Some video games simply hold promoting. Grand Theft Auto V is sort of a decade previous at this level but it surely in some way continues to look within the charts and has bought over 180 million copies, a really mind-boggling quantity. It’s solely surpassed by Minecraft.
Effectively, it looks as if The Witcher 3 can be a kind of uncommon video games that simply retains going and going and going. CD Projekt RED Tweeted out that their recreation has now bought over 50 million copies.
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Currently, Wikipedia has The Witcher 3 as having sold 40 million copies which puts it in 16th place. These new figures would shift the sport to ninth, simply behind Pink Useless Redemption 2 (53 million) and simply forward of Pokemon Pink/Inexperienced/Blue/Yellow.
In fact, the sport’s large success was additionally bolstered by the TV present starring each geek’s crush Henry Cavill, the wonderful DLC, the next-gen replace and the truth that it’s continually on sale.
The corporate’s subsequent recreation, Cyberpunk 2077, took some time, launching in 2020, a full 5 years after The Witcher 3. Regardless of numerous issues, Cyberpunk 2077 bought like loopy and as of September 2022 has bought 20 million copies, a quantity that’s undoubtedly a lot greater by this level. The bottom recreation on Wikipedia’s record is Pink Useless Redemption at 23 million copies bought, and it might not shock me if Cyberpunk 2077 is near that or has surpassed it by this level.
To at the present time I nonetheless adore The Witcher 3. It comprises a number of the most gratifying quests I’ve ever performed in an RPG and a superbly realised world. I hold which means to fireside it up and take a look at the up to date model however by no means get round to it. Sooner or later I’ll make the time, sharpen up my silver blade and hunt some monsters.
