Atomic: The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition: CD Projekt RED hates money

Atomic: We take a look at the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2, and also interview CD Projekt RED about a bunch of PC-related things.

"DRM affected the performance in the game. It was in the game at launch, but we removed it when we noticed that it affected the game. So we decided that the DRM is not important for us at all. And the game is the most important thing. So we removed it. And on the other hand, we believe that DRM is not the way to make sales because there are two things. First of all, those people who are pirating the game, wouldn’t buy it in the first place, in my opinion. Or they are pirating it to check how the game plays because we haven’t released demos, and they go and buy the game anyway; if they like it, of course. And the second thing is that I think that if the people want to crack the game, the security systems, they will do it anyway."

[NYC_Gamer]

One of the most non greedy community loving studios around

[Moncole]

EA can take a note from them

[Pandamobile]

All publishers could take a note from them.

[Voxelman]

Maybe in the short term but it will pay off in the future, look at Valve. Building up a loving and dedicated fanbase is good for business. Or at least I hope it is, I know I for one will buying their games with far less doubt than other devs because I know even if their games have issues they will listen to their fans and work to fix the problems for free.

Games from other studios have to be fantastic before I will buy because I know that it's not likely they will improve it. And they will probably nickel and dime me of content and stuff restrictive DRM that will limit how and when I can play. That all lowers the value of their games to me.

That and their games are all fantastic so far!

The only thing they could improve is comprehensive mod support.

[NachosWithCheese]

Totally agree with the Valve comparison. As long as a developer can churn out quality titles that make a profit, treating fans well is definitely a smart tactic. Let us hope that CD Projekt is around for a long time into the future.

[D3mons0ul]

So not being greedy = hating money?

[NachosWithCheese]

I wouldn't see it as that equation. The question the title is referring to goes into more depth about how they feel that a significant amount of content should be given away for free. I would argue that the content should be charged, based on the current systems we're used to paying for. Not that I'm complaining that it'll be free, of course.

[Laxman]

I agree. I would have no issue paying for the extra content, but I guess the money they will be making by releasing it on console will more than make up for their development time.