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Posted November 06, 2014
16 extra content packs coming free for everyone!

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the RPG epic with a mature, non-linear story drawn from player's decisions, a vast multi-region open world acting like a living ecosystem, dynamic and tactical combat, and stunning visuals, is now available for pre-orders, up to 20% off (including special loyalty discount), on GOG.com! The game comes out on February 24, 2015, but it's today that CD PROJEKT RED & GOG.com would like to announce that it will be followed by 16 DLCs available to all gamers, regardless of their platform of choice.

<img src="http://www.gog.com/upload/images/2014/11/a725879ca675f16dee3706fd9509a227ae78816c.jpg">

Why are we doing this? Here's an open letter from someone many of you know quite well already, Marcin Iwiński, co-founder and Joint CEO of CD PROJEKT RED:

We love games. We love collecting them, playing them, and everything connected to that experience. Every time we reach out for a new release, we expect to be taken care of. We expect support if we encounter any problems, we love updates constantly improving the experience, and we feel really special when we receive free content that gives us more than we initially paid for. It doesn't have to be huge, it can be an awesome skin for a character, or an extra sword, or armor.

Unfortunately this treatment is quite rare these days. As gamers, we nowadays have to hold on tight to our wallets, as surprisingly right after release, lots of tiny pieces of tempting content materialize with a steep price tag attached. Haven’t we just paid a lot of cash for a brand new game?

As CD PROJEKT RED, we strongly believe this is not the way it should work and, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we have decided to do it differently. Cutting to the chase, everyone who buys Wild Hunt will receive 16 specially prepared DLCs absolutely for free, regardless of platform. You don’t have to pre-order, you don’t have to buy any special edition to get them -- if you own a copy of Wild Hunt, they’re yours. This is our way of saying thank you for buying our game.

There you have it, folks! There's very little to add to Marcin's words except: Pre-order today, and prepare for an RPG experience worthy of the best traditions of the genre, and taking it to a whole new level! The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available up to 20% off, packed with bonus content on GOG.com, and will receive 16 free DLCs after release. Check out the pre-order page for the bonus content details and your local pricing.
Post edited November 06, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted November 06, 2014
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It's awesome how some people react to the word DLC as behavioral Pavlov dog. They already stated that none of the DLCs are done, they aren't part, finished or cut from game. Rather than that they first focus on developing the game and successfully add more mini-content updates in form of modules, addons to the FINISHED game and any new DLC will appear as they will be created after complete game is made. Announcement like that is more like revealing schedule of planned 16 bonus content modules, add ons to the game released when they are done after game is made.


Reading with thinking is often lost trait when tons of opinions are shared at once as I see...
Post edited November 06, 2014 by HenitoKisou
Posted November 06, 2014
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F4LL0UT: You make it sound as if the base game were alreadycompletely finished and they were just sitting around and waiting for the game's release before they start working on the DLC.
No it's all finished and ready for dispatch! They're just pulling the good ol' DLC prank on us while roaring with laughter as they watch us sheep singing their praises. And that's a fact.
Posted November 06, 2014
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mrkgnao: I tend to think of crowdfunding as pre-order (with a risk involved), while this is to me just a PR stunt. But I'm not too familiar with crowdfunding.
The way you or anyone thinks of crowdfunding is not really relevant. It's emphasised that whatever "rewards" you get are free as a thanks for the support you show.
Posted November 06, 2014
Nice stuff! And that's a heck of a lot of DLC for a game that's not even out yet. :)
Posted November 06, 2014
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HenitoKisou: It's awesome how some people react to the word DLC as behavioral Pavlov dog.
Good one. And classy. I would have probably just said something about feminists and penises.
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IAmSinistar: Nice stuff! And that's a heck of a lot of DLC for a game that's not even out yet. :)
Dude, you're making it almost sound as if it were a good thing. Oh yeah... because it is! *brofist*
Post edited November 06, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted November 06, 2014
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mrkgnao: I tend to think of crowdfunding as pre-order (with a risk involved), while this is to me just a PR stunt. But I'm not too familiar with crowdfunding.
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HypersomniacLive: The way you or anyone thinks of crowdfunding is not really relevant. It's emphasised that whatever "rewards" you get are free as a thanks for the support you show.
Oh. You mean rewards beyond the actual game. I wasn't aware that was a central part of crowdfunding.
Posted November 06, 2014
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timppu: In order not to push back the release date, yes. Just like other companies do with their day-1(?) DLC. Except that in this case, the DLC is offered for free. Your problem seems to be that CDPR uses this as a PR stunt, that they offer this extra stuff free? Bad bad CDPR, don't make yourself look so good!
I want to say : "Thank goodness ! I do hope that the two skins(assets ? Whatever ! ^^) you meant to put in the game in time then that you cut out will be free!"

