This is not CDPR putting a 19 million sold estimate on the game
It's an investment firms prediction
Yes, and the actual quote from the conference call is available
here.
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Łukasz Kosiarski (Pekao IB): Okay, one final question. We recently saw the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 from your competitor. What have you learned by monitoring this event, and have you drawn any lessons which may benefit Cyberpunk as regards fine-tuning the game? Well, with The Witcher 3 the bugs took around 3 months to patch out after the release – from what I can remember – and the prevailing view seems to be that Red Dead Redemption was good enough on the day of release to merit that 97/100 score. Do you expect to be able to release Cyberpunk in a good enough state to score at least 95 points, or do you prioritize your release schedule?
Adam Kiciński (CEO): A fairly provocative question, isn't it? Without a doubt, quality is of paramount importance.
We strive to publish games which are as refined as Red Dead Redemption 2, and recent Rockstar releases in general. That game is excellent, by the way, we are rooting for it. Rave reviews, excellent sales. What does that teach us? Well, it teaches us that we need to publish extraordinary games, and that's exactly what we are planning. Gamers, it seems, tend to focus more and more on hit releases. There's only so much time one can devote to videogames, and while there gaming community is growing, time cannot be stretched. There is – well, maybe not a surfeit, but a fair deal of good games out there, and playing them consumes a lot of time. So it pays to be among the best – that's how you get a nice fat slice of cake, businesswise, and the same cannot be said for the lower leagues. In summary, we are rooting for Rock Star and for Red Dead Redemption 2, and we're happy to see that excellent games continue to sell well.
