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CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by agilob »

enragedcacti wrote: post #64
agilob wrote: post #44

Has CDPR run out of ideas, but still had a bag of promises to make? They promised CP77 extensions and multiplayer, The Witcher 3 in 4k, now remaking Witcher 1? I'm kindof disappointed with this news and not hearing updates about previous "updates".

Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. also this is just follow-up to a previous announcement where they announced 5 projects in various stages of development on top of info about the CP2077 expansion: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/cd-projekt-red-witcher-cybe...

They couldn't deliver 1 good project CP77, but now committing to 5 at around the same time?

You said:

>Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this.

but the link claims:

>On Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced five all-new games currently in development at the studio

Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can they afford it?

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by bravetraveler »

Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

I was a relatively active PC gamer in the US at the time they all came out...

I somehow didn't know about Witcher until the third made a big wave! Granted, I was only playing some of the most obvious/big RPGs at the time

At the time I was more into FPS

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by Tade0 »

giobox wrote: post #33
Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

Witcher 1 not so much, but Witcher 2 had a pretty good 360 port that a lot of people played in the West, and PC version did well too - across all platforms 1.7 million copies sold by 2012, another article I saw suggests 8 million by 2014. I think thats getting towards very roughly ~1/4 the success of Witcher 3, volume wise. Not bad, considering Witcher 3 volume includes a portable Switch release. > https://www.euroga…

> Not bad, considering Witcher 3 volume includes a portable Switch release.

I've seen the Switcher. Wasn't actually half as bad as I anticipated. All the more surprising that CDPR is abandoning their own engine in favour of UE5.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by zeagle »

jason-phillips wrote: post #3

As someone playing through Witcher 3 on a Steam Deck for the first time, to say that I'm wildly excited about this is not an understatement. Witcher 2 currently appears to be a no-go on the Deck and I'd love to play the rest of the games in the series.

Do you mind if I ask what settings you run it on and how happy you are with the performance? I'm precontemplatively considering a steam deck but haven't really looked into it.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by 988747 »

agilob wrote: post #71
enragedcacti wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. also this is just follow-up to a previous announcement where they announced 5 projects in various stages of development on top of info about the CP2077 expansion: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/cd-projekt-red-witcher-cybe...

They couldn't deliver 1 good project CP77, but now committing to 5 at around the same time? You said: >Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. but the link claims: >On Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced five all-new games currently in development at the studio Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can t…

> Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can they afford it?

Stock price has nothing to do with how much money CDPR has in their bank accounts. Stock trading is basically a public opinion poll on the future of the company, but not a penny from those trades actually goes to company accounts.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by jvanderbot »

agilob wrote: post #71
enragedcacti wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. also this is just follow-up to a previous announcement where they announced 5 projects in various stages of development on top of info about the CP2077 expansion: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/cd-projekt-red-witcher-cybe...

They couldn't deliver 1 good project CP77, but now committing to 5 at around the same time? You said: >Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. but the link claims: >On Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced five all-new games currently in development at the studio Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can t…

>Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can they afford it?

It's new to me that the company makes its money selling its stock, not games.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by the_duke »

agilob wrote: post #44

Has CDPR run out of ideas, but still had a bag of promises to make? They promised CP77 extensions and multiplayer, The Witcher 3 in 4k, now remaking Witcher 1? I'm kindof disappointed with this news and not hearing updates about previous "updates".

Not at all, they have lots of new games coming.

Sibling comment has a link.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by viraptor »

agilob wrote: post #71
enragedcacti wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. also this is just follow-up to a previous announcement where they announced 5 projects in various stages of development on top of info about the CP2077 expansion: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/cd-projekt-red-witcher-cybe...

They couldn't deliver 1 good project CP77, but now committing to 5 at around the same time? You said: >Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. but the link claims: >On Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced five all-new games currently in development at the studio Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can t…

I don't have much info any their organisation and teams, but it may not be a bad idea. Adding people to IT projects beyond some threshold doesn't really make them faster and spreading the risk across 5 projects may be better than going all-in with one.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by t0bia_s »

AmalgatedAmoeba wrote: post #24
Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

I can only speak for Czechia and here the Witcher II definitely made a splash.

I would say W1 was successful too. At least for me it has stronger story telling then W2 which is too political for me.
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