
CD Projekt Red has seemingly weathered a storm of its creation, the chaotic launch of Cyberpunk 2077, which was ultimately redeemed through years of additional work culminating with the release of Phantom Liberty. With another Witcher game in development and a trio of other projects in the offing, it's an exciting time for the Polish company. It should come as no surprise to learn that the studio has no desire to be acquired by the likes of Sony or Microsoft.
CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kiciński spoke to the Polish language outlet Parkiet (thanks IGN), unequivocally stating: "We are not interested in integrating ourselves into any larger entity". The executive explained that the company is in a strong position and expects its best days are still ahead. "Throughout our entire lives, we have worked towards the position we currently hold. We believe that in a few years, we will be even bigger and stronger."
It's easy to see why, as the company currently has four buns in the oven. Project Polaris, colloquially known as The Witcher 4 and the start of a new trilogy, is now the developer's primary focus, gearing up for full production. In addition, Project Sirius is a new game set in The Witcher universe featuring multiplayer, Orion is a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, and Project Hadar will mark the company's first original IP, an exciting prospect indeed.
How are you feeling about CD Projekt Red these days? Are you willing to forgive and forget? Turn over a new leaf in the comments section below.
[source parkiet.com, via ign.com]
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Dig their independence as a smaller giant mega corpo
That's what they usually all say before they are acquired or at least have offers presented to them, there's eventually so many zeros written on a check that you have to fold.
Bungie was spouting this and more talking about living that independent thug life, they are still talking about it to this day even while being under Sony's pinky.
They don't need to be considering now much they make from the their games.
@Jamie1989 It's not always about the money as some devs just love to make games the way they want without too much interference. They should stay as they are. If a company like EA should ever purchase them then like codemasters it'll be the end of them and they will just be used to make more dragon age games. Company's like this benefit from their independence and their creativity remains fresh and original.
Their reputation took a serious blow with Cyberpunk - they are extremely lucky that worked out in the end.
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@LifeGirl lucky? Nah, they worked hard and fixed it.
@Starkei Many game developers have released terrible products and ''worked hard to fix it''. And guess what? Their game never sold because their customers had lost interest, or moved on to something else, or never learned that it was fixed for whatever reason, or boycotted it out of spite.
It's luck.
I'm happy to hear this and wish more devs would have this same mindset, the only reason I would want sony to buy someone would be to keep them out of the hands of Microsoft so I can still play that companies games on the platform I have been over the last 20+ years.
I mean the studio puts out some great stuff but the management layer could do with a clear out. So I mean a take over might not be so bad, ultimately the current management layer would be wanting that anyway as it would mean a tonne of moneies for them. Might fix the studio
Surprised as much as they’ve kissed up to Microsoft in the past. Still, that’s good.
Good to hear. CDPR is basically the only independent dev that does Western style RPGs and, at least in my opinion, are head and shoulders better than the likes of Bethesda or Obsidian.
If it was either CDPR or Bethesda that had to go, I'm glad it was the latter as a primarily PS player.
@LifeGirl I still disagree. Cyberpunk was never a terrible game, just one that launched with severe technical issues on underpowered hardware. That was the mistake, and a very bad move by the company. But it was an experience people wanted (great marketing, keanu reeves, still not luck) that CDPR eventually delivered over literal years of refinement.
@LifeGirl You're obsessed with this company they released a broken game now they've fixed it get over it.
I think if anyone was currently in the Market looking to Bolster their own portfolio of Studio's, they could have had a host of Studio's and/or built up their 'existing' Studios from all those that have been closed down and/or had big Staff cuts.
Sony, for example, maybe could have bought First Contact Entertainment (Firewall Zero Hour) to bolster their VR game development or maybe recruited staff from the 'numerous' Closures to create a 'new' or 2nd Studio to any of their big Studio's.
Arguably you wouldn't get the same 'talent' or the IP's that CDPR have, but also the Studio is in a much stronger place today than a few years ago. Despite the 'Launch' and subsequent months of disappointment - especially for gamers on 'last-gen' hardware, the game sold well and as more people 'upgraded' to next gen consoles, Cyberpunk has become one of the 'best' RPG's on the current hardware. Therefore, I'd imagine that they as a Company would be in a position of 'Strength' to determine their own future.
Independent Studios are not going to sell when they have all the resources they need for their immediate future. Its when things are difficult, maybe their games aren't selling 'enough' to keep them making games with rising costs etc and looking for 'investment', that they are often bought by Corporations. New or independent Studio's making their 'first' big Game wanting the resources to compete in the AAA space etc.
Cool.cd projekt red dont need to be aquire.they are doing good by themselves.word up son
Good. Microsoft can faff off.
@LifeGirl Not luck. It was a great idea from a well regarded studio that got rushed out too early. It sold well, but then got pulled from storefronts because of technical issues. Most games where the developer "fixed it later" had no hype in the first place or had no cache built up in their studio. Many of us held out because we believed that CD Project would make good. They did, and we ate it up.
@CharlieChooChoo exactly Choo Choo which is why I watch old stuff, police squad, Spenser for hire , original star trek and the next generation, loose change , what about bob. Yea media today is lost on me
@CharlieChooChoo eh? What makes sense to me Beverley hills cop trilogy , Stargate, lethal weapons basically every thing has something very silly in it today i can't compute lol
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Not surprising. They aren’t hurting for cash since they’re the star child of Poland and tend to get a lot of funding from it government.
@CharlieChooChoo hells yeah I'm on morphine
So I hope I don’t come off like a screaming lunatic but honestly I wanna make a comment on the question at the end of the article. Do I forgive and forget? Yeah I do. It’s called they released a good game poorly 4 years ago and have worked hard ever since. I guess it’s like I kinda hate this mindset on most articles I see about these guys which is like what do you expect me to hold a grudge for the rest of my life with these dudes?
@CharlieChooChoo I'm on morphine for rheumatoid arthritis I'm half cut 24 7 bud have a good one
Good to hear didn't like how they handled Cyberpunk at the start but their games are quality. I don't want to see Sony, Microsoft, Epic, Tencent own everything and suck out all the creativity and bleed them dry.
Good. Honestly? Bloody good.
I'm a PlayStation gamer (used to be a PC player up until this console generation. GPU prices are still stupidly overpriced). I don't want to have to buy both consoles to play previously third party games.
My opinion of Microsoft has soured massively since the Activision acquisition and the release of Starfield. As much as Sony acquiring CDPR would be fine for me, it would mean a significant portion of the gaming market would be locked out, just like we were with Starfield and, honestly, that's just bull faeces. For everyone involved.
So far, even the cyberpunk start, they've been nothing but great. Would like a witcher control update so I can play on steam deck, but hey, can't have everything. 😁
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