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Forums - Gaming - Witcher 3 sales update as of the end of 2019, roughly 28m with rough platform breakdown

DonFerrari on 08 April 2020

Very strong sales, and 700k probably paid the port for Switch, still that is very small seeming that even several years after release on all other platforms and already being kinda satured they still outsold it.



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Drakrami on 08 April 2020

Yeah 700K definitely paid for the port.

Didn't know Witcher was so sucessful... 28million...!? Rpgs are not supposed to sell this much.

Bioware must be drooling/stomping on their feet. None of their efforts are close to reaching this level of sales.



AJNShelton on 08 April 2020

And 700k is only from october to december, it would have definitly go way over 1 million if it was released in january, and wil probably be at that number by the end of 2020



Chazore on 08 April 2020

Those long tail sales definitely paid off in the long run for them. It'll be interesting to see how far Cyberpunk's can go for, though that game will be on just 3 platforms, but also the next gen systems.



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FarleyMcFirefly on 08 April 2020

To me, 700k full price for a port seems like a good number.... Anyone know if this was profitable for the publisher?



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curl-6 on 08 April 2020

The Switch version came out on October 15th, so that's 700k in 2.5 months.

That's pretty good considering it was a full price port of a four year old game. It will breeze passed the million mark, (if it hasn't already) which should easily be enough to turn a profit from a conversion of a game that was already made.



PotentHerbs on 08 April 2020

Another 10+ Million seller for the PS4.

Great sales overall.



PotentHerbs on 08 April 2020

This has to be the best selling RPG of all time, right?

Skyrim is the only RPG I can think of that might have sold more than 30 Million. Maybe FF7R has a chance but that seems like a long shot.



SammyGiireal on 08 April 2020

Nice to see a a game that truly deserves all the praise it gets pulling in these numbers.



PotentHerbs on 09 April 2020
shikamaru317 said:
PotentHerbs said:
This has to be the best selling RPG of all time, right?

Skyrim is the only RPG I can think of that might have sold more than 30 Million. Maybe FF7R has a chance but that seems like a long shot.

Yes, Skyrim is still #1, it had already sold 30m by November 2016, which was 1 month after the XB1 and PS4 ports, and before the Switch and VR versions. Bethesda hasn’t announced updated numbers since then, but I would guess it has passed 35m by now, or at least close to it. Witcher 3 might catch it eventually, especially if they decide to port it to PS5 and Xbox Series, but I doubt they will, they seem to be fully focused on Cyberpunk currently.

Yeah, very doubtful Witcher 3 can catch up to Skyrim, but it goes to show the strides CDPR have made. 

Cyberpunk might end up being the best selling new IP this gen considering Horizon: Zero Dawn is on a single platform (although I'm not sure what to expect sales wise with the Steam release).