Posted November 27, 2017
The-Business: ...
- 1 billion gross revenue by The Witcher 3 since its launch (283m USD)
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- Cyberpunk 2077: development budget higher than for The Witcher 3, but also expectations higher (300 people working on it excluding testers)
- Cyberpunk 2077: issues with current state of game engine confirmed (avoided direct answer)
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Thanks for the summary. So basically my impression is that GOG is profitable and doing well but most of their future success hinges on the success of Cyberpunk 2077, because it is even bigger than Witcher 3 and Witcher 3 already was bigger than everything else they did so far. - 1 billion gross revenue by The Witcher 3 since its launch (283m USD)
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- Cyberpunk 2077: development budget higher than for The Witcher 3, but also expectations higher (300 people working on it excluding testers)
- Cyberpunk 2077: issues with current state of game engine confirmed (avoided direct answer)
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If CB2077 fails it has the potential to severely throw CDP and GOG back. The large cash reserves might mean that they may get another chance but right now it's all a gamble that CB2077 will be a huge success.
MajicMan: .... Almost all of GOGs growth would have to be new users picking up the good old game for the first time and some of the newer ones that have released in the past three/four years.
The only way for GOG to have real growth is to add more games and broaden the selection of games they add. They will get the next Larian Studios game (Divinity series), but if you don't like the isometric CRPG category and didn't like their previous games you won't get the next one. Nor will you get the next Harebrained Schemes games (Shadowrun series) or InXile game (Wasteland series) or Obisidian game (Pillars of Eternity). They are all highly regarded games and studios and they all sold well, but they are not for everybody.
They really need to add more shmups, visual novels, sim games and action games.
Sorry, I didn't saw your post until today. I agree. I just looked into my library and counted almost 200 games with many of them not played yet. On my wishlist are about 50 games but I don't need to buy them right now because I still need to play others. I would only buy more if GOG would get the games that I'm really interested in. Unfortunately there is the DRM problem with many of them. The only way for GOG to have real growth is to add more games and broaden the selection of games they add. They will get the next Larian Studios game (Divinity series), but if you don't like the isometric CRPG category and didn't like their previous games you won't get the next one. Nor will you get the next Harebrained Schemes games (Shadowrun series) or InXile game (Wasteland series) or Obisidian game (Pillars of Eternity). They are all highly regarded games and studios and they all sold well, but they are not for everybody.
They really need to add more shmups, visual novels, sim games and action games.
If only more people would know of GOG and buy here it would increase profitability which may result in more games DRM free available which may in turn attract more games. A positive, self-enforcing reaction. However, my impression is that this is not happening. The days of waves of releases of great games on GOG seem to be very long ago by now.
Post edited November 27, 2017 by Trilarion