Thanks, Netflix: "Witcher 3" Sets New Player Count Record on Steam Four Years After Release

[Tsing]

More people are playing "Wild Hunt" on Steam than ever before, and it's in large part to Netflix's "Witcher" adaptation.

Earlier this afternoon, Marcin Momot (CD Projekt Red's Global Community Lead) pointed out that "The Witcher 3" achieved a new record of 93,835 concurrent players.

The feat is doubly interesting, being that "Wild Hunt" came out over four years ago in 2015.

Now that (good) TV shows are a sure-fire way of giving game franchises tons of new exposure, could more be on the way?

Also helping increase the player count is the fact that The Witcher 3 is currently on sale on Steam. So a bunch of folks might have just finished up the show and decided to buy the game and keep experiencing the adventures of Geralt.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Some more icing to this cake, from PCGamesN, "The Witcher series has driven CD Projekt to a 21,000% stock gain since 2009".

I was a little tempted for another play through but only just finished what might be my 10th one a month or two ago. Could be years before/if I go back again. It was really only because of Halk's HD mods that I did that one.

 

[Burticus]

I guess I have to buy Witcher 3 GOTY now? I was hoping for an eventual humble bundle monthly release.