Without a doubt, one of the games of this generation of consoles has been The Witcher 3. The final title of Geralt de Rivia is a masterpiece. A game that elevated CD Projekt Red as one of the best developers in the current space. And the complete sale of the game confirms this.
As the company itself has revealed to it Final financial reportThe Witcher 3 has sold nearly 28.2 million copies since its launch in 2015. The platform where it has placed the most copies has been PC, with more than 12.4 million units. The PS4 follows 10.8, Xbox One with 4.3 million and finally Switch by 700 units.
Witcher 3, from visual to digital format
In addition, as revealed by the company itself, the game's main success has been in digital format. In 2015 alone, the year of its release, Witcher 3 sold more copies in physical format. That year, physical support collected 71% of title sales. However, since 2016 the digital format has prevailed, with 60% in that year, 74% in 2017, 80% in 2018 and 82% in 2019.
Another exciting detail that has revealed with Project Red about The Witcher 3 is that the best year of sales, besides the year of its release, was 2019. And the reason was the series released on Netflix, The Witcher, Not only increased the number of active players across all platforms, but also increased their sales. Finally he notes again that the region where he sold the most is located in Europe, with a continent with 37,2% of the game's sales. It is followed by Asia with 27.9% and North America with 25.6%.
Witcher 3 is available on both Xbox One and PC, except that it is available on Xbox Game Pass.
