CDPR offered him a percentage of all sales. He told them to get bent, because they won’t make anything worthwhile anyway and demanded a flat fee of IIRC 10k instead. When Witcher games became a huge success he sued for more.
what was CDPR before The Witcher
The largest game publisher in Poland that made it’s name by hiring top billing Polish actors to voice characters in e.g. polish release of Baldurs Gate.
Oof. Yeah, I saw on the Wiki that CDPR had a demo of Witcher 1 that people thought was trash, so it’s almost understandable he wanted a flat fee. $10k (or the Polish equivalent) seems absurdly low.
Witcher 1 was never really considered to be a great game anyway. Witcher 2 got a lot of buzz around it, and 3 even more so.
I’m not a fan of how Witcher 2 does a few things, but I will go to bat for that intro cinematic every time. Pure gold. With the pirate ship. Love it.
CDPR offered him a percentage of all sales. He told them to get bent, because they won’t make anything worthwhile anyway and demanded a flat fee of IIRC 10k instead. When Witcher games became a huge success he sued for more.
The largest game publisher in Poland that made it’s name by hiring top billing Polish actors to voice characters in e.g. polish release of Baldurs Gate.
Oof. Yeah, I saw on the Wiki that CDPR had a demo of Witcher 1 that people thought was trash, so it’s almost understandable he wanted a flat fee. $10k (or the Polish equivalent) seems absurdly low.
Witcher 1 was never really considered to be a great game anyway. Witcher 2 got a lot of buzz around it, and 3 even more so.
I’m not a fan of how Witcher 2 does a few things, but I will go to bat for that intro cinematic every time. Pure gold. With the pirate ship. Love it.
Those negotiations were well before the demo - before any work on the game has started