[deleted] OP t1_j1m69xe wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:10 PM

Reply to comment by gnatsaredancing in The Witcher by Andrez Sapkowski is an underrated masterpiece. by [deleted]

Nope. Quite the opposite. CDPR was a relatively small publishing company that saw an opportunity in a video game license with Andrez as he was "The Pride of Poland" at the time, despite not being very popular outside of his home country. Sapkowski even decided to take a flat payment instead of a percentage-based payment due to his lack of faith in the success of the game outside Poland.

theburiedxme t1_j1m7bt6 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:19 PM

Flat instead of % is a big ouch :( Seems many here aren't getting it for some reason.

[deleted] OP t1_j1m7r1b wrote on December 25, 2022 at 3:23 PM

Yeah, he still got 16 mill out of it. Also, I expected to get downvoted into the shadow realm, despite my disclaimer at the end. Mostly because Reddit can't read lmao.