The problem is precisely that I feel CDPR would like we applaud us for that. Yes, 14 huge (?) DLC for free, that's something. But I don't see what's the big deal about releasing late for free some content probably cut out from the game. Should we give CDPR candy for that ? Because other publishers are more cupid ?

So yes, I also think that's a problem that CDPR adopt a populist stand for that.
Posted November 06, 2014
Free DLC = new content developed and added later for free = cool, thanks!

I approve, but I'll wait for Witcher3EE anyway, because of budget, hardware, full experience :P
Post edited November 06, 2014 by phaolo
Posted November 06, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Nice stuff! And that's a heck of a lot of DLC for a game that's not even out yet. :)
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F4LL0UT: Dude, you're making it almost sound as if it were a good thing. Oh yeah... because it is! *brofist*
Now to hope that someone at CDPR has just the right sense of humour to announce that one of the DLC is "New Hat". :)

But seriously, they are off to a good start, with one of the announced DLCs being extended content/mission stuff. I like more game.
Posted November 06, 2014
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mrkgnao: Oh. You mean rewards beyond the actual game. I wasn't aware that was a central part of crowdfunding.
It's not exactly the same but stretch goals could be considered additional content although they would be included in the initial release.
Post edited November 06, 2014 by Lemon_Curry
Posted November 06, 2014
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mrkgnao: Oh. You mean rewards beyond the actual game. I wasn't aware that was a central part of crowdfunding.
Not all devs do that, but some of the projects I've backed have "backer exclusive content" tiers. I don't usually plump for those, though, unless that tier has something else I actually want, like the soundtrack or art book.
Posted November 06, 2014
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Evilbeefjerky: I make no attempt to hide my dislike of CDPR, true.
I'm merely saying I consider this another in their long line of disingenuous and manipulative actions, and expressing my frustration that so many are again falling for it.
I think the question raised by your posting style is whether you would dislike it if another company had done the same thing, or if it's only bad because it's CDPR doing it.

Since you appear to like Alpha Centauri, let's pretend DLC (really even digital distribution at all) existed when that game was released. If Firaxis had said "Hey, we're going to give everyone the expansion for free!" would you have reacted as "Harrumph, why didn't you just bundle all that content in on a second disk when you shipped it? What's so admirable about making extra content in the first place?"

If yes, well then, you don't like the whole concept of DLC, period, which is an opinion you are perfectly entitled to hold.

If no, then you're allowing anti-CDPR bias to color your opinion of this action on their part, which then affects the opinion of other forumites regarding the relevance of your statements.
Posted November 06, 2014
Just hope CDP/GOG say to EA,"You can sell W3 on Origin but we get to release more of your highly-desired games like Mass Effect and DA:O Ultimate on our service." :-P

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Evilbeefjerky: ...
You've been registered since 2008; why are you just posting NOW, and why the hatorade seemingly out of the blue?

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Post edited November 06, 2014 by tfishell
Posted November 06, 2014
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tfishell: Just hope CDP/GOG say to EA,"You can sell W3 on Origin but we get to release more of your highly-desired games like Mass Effect and DA:O Ultimate on our service." :-P
Funnily enough, the first Witcher is still not sold on Origin, but the second does.
Posted November 06, 2014
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mrkgnao: Oh. You mean rewards beyond the actual game. I wasn't aware that was a central part of crowdfunding.
Ha, the game itself is counted among the rewards - actually it's the #1 reward. Additional perks may also be available, such as artbooks, soundtracks, etc.
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