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SvennoJ on 11 April 2020
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JEMC said:
ironmanDX said:

It will. Witcher 3 is the 3rd game in the series. How often do we see such an explosion of sales at the end of a trilogy? How many of those that bought the Witcher 3 played 1 and 2... I didn't. I played 2 and 3. 

A new ip with their name attached? Cyberpunk has a chance to outsell Witcher 3. A good chance.

A completely different setting, a hyped developer... Has bungie/destiny written all over it.

Hopefully it doesn't turn out like Bungie/Destiny though... 😂

I hope it does, I really do, but over the years a lot of developers have said that starting a new IP is always difficult because they don't know if it will have success or not. And we have lots of examples of new IPs that failed despite coming from reputable developers (although most of the time, the game had flaws).

And yeah, I hope it doesn't end like Bungie/Destiny .

The popularity of game of thrones probably also had a hand in boosting sales. Fantasy had a boost in general. The Netflix series provided a big boost.

Sci-fi, cyberpunk on the other hand, not all that popular. Game of Thrones is (or was) one of the most popular show on tv. Westworld 172nd with only 10% of the viewers of Game of Thrones. Altered Carbon is more cyberpunk, it's a good show imo, but ask anyone and they probably have never even heard of it.

Cyberpunk only has the benefit of being from the makers of The Witcher, it will sell, but I doubt it will come close to Witcher 3 numbers. What can boost it is if it's getting placed as GTA in the near future.