CD Projekt Red has agreed to pay a extra, undisclosed quantity to The Witcher writer, Andrzej Sapkowski.
According to a report from Polish newspaper Puls Biznesu, the extra cost to Sapkowski is in “recognition” for his The Witcher novels. The settlement was additionally made with the intention to keep a “healthy relationship” with the writer, per a Wccftech translation.
A financial determine wasn’t supplied within the preliminary report, however it’s assumed the examine Sapkowski acquired is way lower than the $16.1 million he was asking back in October.
CDP paid the equal of $9,350 for the rights again within the day, which it stated coated licensing and rights to develop future titles. Sapkowski and his authorized staff disagreed, stating the unique settlement was for the rights to develop a videogame based mostly solely on the primary novel; subsequently, he was owed royalties for The Witcher 2, The Witcher three and expansions.
The writer beforehand stated he accepted the preliminary price from the developer as a result of it “brought a big bag of money” to the negotiating desk. He additionally refused to simply accept a proportion of the income, as a result of he was certain the game could be a failure.
“I was stupid enough to sell them rights to the whole bunch,” he told Eurogamer back in 2017. “They offered me a percentage of their profits. I said, ‘No, there will be no profit at all – give me all my money right now! The whole amount.’ It was stupid. I was stupid enough to leave everything in their hands because I didn’t believe in their success. But who could foresee their success? I couldn’t.”
He additionally stated in a separate interview across the identical time The Witcher games had lost him book sales.
Hopefully, the extra compensation was sufficient to please each events, and each can get again to doing what they do finest.
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