was released in December 2020, after CD Projekt postponed the game’s premiere three times. The studio has just summed up the year it ended with a profit.
The Group’s revenues in 2021 amounted to PLN 888 million, which was mainly due to the sale of Cyberpunk 2077. The consolidated net profit amounted to PLN 209 million in the discussed period.
Despite the payment of the highest dividend in our history in the amount of over PLN 500 million and the implementation of further works on the released and new games, at the end of last year, our financial reserves in the form of cash, deposits and treasury bonds increased by nearly PLN 280 million. In recent years, we have built a solid financial base that supports our independence and secures the possibility of further development of the Group
– said Piotr Nielubowicz, vice-president of the management board for finance.
Cyberpunk 2077 will receive an add-on
During the conference with shareholders, CD Projekt also announced that it is working on an expansion pack for Cyberpunk 2077. The expansion is expected to be released next year. The studio is to reveal more information in the coming months.
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CD Projekt announced that it had sold 8 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077 in the preorder. Despite the problems it had just after its debut, the company managed to sell another 10 million copies.
We believe in the long-term potential of our latest production, which is why one of our priorities in 2021 was to work on improving the gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077. We are pleased with the current state of the game, as well as with the adoption by the gaming community of the next-gen console version, which we released in February this year. . We have sold over 18 million copies of Cyberpunk so far
– said Piotr Nielubowicz.
The new Witcher and the Wild Hunt delay
CD Projekt also boasted that the total number of copies sold of all games in the series has already reached 65 million copies. As much as 40 million is the last part of the The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt saga. The production was to hit the Xbox Series X / S at the end of last year. The company, however, had to postpone the premiere to the second quarter of this year. This deadline will not be met as well.
However, CD Projekt released the most interesting information at the end of March. although it will not be a direct continuation of Geralt’s story. Apart from the engine change, CD Projekt does not provide any details yet. Instead of the original RED Engine, the manufacturer will use Unreal Engine 5. This is the Epic Games engine with which the Polish company has recently started a long-term cooperation.
Source: Gazeta
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