"though it is nowhere near the originally requested $16 million."

Then how much is it? lol
i cannot find that in the article.

 

"an undisclosed amount". We don't know.

 

While it's good on them for trying to stay in the authors good graces? I'm more interested to have seen how far the legal battle could have gone.

 

Wow... He cried like a baby, and they eventually bent over like bitches. I just lost a lot of respect for CD Project Red.

 

This is how a lot of cases involving big properties like this go.

If Sapkowski sued I assume he wouldn't be able to win on any contract claim and would likely have to pay attorney's fees.

But it was worth more to CD Projekt Red to keep him happy than it was for them to go to court and get out of his good graces.

This reminds me of Arrested Development. The Netflix season sucked so the director remixed it in a way that made it flow better. The remix resulted in more episodes. But the actors threatened to sue because they were only paid for a certain amount of episodes but not the additional ones created by the remix.

If the case went to court, I doubt the actors would have won. But they settled outside of court because the director didn't want to piss them off and risk them not wanting to come back for another season.

Same case here. Give the crying baby some money to make him shut up and continue to be willing to work with you in the future.

 

He made a wrong decision a long time ago. Happens in business. He sold the rights to his series to a company he thought would fail, and so demanded an upfront payment over royalties. They overwhelmingly succeeded, and of course he's going to regret it, but there's not much you can do. How many investors do you think are wishing they said yes to a young Larry Page or Jeff Bezos when they were seeking funding for their new startups "Google" and "Amazon"?

 

geez cd red project are being nice. they shouldn't pay more than what stipulated by the legal agreement. after all it's legal.

 

Except in CDPR's eyes it was cheaper to offer a decent sum, shut him up and move on to the new game.

The Witcher is probably about done anyway, so they have nothing to lose by throwing some money his way other than good press saying they did right by the creator.

Dunno why someone said they folded, better to come up smelling like a rose than looking like a piece of ****.

 

As long as CDPR keep doing a good job, stays healthy financially, I'm ok with it. They didn't behave like idiots, and I like that let me get a few more games from them.

Everybody won in this case. I'm happy. Are you all happy?