The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt—CD Projekt Pink’s massively profitable and critically acclaimed open-world RPG—has now offered over 50 million copies, making it one of many best-selling video games of all time. It’s offered sufficient copies to be rubbing elbows with huge video games like Grand Theft Auto V, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Tetris.
First launched in 2015 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, The Witcher 3 was developed and revealed by CD Projekt Pink and was the third entry within the open-world RPG sequence. Just like the earlier two, it starred the monster hunter and stoic charmer Geralt and was based mostly on a sequence of fantasy novels in regards to the character. What helped The Witcher 3 stand aside from different video games in 2015 and what helps it proceed to shine at present—is the standard of its large open world. Practically each sq. inch of the map is thoughtfully designed and full of fascinating, well-written characters and side-quests. And now, in 2023, it’s fairly clear this recreation is one thing particular because it’s offered roughly a bazillion copies since launch. That’s rather a lot!
Extra particularly, on Could 29, CD Projekt Pink introduced that The Witcher 3 has sold over 50 million copies since its 2015 launch. That’s a powerful quantity by itself, with none context. However it turns into much more spectacular whenever you begin to examine it to different video games and franchises.
Among the video games The Witcher 3 has outsold since 2015
The Witcher 3 is now, based mostly on publicly out there knowledge, the ninth best-selling online game in historical past, simply slipping by Pokémon Pink / Blue / Yellow, the first-ever Pokemon recreation’s, equally spectacular 47.5 million items. Additionally under The Witcher 3 are large hit video games like Skyrim, Diablo III, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Name of Obligation 4: Trendy Warfare, GTA: San Andreas, and Borderlands 2. And it’s creepin’ up on Pink Lifeless Redemption II, which sits at quantity eight on the present checklist. Rockstar’s open-world cowboy recreation at the moment stands at round 53,000,000 offered.
In actual fact, The Witcher 3 has offered sufficient copies that, like GTA V, it’s beginning to outsell total franchises. For instance, The Witcher 3—a single online game—-has offered extra copies than Sony’s total The Final of Us franchise. It’s additionally outsold the entireties of Saint’s Row, Watch Canines, Horizon, Splinter Cell, Dying Gentle, and Darkish Souls.
With that a lot success, it’s not stunning that CD Projekt Pink has extra Witcher video games within the works, together with a brand new trilogy made in-house, a handful of spin-offs from different builders, and an Unreal Engine-powered remake of the unique Witcher recreation. By the point all of those video games are lastly out, it’s seemingly The Witcher 3 may have offered but extra copies and moved even additional up the rankings. And it did all this with out Henry Cavill.