The native PlayStation 5 version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been delayed as development is moved in-house, but that's not a sign the project is in "development hell", according to CD Projekt RED. Speaking during the company's latest financial earnings call, a studio representative wished to quell any fears.
After suggesting an indefinite delay is the same as saying something is in "development hell", the representative said: "I want to say it's not a fact. There have been a lot of insinuations that we're going to launch June of next year. That's completely not the case." They then went on to say the PS5 version hasn't been pushed back "some monumental sort of time gap ahead of us". The Witcher 3 on PS5 was scheduled to release in Q2 this year, but a new time window hasn't been confirmed.
The term "development hell" is generally used by the gaming community to refer to a project that was announced years ago and hasn't been seen or heard from in some time. Beyond Good & Evil 2 from Ubisoft is a good example. Original creator CD Projekt RED will now finish The Witcher 3 on PS5 in-house, with development first led by Saber Interactive.
When the PS5 version does eventually release, it'll come packaged with some free DLC inspired by the TV adaptation from Netflix. It hasn't yet been confirmed what this will be. Elsewhere, CD Projekt RED has announced a brand new entry in The Witcher series that will run on Unreal Engine 5.
[source ign.com]
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Take your time and do it right, first time.
Take your time indeed..i have a load to get through and cyberpunk is still sat there patiently waiting its turn in the ps5 so there is no rush. I cant wait for the ps5 version..
They are waiting for the 3rd season of the TV show to maximize profit. Tis plain for all to see.
Never played this am waiting on the native PS5 version, having finished 2077 and loved my time with it I really want to see what the benchmark title is like!
Sure.
After all, why on earth should we doubt a single thing CDPR say?
Thank you for explaining what development hell means. All these years I thought it was a supernatural realm beyond our perception, some kind of place of torment not unlike the Hell as described by many religions. Turns out it's just when game development seems to have issues that delays it for years! Who knew?!
I've got other games to play in the meantime and if worse comes to worse, I'll replay my PS4 version.
@Scob Lmao, it's not like they sold a complete lie or lied about a certain game's performance on PS4.
We already know that CDPR has no problems lying to their investors. So who knows what the actual status of the game is.
Take your time and tbh I think people need to start moving on from Cyberpunk now at this point. Blame the guys up high rather than the Developers.
Development Hell is measured on the Duke Nukem Forever scale.
I’ll need to see a report of development on that scale, CDPR.
It's a shame that this was delayed as I bought the PS4 version specifically hoping for the free upgrade to the PS5, whenever it does finally release I will be checking out, I want to play it in its full glory.
It really doesn't matter CDPR. This was originally stated to be coming out last year. You as a company are way out of touch, and made boatloads of money lying to your fans.
I could care less what you do or put out going forward.
@Bismarck the ps5 upgrade is free, so how would they profit from it?
@Sebode90 I've heard rumors that there are people out there that haven't bought The Witcher 3.
> Not in development hell.
Yeah okay. Cause he totally doesn't have to say that or anything. Lol
CDPR used to be trustworhty. But nowadays they really can't be. Lies, excuses left and right.
@Mostik Funny you should talk about Cyberpunk 2077 because that's probably the year Witcher 3 will drop on PS5! 😂
Not like they'd say if it was
will any positive news EVER come out of cdpr? like anything...
still waiting....
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It would be interesting to know why they took back control from Saber Interactive.
@Nightcrawler71 I think it's almost definitely because it was Saber's Russia branch working on it, and CDPR doesn't want to work with any Russians right now, even though Saber is an American company. Saber Russia did the switch port.
Uhhh...yeah it is. CDPR either A-found a cheaper way to do the upgrade than paying Saber (likely an auto-ai-upscaler) or B-Really didn't like the work Saber had done. Or possibly both.
I'm still uncertain as to the big deal on this. The game looks phenomenal to me.
Did this really need another platform?
We'll most likely be waiting until whenever Season 3 of the Netflix series drops.
@TowaHerschel7 😂 Love it!!
I'm one of those that never played Witcher 3 (just an hour on PC) and i bought the game on console (well not full price ofc) waiting for the PS5 version So its a bummer.
Not sure it's even a necessity, at this point. Isn't already on every platform you can imagine? Bring on Witcher 4.
At least it seems they're putting more effort in then Rockstar did for GTAV, though that is an incredibly low bar
I really dont want another Cyberpunk fiasco so take your time.
Not like CDPR would lie, right?
You mean the same developer that told us Cyberpunk 2077 was a finished game?
"They then went on to say the PS5 version hasn't been pushed back "some monumental sort of time gap ahead of us". The Witcher 3 on PS5 was scheduled to release in Q2 this year
… July confirmed!
They're planning to release it around the Netflix season 3 premier, it's definitely not climate change. Since that's the real scapegoat. Also suspect a hidden kickback on the microtransactions. Trust me, I've been reading the tea leaves while wearing my tinfoil hat. Solid evidence, since this is what my life is about, figuring what real play is here. We got them now.
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