CD Projekt Income Down as Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Enters Pre-Manufacturing Avid gamers Area

CD Projekt has introduced that the tentatively-titled Cyberpunk 2, the upcoming sequel to the hit RPG Cyberpunk 2077, has formally entered the pre-production part.

This information comes by way of CD Projekt’s newest monetary presentation, by which it is also revealed that the corporate’s earnings are down when in comparison with final 12 months, though gross sales income has remained largely the identical and gross revenue is definitely up.

Final 12 months, CD Projekt raked in round $26.6 million in earnings, whereas this 12 months, that determine fell to about $22.9 million, a drop of roughly 14%. It is probably not a determine CD Projekt might be dropping sleep over, nevertheless it’s lower than supreme.

In fact, on condition that the corporate hasn’t launched any main video games since Cyberpunk 2077‘s Phantom Liberty DLC again in 2023, it is primarily coasting on again catalog gross sales and income from its GOG.com digital storefront, so a drop is not essentially surprising.

These again catalog gross sales are nonetheless fairly robust, although, it appears. Again in November, CD Projekt revealed that Cyberpunk 2077 gross sales have handed the 30 million mark, with the sport managing to generate $752 million in income for its writer within the 2023 fiscal 12 months alone.

As for the Cyberpunk sequel getting into pre-production, it might nonetheless be some time earlier than we hear something extra concerning the sport, sadly. Pre-production is a reasonably early stage; it includes prototyping, conceptualizing, and different duties essential to get a sport prepared for full manufacturing.

Nonetheless, the truth that the sequel is transferring forward is encouraging in and of itself, and given the intensive issues Cyberpunk 2077 confronted at launch, it is in all probability factor if the sequel has a extra protracted growth course of.

As for what else lies in CD Projekt’s future, the studio is at present engaged on The Witcher 4, which it formally unveiled in December. The sport will star Ciri as its protagonist, though it is in all probability a number of years off but, so we do not know an excessive amount of else about its setup.

Not solely that, however a full remake of the unique Witcher can be within the works, with Polish outfit Idiot’s Idea (which itself counts a number of ex-Witcher builders amongst its employees) dealing with the sport’s growth.