CD Projekt leader monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz known as 2023 the second one perfect 12 months within the corporate's historical past because the studio posted a benefit of greater than $120 million in its full-year earnings. Nielubowicz credited the discharge of Phantom Liberty, which used to be reportedly purchased through just about 1 / 4 of Cyberpunk 2077 house owners, in addition to endured passion in The Witcher, for CD Projekt's good fortune.[Phantom Liberty’s success] it led to very large gross sales,” mentioned Nielubowicz in a video observation as a part of the announcement. “Through the tip of 2023 Phantom Liberty has been bought greater than 5 million occasions.” %.twitter.com/9GpAn4HWIB— CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) March 28, 2024 Nielubowicz known as the sale of Phantom Liberty “an excellent outcome,” particularly since it’s been greater than 3 years because the unlock of Cyberpunk 2077. In income, CD Projekt introduced that Cyberpunk 2077 has earned greater than 3 billion PLN. (about $751 million) since its unlock in 2020. Even supposing used to be sturdy, CD Projekt confronted layoffs in the summertime of 2023 that ended in a discount in its team of workers of roughly 9 p.c, which the studio mentioned used to be “in keeping with the size and dimension of the crew that calls for ongoing initiatives and the way of CD Projekt Crew.” The layoffs ended in for the established order of the Polish Gamedev Employees Union, based through recreation QA knowledgeable Pawel Myszka and programmer Lev Ki. Redundancies proceed to be a significant issue within the gaming trade, with Rebellion, EA, Sony, and plenty of different publishers affected.Having a look forward, CD Projekt is making many adjustments to The Witcher 4: Polaris as construction continues. CD Projekt may be making plans the following Cyberpunk recreation, codenamed Orion, in addition to a live-action venture set within the universe. Kat Bailey is IGN's Tale Director and Nintendo Voice Chat contributor. Do you’ve gotten any guidelines? DM him at @the_katbot.
