CD Projekt chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz known as 2023 the second greatest 12 months within the firm’s historical past because the studio posted internet income of greater than $120 million in its full 12 months earnings. Nielubowicz credited the discharge of Phantom Liberty, which he says was bought by round 1 / 4 of Cyberpunk 2077 house owners, in addition to ongoing curiosity in The Witcher, for CD Projekt’s success.
“[Phantom Liberty’s success] resulted in sturdy gross sales,” Nielubowicz mentioned in a video assertion as a part of the earnings. “By the top of 2023 Phantom Liberty had been bought over 5 million occasions.”
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Nielubowicz known as Phantom Liberty’s gross sales “a superb outcome,” particularly on condition that it has been greater than three years because the launch of the unique Cyberpunk 2077. Throughout the earnings, CD Projekt introduced that Cyberpunk 2077 has earned greater than 3 billion PLN (about $751 million) since its fraught launch in 2020.
Regardless of the sturdy numbers, CD Projekt underwent a spherical of layoffs in summer season 2023 that noticed it cut back its workforce by round 9 %, which the studio described as “an alignment of the size and measurement of the workforce with the necessities of ongoing initiatives and the CD Projekt Group technique.” The layoffs led to the creation of the Polish Gamedev Employees Union, which was based by gameplay QA analyst Pawel Myszka and programmer Lev Ki. Layoffs have remained an ongoing concern within the video games trade, with Riot, EA, Sony, and quite a few different publishers affected.
Wanting forward, CD Projekt is shifting extra sources to The Witcher 4: Polaris as improvement continues apace. CD Projekt can be planning the subsequent Cyberpunk sport, codenamed Orion, in addition to a live-action mission set within the universe.
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