the Witcher games and consumer behavior changes caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It has become the most valuable company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the WIG20 index, i.e., the 20 largest joint-stock companies in Poland. The game market is prevalent among Polish Internet users. Nearly 70 percent of them played video games in 2020. The most popular genres of games for desktop computers were logic, puzzle, and RPG.
Sale of video game Witcher 3
Polish gaming company CD Projekt RED created RPG game The Witcher. While creating the plot, the creators were inspired by the world built by a Polish fantasy writer, Andrzej Sapkowski. The video game premiered on October 26th, 2007, and since then, CD Projekt RED has released three series of Geralt of Rivia’s adventures. In 2019, a TV series inspired by Geralt's tales premiered on the Netflix platform.
Since its launch, the game has been hugely successful and still enjoys great popularity among computer players worldwide. The demand has directly translated into the sales results of CD Projekt RED. Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had its premiere in May 2015. Since then, 28.3 million copies of the game have been delivered to customers. The most significant number of copies were sold for desktop computers and Play Station consoles, and the largest number of buyers were in Europe, Asia, and North America. Six years after the release of The Witcher 3, CD Projekt RED achieved sales revenue of 2.1 billion zloty and a consolidated net profit of 1.15 billion zloty. According to preliminary information, work on the next release of The Witcher will begin after the premiere of Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020.
Gaming market in Poland
The gaming sector is one of the fastest-growing areas of the Polish entertainment industry. In 2020, the Warsaw Stock Exchange has noted 28 gaming companies planning to enter the market. The largest company in the gaming industry is undoubtedly CD Projekt RED, which is due to the success of the Witcher games and consumer behavior changes caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It has become the most valuable company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the WIG20 index, i.e., the 20 largest joint-stock companies in Poland. The game market is prevalent among Polish Internet users. Nearly 70 percent of them played video games in 2020. The most popular genres of games for desktop computers were logic, puzzle, and RPG.
