zarx said:
NiKKoM said:
iBlah said:
hmmm, is that alot for digital sales? honestly I was expecting much bigger numbers, maybe around 400 - 500k. |
I have no idea.. if you would ask shio he would say there low numbers cause he always says steam sells millions (legendary Shio's CoD4 sold 10 million thread)
but seeing that last time they talked about the Witcher 2 sales late august..
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-30-witcher-2-sales-are-nearly-1-million
The number recorded by developer CD Projekt was 940,000 sales for the first half of 2011.
Of those sales, 200,000 were digitally distributed copies of The Witcher 2.
so thats like 21% digital vs 79% against retail... I actually would have thought that the sales would be reversed in PC land... like 60~ 70% digital
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The Witcher 2 is a bit of an anomaly, in terms of the retail digital split. The fact that the retail copies all have a bunch of extras probably has a lot to do with it even the standard price SKU comes with a map, collectable coin, paper craft et,c and the fact the game is ~15GB to download is probably also a factor.
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I think the main issue is that The Witcher is primarily targeted to Europeans who likely do not use digital services as much as Americans.
The key takeaway should be total sales, not just the digital-retail split. They've done pretty well so far with the game. Unlike retail, it will continue to sell on Steam, GoG and other services for a very long time. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition has about 50% more sales thus far, which should tell you where The Witcher 2 should end up.
