CD Projekt RED in the future

[ballowers100]

CD Projekt RED in the future

So I made this topic because a idea popped in my head from this topic.

http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/37264-the-story-of-cd-projekt-article-by-eurogamer/

The hardships that CD Projekt RED went through through out the years brought happiness to me to read that CD Projekt RED did not give up on their vision.

Another reason is because I just love how ANTI-DRM CD Projekt RED is.

So here is what I want to say lets say The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt becomes a huge success for CD Projekt RED and sells more than 5 million+ copies to 10 million+ copies what video game Intellectual Property rights (IP) would you like CD Projket RED to purchase that became failures so that CD Projket RED can bring them back from the ashes and since we all know CD Projket RED knows how to develop video games with story we can hopefully guarantee that CD Projket RED will keep developing video games good and not with cut content or buggy messes.

So if CD Projket RED earns more than lets say $250 million+ dollars (USD) to $500 million+ dollars (USD). What video game would you like them to purchase if it goes up for auction.

I personally would be happy if Electronic Arts (EA) sold Medal of Honor and CD Projket RED wins the bid to purchase it for $2 million+ dollars (USD) up to lets say $6 million+ dollars (USD) because Medal of Honor: Warfighter last year was a disaster.

Name what abandoned video games you want.

I might even make a poll of each video game when I see what people want.

Another cool thing is when CD Projekt RED gets more richer wouldn't it be sweet if CD Projekt RED ended up being a publisher for more and more video games in Europe, North America, Japan then hopefully more world wide? I just hope that if this happens they won't "dumb down video games and add DRM" because power tends to make people go insane sometimes.

Long live CD Projekt RED and may they be in business for the next 100 years.

 

[ReptilePZ]

What the...

 

[ballowers100]

What the...

I just want to see CD Projekt RED be a more successful company is it wrong?

 

[BrutaLLegenD]

That's nice of you, but I don't see that happening with Medal of Honor...

 

[spacehamsterZH]

Aside from the obvious fact that I'd rather see CDPR work on their own IPs, I don't really understand why you think this would work for them or anyone else. Failed videogame IPs are poison. The gaming public has decided that Medal of Honor games suck, and any game called "Medal of Honor" from here on out is doomed to commercial failure.

And then there's all the other reasons.

1) "Medal of Honor" is literally just a name. These generic military shooters are by and large identical, and you can basically just develop one of them and then call it anything you want. So why would you want to name it after a failed franchise?

2) It's surprising enough that the market is currently sustaining two near-identical generic military shooter franchises (COD and BF) - the failure of MOH, if anything, proves that there's no room for a third one.

3) The only thing CDPR could do if they were going to go FPS (which they won't, and nobody in their right mind would want them to) would be to do it differently from anyone else to revive the genre and prove that there's still room for interesting games in it (see also: Bioshock Infinite), and in that scenario, the absolute last thing you'd want to do is slap the name of a failed generic shooter franchise on it.

So, in conclusion, no. If the relative success of CDPR has proven one thing, it's that even in today's gaming industry, you can still be successful doing things your way if you're smart and make a quality product. So if they want to continue being successful, I say they should stick to their guns. Going open world with the Witcher franchise is enough of a mainstream experiment, if anything.

 

[Sam44]

how about super mario

 

[Ifrit30]

3) The only thing CDPR could do if they were going to go FPS (which they won't, and nobody in their right mind would want them to) would be to do it differently from anyone else to revive the genre and prove that there's still room for interesting games in it (see also: Bioshock Infinite), and in that scenario, the absolute last thing you'd want to do is slap the name of a failed generic shooter franchise on it.

CDP Red no, but a different team working for CD Projekt.
Ever heard of "THEY" ?

I'd rather have, that CD Projekt (Publisher) in general would focus more on games which are less made (targeted for specific group of players) instead of mainstream games to reach a lot of people.

 

[ballowers100]

CDP Red no, but a different team working for CD Projekt.
Ever heard of "THEY" ?

I'd rather have, that CD Projekt (Publisher) in general would focus more on games which are less made (targeted for specific group of players) instead of mainstream games to reach a lot of people.

Someone understands the point of my topic is for all for CD Projekt RED to purchase abandoned video games or failed video games and if they don't work on developing those video games they can work on developing their own video games while contracting out the development of those video games to other video game development companies and CD Projekt RED can publish those video games.

That tHey video game though I hope CD Projekt RED gets it released on their new REDengine 3 after The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077 gets released . That tHey video game sounds interesting I have never heard or seen it before I have seen the video game name only before though in 2011 or 2012 and again a few times this year.

CD Projekt RED becoming a world wide video game publishing company would be so damn sweet. Just hope they don't do contracts with video game development companies like the one that tried developing The Witcher: White Wolf. That company seems to of scammed CD Projekt RED and I do not want CD Projket RED to ever run in those kind of problems ever again.

 

[daarkesorro]

Cd Projekt will probably start developing more of their own ip's. Also,Cyberpunk might be their next series after The Witcher.

 

[Garrison72]

Cyberpunk and Witcher will keep them busy for years.

 

[FoggyFishburne]

This is an odd idea of a thread...

I can't really think of any hypothetical IP that RED should pick up.

