Sales of The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt passed 33 million units, sold mostly on PS4 and PC for the third game.
Is the guy even breathing?? Damn he's speaking soooo damn fast, everything feels like a single word :S I can't watch this without feeling breathless ahahaha.
PS4 has (atleast) double the install base remember? Considering analytical information it should hold a 200% edge (when calculating percentages) in all multi platform game sales over the Xbox One. If Xbox sells 100, Playstation should sell 200. It doesn't always work out like this but you get the point.
In this case, 2015-2016-2017, the percentage differences were 233%-300%-240%.
But there are also other factors to consider. For example, The Witcher 2 was released for 360, but not for PS3. This was the first Witcher game to release on a PlayStation console, in fact.
Doesn’t work that way. Double install base doesn’t automatically double every game’s sales. We don’t all have the same taste, same friends, buying the same games at the same time for the same price.
@ONESHOTV2 considering: About 50% of the total sales was from 2015 23% ish in 2016 and 25% ish in 2017. PS4 sold more in 2015 and close second in 2016, so either the game overall sold more on PS4 than PC or it's a really close gap between the 2. It's with charts like this that makes any article about "PC Gaming is dying" just pure nonsense. Release a good product and people will buy it!
Shooters and racing games are king on Xbox, so no surprises that Witcher wasn't a priority for Xbox Fans.
There are other other factors to consider, like the fact that so many people who owned a 360 jumped ship and bought PS4 this generation, or that people who own both consoles bought it on PS4... but it doesn't really make that much of a difference anyways because Software Lover is right about install base being the biggest factor.
To those who disagree with Software Lover it's simple: Twice as many customers, twice the opportunity for a sale. It's called a ratio, and it's something kids learn about in grade school. Are you guys going to say that cooking for twice as many people doesn't require twice as much food too? Or that twice the asphalt builds twice the road? Ratios are grade-school level concepts and to ignore them is nothing short of insane.
I think it's an install base that buys more games, it's a bit weird to say they care more about this type of content when it's a open world rpg. That and the PS4 ate so much of the Xbox's market that you'd be delusional to think a large portion of the PS4 install base wasn't 360 owners especially in 2015.
But you know, keep that pinky pointy skyward. You're truly more cultured when you own a PlayStation.
I actually prefer the first Witcher game above 2 and 3. The story is very good but the main focus is the side quest it's really an incredible game. If you could get past some of the bugs it is a very very rewarding RPG. Trust me it's worth some of the hustle to get it to work right on PC
I'd be down with that! I played Witcher 2 on 360 and Wild Hunt on PS4 but never got to the original but if they did that I would scoop it up immediately!
alright, remake the witcher 3 already. no one wants it, no one needs it, but peeps are getting way too wet talking about this game. so go on. pay for it again, so your itch will be scratched. jeez.
Is the guy even breathing?? Damn he's speaking soooo damn fast, everything feels like a single word :S I can't watch this without feeling breathless ahahaha.
I expected the game to sell better on PS4, but wasn't expecting this ridiculous percentage gap.
Awesome and we'll deserved. Such fantasic games especially Witcher 3.
And to think, none of the previous Witcher games are available on a Playstation platform, and it still sold that much on PS4.
alright, remake the witcher 3 already. no one wants it, no one needs it, but peeps are getting way too wet talking about this game. so go on. pay for it again, so your itch will be scratched. jeez.