They fucked up years ago, high turnover rate and no technical talent (not to mention wokeness in the workplace), who would want to join a sinking ship? I don't believe they had much going for them before this either, Witcher 3 had too much input lag for me to even play more than a few minutes.
I think they just had their lucky streak.
I think sometimes people forget that the world of The Witcher was already well fleshed-out in the books by a good writer. CDPR simply adapted existing content to a video game. Turns out, when they try to make their own original idea, it's a flop.
Wasn't Cyberpunk the same strategy? They took that black guy's idea and ran with it? Except this time they bit off more than they could chew, I also remember reading that TW3 DLC was just cut content they finished after release, which would indicate that they never learn.
It's a very VERY shallow adaptation of his pen-and-paper RPG, they used maybe 5% of the source material. I want to say they initially planned to have it be closer to the original, more in-depth, but slashed a whole bunch of shit over the past 2 or 3 years.
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