https://youtu.be/KLzqJ6it36c?t=14285
At 3:50, Piotr says something really interesting to me - that of the direct budget allotment to Witcher 3, that allotment was about 10% of the revenue from Witcher 3.
10%. That...is a nice return.
AND, ( since they are talking budget of Cyberpunk), they learned -and say- that although budget is important, it's not the focus. That's quality and sales.
Oh, also they have "over 300" working on Cyberpunk and more coming, possibly up to as many as twice as Witcher 3. "Closer to double than not."
Think that has been mentioned here before, but hey, it's a nice refresher. Cpunk has a big crew and budget, but the President of CDPR says quality and sales remain the most important factors.
"If you spend 5% more and it generates several times that value, then it is the right choice". Paraphrased slightly from Piotr, CFO. Chief Financial Officer.
Oh and when will they show the game? Asked by "Lawrence".
'We don't want to start the campaign about the campaign" of PR.
Nice try, Lawrence!
WHICH ONE OF YOU RATLINGS IS LAWRENCE!?
I admire you quite a lot.
Kicinski on why people work at and stay at CDPR:
"They believe that, I hope they believe that at CDProjekt they are able to create the greatest games in the world. No one will stop them because we, as business persons in the company,
we are not valuing Business over Quality(emphasis mine). So we never stop them from quality for any business reason."
"We have to calculate money, of course,
but we are not the company which will ever, ever say, "because of fiscal, we have to." Never. We always look at the long term, we always look at the quality because we truly believe in it."
"So I believe that's a great environment for great creators."
Seems pretty passionate...