The company’s CEO has openly stated that the Polish company has no plans to be acquired by anyone.
Since around March, there have been frequent rumors that CD Projekt (shortened to CDP onward), known for The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, might end up in Sony’s grip, as they certainly have the funds for further acquisitions. In 2015, we heard that Electronic Arts was sniffing around. Still, CDP quickly shot down those rumors, and in 2016 the company took “safety measures” to avoid a hostile takeover (= when a company’s board doesn’t want a takeover offer to be accepted). Then last year, we heard rumors of a seizure after CDP developed an ambitious development plan that would last for years.
That’s when Marcin Iwiński stepped down as co-CEO, and the rumor mentioned recently became so widespread that CDP responded! On Twitter, CD Projekt RED’s (their game development studio, from now on, we’ll abbreviate them as CDPR) PR representative, Ola Sondej, denied on Twitter that Sony had made them an offer, and in their quarterly annual report, the company’s CEO Adam Kiciński also brought up the acquisition: “Nothing has changed. I can repeat what we’ve been saying throughout the year, CD Projekt is not for sale. We want to remain independent. We have, I believe, an excellent strategy—not easy to execute, for sure—but it’s fascinating to follow our path.”
It has been confirmed that more than 50 million copies of The Witcher 3 have been sold, and the franchise achieved more than 75 million sales. The last time we heard sales statistics was in April 2022, when Geralt crossed the 40 million mark, so to get 10 million sales in a year when the base game was released in 2015 is an excellent achievement. Finally, it’s official that Geoff Keighley’s E3 replacement, Summer Game Fest, will feature CDPR’s next project Phantom Liberty, the only Cyberpunk 2077.
So the company says everything is alright and will remain independent.
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