CD Projekt RED will now receive 80% for direct sales of the title on Steam, a condition governed by Valve's rules of use.
CD Projekt RED has confirmed that sales computed by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Steam have exceeded $ 50 million in revenue between October 2019 and today; This will allow the developer to take advantage of Steam's policy whereby they will receive 80% of the income produced by each sale of the video game.
“The accumulated income of The Witcher: Wild Hunt on Steam in the period between October 1, 2019 and today has exceeded $ 50 million. Therefore, we will now obtain 80% of the consequent sales of The Witcher: Wild Hunt on Steam. Thank you very much for your support! ”, They say in the message, spread through Twitter.
Since the premiere of the Netflix series based on The Witcher, game sales have skyrocketed, especially on Steam.
The accumulated revenue from sales of The Witcher 3 on @Steam platform for the period of time between October 1st 2018 and today has exceeded 50M USD. As a result, we are now getting 80% on any subsequent sales of TW3 on Steam.
Thank you all for your support! pic.twitter.com/JgNgrrI5h0– CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) February 20, 2020
How Steam's revenue policy and earnings percentage works
We remind that the new Steam policy, effective since last December 2018, was stipulated to offer 75% of the profits for the editor and 25% for the company of Gabe Newell as long as the budding video game manages to exceed 10 million dollars in revenue. If the success is even greater, with 50 million dollars, Valve will receive 20% and the developer the remaining 80%.
At that time, Epic Games Store contracted when presenting with a policy based on which developers would obtain 88% of each sale, while Epic Games will take 12%. Discord did the same with 90% of the benefits for the developer, although his idea went more unnoticed.
All in all, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an international success wherever it goes. For starters, the version of Nintendo Switch developed by Saber Interactive has been updated with numerous technical improvements; on the other, the Witcher series on Netflix remains the leader in streaming portals as the most successful series of recent times; even surpasses The Mandalorian.
