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Witcher 3 Exceeds 1 Million Pre-Orders

Just one more week to go until The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt arrives.

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CD Projekt Red's upcoming open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has eclipsed 1 million pre-orders, the Polish studio announced on Monday. The game launches next week.

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CD Projekt Red didn't specify how that figure breaks down between platforms or physical/digital.

Although The Witcher 3 doesn't arrive until next week, the game is already on sale at some stores in the United Arab Emirates.

Gameplay footage from early copies of the game has appeared on Twitch, but the streaming site is having none of it. Streams featuring the game before May 19 will be taken offline.

In other recent news about The Witcher 3, comedian Conan O'Brien played the game and explored its sexy, unicorn-filled world.

The Witcher 3 officially launches on May 19 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Digital copies of the game unlock at 1 AM CET, meaning gamers in the United States can actually start playing in the evening on May 18.

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They deserve all success they get.

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@foodrules: Are you saying that just because you are excited about the game or did they do something extraordinary or something?

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@atopp399@foodrules: I'm guessing it's because they put so much in to their games with such a little team and try to make sure they release it as polished as possible. They have pushed the date back to ensure everything is working properly. Also, there will be multiple DLC packs in the future that will be completely free with the game. There is probably more, but that's just off the top of my head.

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I am pre-ordering the game because there is a 10% rebate that ends the day the game comes out. I'll wait until the last few days.

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I hope they get a lot of purhases since they saw a lot of trouble doing this game

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@induktio1984: Then they can finally focus on cyberpunk.

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@RogerioFM@induktio1984: I'm hoping we might see something of Cyberpunk at E3!

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Preloading from GOG right now.

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I pre-ordered... The PC version from Green Man Gaming, so up yours CDPR!

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@StHapns247: where do you think GMG got their copy of the game? Answer - purchased from 3rd party who purchased from CDPR...

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@Saidrex@StHapns247: No sh!t.

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A playstation an Xbox and an ouya walk in bar... I think you know where this is heading

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@unknowingreaper: Nowhere because they're consoles and don't hate each other.

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@unknowingreaper: I guess I can understand Ouya walking in there, it's not like people play it, so it must be depressing.

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@unknowingreaper: Nowhere really.

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Talk about buzz kil

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:D

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I pre-order Witcher 3 and I have no shame of doing it. I also pre-order Batman Arkham Knight on PS4 so hate me all you want, but at the end of the day, I'm gonna be happy with my games.

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@davillain-: Ohhh I don't hate you, if anything Batman will be awesome, but I"m afraid I don't trust WB enough to pre-order it.

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@RogerioFM@davillain-:

If there is one saving grace about pre-ordering Arkham Knight then it has to be because it is a Rocksteady title.

Arkham Origins was a broken buggy mess when I bought it and it still hasn't been patched but that was WB Montreal (I think) not Rocksteady.

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@davillain-: Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham Knight are good games and trustworthy, so it's all good. In addition to these, I can't wait for MGS 5.

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@davillain-: You hope you'll be happy with your games.

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@Mogan@davillain-: We're talking about Witcher and Batman here. It's a given both will be some of the best games ever made.

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I did a lot of info. on my games, I know what I'm getting out of them.

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@davillain-: Heard that about Unity and MCC too. You really don't know until they're out. If you want to take that risk, that's totally fine, but it's still a gamble.

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Let's just hope the Dice rolls in my favors.

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*1 million facepalms*. lol

Yes okay, in this case it may be a safe bet on a sure thing but it is still pre-ordering and that is still a problem in the gaming industry and that still needs to end, no matter who is making the game.

Well enjoy the game folks, I'm sure it will be great anyway.

By the way, I do understand it, I did the same in 2013 with GTA V but I won't be for anything else, ever again... Not even GTA VI!

I'll just buy when I know the game is actually ready.

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@punksterdaddy: since CDPR is the developer and publisher, i have no problem with pre-ordering from them. they didnt let me down with witcher 1 & 2, so i dont have any reason to believe they will let me down with #3

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@ricku1967:

Yes I understand it, if I was a bigger fan of The Witcher games I may be tempted myself to pre-order... but as I found out in 2013, although I love GTA V, I realised even a well respected company like Rockstar are capable of realising broken games.

As I said, I get why people have faith in these guys, they are pretty solid but after all the messy launches last year from so many different publishers, I just think people shouldn't be so quick to pre order games. After all most of them aren't intentionally releasing them broken, but again I must stress if there is a company that still has consumer favour it is these lads/lassies.

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@punksterdaddy@ricku1967: you said the key word "publishers" , i really do believe they are mostly at fault for bad launches of games as of late, trying to get the developers to rush the games to market. like i said, since CDPR is both the publisher as well as the developer, they have more control of the game and its quality before release, the 2 delays of this game is a prime example of them wanting to put out the best game possible


as for GTA V i think most of their problems were with the online aspect of the game, since i never played that part of the game, i never had any problems with GTA V

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@ricku1967:

Oh yes absolutely it is 100% a publisher problem. A developer would be more proud of their work than to just shrug and say... "Ah well, that will do, just ship it as is."

Nah the issues I meant were in single player at launch, cars vanishing from garages etc.

Nothing game breaking but still bl00dy annoying after you customized a car, only to go back the next day and see it has gone as well as the money spent on it. Sure the Online had issues too (still does), but as I'm sure you know that came out two weeks later.

It wasn't a universal problem but it still happened to me until the first/second patch.

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@punksterdaddy@ricku1967: ouch, that does suck..i can say that never happened to me..i guess i was one of the lucky ones. but we are we are talking about sonething made by man..nothing will ever be 100% :)

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@ricku1967:

That is so very true.

Thanks btw, I expected a backlash because of my opinion in my original comment. It's nice to chat once in a while, instead of getting the usual h.ate for having different stance on something. lol. .

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@punksterdaddy: That's reasonable. I'm not against pre-orders, I don't like them yes, but it's more by the way they are done, hell, I've backed KS games and THAT is betting on a dream. If you keep a cool head and do some research more often than not you'll get your money worth.


Not always though, I pre-ordered Destiny.

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@RogerioFM:

Ouch... That must be painful? Well you were brave enough to admit that, so have a Like.

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@punksterdaddy@RogerioFM: It was a bad moment in my life.

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@punksterdaddy: It depends for which company you're pre-ordering. Obviously you'll face palm if you pre-order for a company which doesn't give a crap about your experience.

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