Well, Mass Effect, I suppose. If you'd put a gun to my head and force me to pick an IP, any IP, it'd be Mass Effect. I don't know, I feel like RED is mature, intelligent and competent enough to do that universe justice. RED would make a game full of interesting intrigue and fascinating characters. No "here's the chosen one, go save the galaxy from the obvious evil villain from destroying the universe" hack bullshit moronic idiot plot that BioWare seems to copy+paste into every game of theirs. Instead a plot concerning a smaller aspect of the lore, a story that revolves around characters, rather than contrived set ups for melodramatic sensationalist shit. I think RED would do a fantastic job of creating a believable and sympathetic game rather than a fan pandering, shallow one.

So yeah. That'll be my pick.

 

[vivaxardas2015]

Well, I prefer them either to develop their own IP from scratch (which is much harder), or to pick up rights on some book series, and make video games based on that universe. There are a lot of good books out there. In both cases it will be cheaper, and more room of experimentation.

 

[username_3683651]

A rpg based on a song of ice and fire (game of thrones)

 

[Geralt_of_bsas]

I dont want CDP to purchase any IP or to be based of any other, after witcher 3 and cyberpunk, i want CDPRED to make THEIR OWN franchise from the ground up.

They are the best developers i know so far, but they havent proved themselves with the ultimate challenge of creating something from scratch, and i think its time for that.

 

[GuyNwah]

To the OP, I think people understood your advice that they should concentrate on reviving abandoned or failed titles. I think you made your point clearly.

But you cannot demand that people take your advice seriously. Titles that are abandoned or failed are usually abandoned or failed for a good cruel reason, usually that nobody wanted them in the first place. The rare titles such as Fallout that are abandoned because the developer was run into the ground by a fool are just that: exceedingly rare.

Another form of advice that I cannot understand the motive behind is requests that the Red team develop new titles "from scratch". Unless you have a team of writers on the order of, say, Michael Kirkbride (and can tolerate their (to put it politely) eccentricities within your system), you're not going to succeed.

The Red team has a strategy already, and I think it is up to us to understand that strategy and, to the extent that we are inclined to give advice, give such advice as fits within it.

I think there are two things to take note of regarding their strategy:

1. Their core market, for the foreseeable future, is Eastern Europe, most particularly Poland and Russia. Their natural path of expansion is to Europe. The barriers to becoming competitive in North America are much higher.

2. Their proven ability is to develop games from titles that have a devoted following in that core market. That's how they got The Witcher; that's how they got Cyberpunk 2077.

 

[username_3671363]

My friend, it's easier to accept the fact that some titles are dead and will stay like that, than hope for something like that.

Also, CDPR have their own agenda on games so far (something like blizzard when they started out). A few but QUALITY games, working on a future existing title such as Medal of Honor which you mentioned, if not done properly could ruin the name of a company that has worked so hard to create something of it's own rather than working on something that already exists.

Last but not least, CDPR are very big RPG fans so even in the case that something like that happened it would only happen (At least my guess is) on some old RPGS that have really been abandoned.

Just think that some actors have ruined their career by simply playing in a movie that they had nothing to do with the writing or directing, they were simply good actors that have played decently in the past, and because of a wrong choice (which they could not predict of course) had their whole careers burned down because of literally nothing, so yeah, it's pretty risky, and while it's risky to make something on your own personally I feel like CDPR atm is the only company that is creating an AAA game and still being modest and realistic

 

[Cs__sz__r]

If CDPR were to develop their own IP, that'd be fine. However if they continue to acquire licenses and turn them into great(or great sounding games in the case of CP 2077) and be a kind of niche developer. Well that'd be right up my alley as well.

 

[Thothistox]

To the OP: It depends on what you mean by a "failed" IP. Planescape Torment failed to make much money, but it's a good IP. If they bought that (too late someone else already has) they could potentially make something new and good out of it.

To Guy: Making a new IP is probably easier than reusing an old one, because you can do whatever you want and it becomes canon. The first game in a series is fresh and surprising, which is why people are more likely to call it "atmospheric" and favour it over any successor.

 

[GuyNwah]

To the OP: It depends on what you mean by a "failed" IP. Planescape Torment failed to make much money, but it's a good IP. If they bought that (too late someone else already has) they could potentially make something new and good out of it.

To Guy: Making a new IP is probably easier than reusing an old one, because you can do whatever you want and it becomes canon. The first game in a series is fresh and surprising, which is why people are more likely to call it "atmospheric" and favour it over any successor.

Well, you can, but that does not mean it will have anything of greatness or even originality about it. Most "new" IP is actually derivative, because it takes an extraordinary act of creativity to create something that both was never there before and has something to say about what it means to be human.

 

[vivaxardas2015]

To Guy: Making a new IP is probably easier than reusing an old one, because you can do whatever you want and it becomes canon. The first game in a series is fresh and surprising, which is why people are more likely to call it "atmospheric" and favour it over any successor.

Well, it depends what the devs goal is. If they are making a half-backed shooter, where the world itself can be sketchy, and a plot is secondary, then probably yes. But not for a strictly story-driven RPG. For a brand-new IP the writers will have to create everything from scratch - geography, factions, societies, multiple conflicts, characters, technology, and so on. If you read the Witcher books, you would know that a lot of interesting events were taken straight from the book. Triss turned into a statuette? Been there, done that. CDPR got the entire world, with abundance of characters, and already developed relations. That's why they managed to create good plots - a lot was already given.

I actually respect Bioware for DAO, because they started from scratch and built a brand-new universe. It was a lot of work. I wouldn't advise CDPR to jump into new IP at least for another 5 years, or, at least to take a lot of time to develop it.