| shikamaru317 said: Yeah, CD Projekt owes him nothing. It's his own mistake underestimating video games, he should have taken the percentage that they offered him back then. Yes he got shorted big time back then, but it's his own fault. To expect them to pay him $16m now is crazy. He'll be just fine without money from CD Projekt, he just sold the tv rights to Netflix not that long ago and I'm sure he got millions for the tv rights as popular as Witcher is now, thanks to CD Projekt. The popularity of the games boosted the sales of his books as well, they owe him nothing. |
I partially agree with this, without CDprojekt Witcher doesn't grow to world wide game, but the without the books you don't have the universe or characters either. You were expecting a guy who probably never played a videogame 20 years ago and was in probable financial trouble to predict that the game was going to be as successful as it was a decade and half later after its third iteration? The dude is a writer not an analyst. The 16 mil are a tad excessive. But a 5 mil settlement of some sort with a small percentage of future sells for example is not. Writers should learn from this mess to always demand royalties along with some money upfront.
